Slips and getting back to it.
Well I do well with eating by myself but I need to be a little more okay with eating the food I want with others. It is hard to seem like a nut around others. I guess food should not be the emphasis. Just eat well as it is fuel. Who cares, it is the company/conversation that matters, yes?
I did not do so well last night, but it was one night. I am back on plan today and will weigh in Monday I guess. Eating well and having fun… That is right I am avoiding stress at all cost.
Since I am up I might as well head out to the Farmer’s Market for some catnip for Oscar. I went shopping so I am all stocked up with good foods. There is no reason to eat junk. And certainly emotion is something that today I am handling with a good walk and weights. I need to feel pumped! lol
Question: Why do we show people we love them with food? Why do people sometimes show us they love us with food? Just some thoughts I am working through so that I can improve. I can not mend the world, but I do have this life to enjoy and myself to improve. I was away for 4 suppers, then went over board and did not know the value of the meal that I prepared. It was downhill from there. But it is all good now. I am the captain of my ship and ready for the icebergs and the sunshine.
Well I am back to my plan. It’s as simple as that. It’s there, I know it and I am doing it!
As a mother and grandmother of sons, I could hardly keep all those males fed. But then comes the day when they stop growing and go out into the world. At that time I was having a weight crisis of my own. My husband had a small heart attack and I needed to lose about 100 pounds (I had gained all that weight in the 26 months my youngest child, our only daughter, was dying of cancer)Food seemed to push down all the rage and sadness I was feeling. But only for a moment. But for the last 26 years my family knows when they come to eat with me they are going to get tons of hearty soups, salads, and fruit desserts I have modified to be healthy. And they have learned to love it. If they want to eat junk they will have to eat it elsewhere. I am the mother and that makes me the boss. Well, kind of. I love Leonard’s “I’m Your Man” and many others. How about the meter on your bed that will disclose what everybody knows. He can be so funny and many of his old clips are on YouTube. Enjoy your life every day. It’s all we’ve got, for now. Dance, sing, eat good stuff. Love, Margie
P.S. My husband lived 24 years after his heart problem and did not die from heart, but cancer. He was 78. He was active and fun until 5 weeks before his death, so I think diet and exercise and LOVE keep us going. Ask Leonard. Enjoy.
I often wonder the same thing about food, why it’s used to show love or that you care. Mostly, I wonder why it’s also the center of our social culture. You want to spend time together, you go to dinner, you want to catch up with a friend you haven’t seen in forever, go grab Starbucks, etc. With certain friends, I’ve been able to change this behavior but other circumstances, work socials, it is what it is and I have to limit my calorie intake. My pet peeve in those circumstances though are the food pushers….those I have real problems with….
I think you have asked a very interesting question: when did serving food become an expression of “love”??? I think back to many television commercials that fueled that concept, but I know that it was there even before television. Even in the Bible, the early Christians broke bread together while they were fellowshiping and the weddings had large feasts.
I think you have the right idea about having the company be the emphasis and not the food!
But I wouldn’t worry too much about looking like a nut. Chances are your behavior will spur someone else to get healthier and THAT would be an amazing GIFT!
Jus keep buyin the good stuffs… Why FOOD? I have asked myself that question several times… I suppose if I had the answer to it I wouldn’t be waiting for surgery right now… MUCH HUGS…