Breaking Up Is Hard To Do

[FluffyChix 17,415]

Yep! LOL. I totally missed this thread! Good one!

Yes and Yes and YES!! Am I yelling? Cut I think I am!

I had to break up with all of that. I also had to close my eyes and mute the TV during commercials. I'd also get up and sprint walk during them so I wouldn't see the tempting foods. We also DVR stuff and FF through comms.

I also did not look at food mags, cookbooks, and divorced myself from complex comforty foods. I purposely do NOT make low carb Keto analogues of former high carb comforts (bread, cake, sweets using artificial sweeteners). In my opinion, even though you are eating low carb or low fat or low cal, whatevs, you're still giving your lizard brain a hit of endorphin pleasure. It confuses it and your body and so it forks up your insulin and bgs which forks up your weight loss and recovery and hunger cues and cravings and head hunger--I could go on for days.

So I broke up with tasty. I go simple. Plainly seasoned grilled meats, separate al dente steamed veg (usually) or sometimes roasted, and healthy fats. Everything is separate and done in order: Protein with a bit of fat, veg with a bit of fat, fat.

It's worked so far. I still had hellah head cravings and hunger. But I believe I have better relationships with food. I do still take pleasure in food--it's a mixture of fuel, pleasure, comfort, familiar. But it is in better balance than before!

KISS rules!

Bye Felicia! (pssst that's you Food Network)