Diario de mrsdragonfly, 08 sep. 09

I love food too - but my mother pointed out that you can find delicious healthy low-fat food that you love as much as anything else, so why not? She was on a macrobiotic, vegan, fat-free diet at the time. Hang in there - one step a time, and you will find joy in healthy eating! 

I think most of us know exactly how you feel. I've learned a lot but have much more to learn. Just a few comments: I think one key is to focus on the delicious foods you CAN eat, and learn to enjoy them more and more, also finding ways to make things more tasty and appealing (and enjoying the challenge), rather than have "pie in the sky" hovering over you, just beyond reach, while eating plain chicken breast and salad every day for lunch. If you are choosing to abstain from certain foods which have a detrimental effect on your health, make it truly YOUR choice--nobody put you in jail--and just forget about them. In your world, they don't exist. Then again, look at the multitude of tasty, nutritious, also enjoyable foods you CAN plan to eat every day, and focus on nourishing and cherishing your body rather than punishing it [for what? only you can answer but we all find that the answers don't make sense if we keep digging deeper]. You're right, it's all about what's in our heads, and how emotions have gotten tangled up in food somehow...so don't expect to work your way out of the tangle overnight. Keep at it, with baby steps (as you said), and be honest enough to discover what is going on inside you and then [this is the only thing that works for me], ask God what He can do for you and also how you can take a step yourself. One step at a time--don't make any change unless you can make it permanent. I believe temporary changes (like "going on a diet" you will later go off of) will set you up for "failure" and take you down again. I'm preaching to myself here, don't mind me if it doesn't help you! =) I'm a rambler...just came here to figure out how to unsubscribe because I don't need the reminder emails. Now...where in the world is the unsubscribe button?? BTW, I'm maintaining a substantial loss but I have an unwanted 15 lbs. back and have been battling them for over a year without much success. I think I know what to do but it's been hard to get back to it. For me, it seems I must decide that MOST of the time, sweets do not exist in my world. Once in a while, a small serving of something really good on a special occasion--but the special occasions shouldn't be more than maybe twice a month. I dunno--I'm still trying to understand some things about myself! My body AND my mind. 

One person's profile says something to the effect that nothing tastes as good as being healthy feels and their right. But that doesn't mean you have to deprive yourself of things that taste good to be healthy. Their are so many recipes out their that make use of fresh herbs and spices that add so much wonderful flavor without any fat or calories. I'm a busy mom with three kids, ages 6, 2 1/2, and not even a year and a husband who just started school again so making elaborate meals is out of the question. I used to think I couldn't cook a satisfying meal in a short time without most of it coming from a box or a microwave. I realized after exploring the internet for just a little while that I was totally wrong. There are so many recipe sites out there to choose from with search engines that let you just pick a main ingredient and the level of difficulty and voila easy dinners that take less time than one of those "helper" meals. Many of them have fewer than 5 ingredients about 3-4 steps and takes 30 min or less. Bottom line you should enjoy food and you can enjoy food its just a matter of taking a little time to learn how to enjoy it in a healthy way.