Unless you, for some reason, have no access to food, there is no problem filling the physical jar. None of us ever go hungry unelss we so chose. And it doesn't take alot of food to fill it to the top. So, there is rarely a problem with the physical side of eating. The problem almost always lies in the appetite, the emotional, aspect. You attempt to control eating by looking to external sources for information regarding food intake. Most everyone knows a lot about nutrition, fat grams, calories, etc. You look to this knowledge for the answers to consumption. And while information is inherently useful from a practical standpoint, it has little to do with controlling your weight.
The ability to lose weight and keep it off is grounded in being able to satisfy your appetite without eating more than your body needs for functioning. To do this requires an intimate knowledge of what you need to eat at any given time. This is easier to ascertain than you would at first believe. What you do is this: Every time you go to make a choice about what you are going to eat, the first question you ask yourself, the very first one, is "Am I going to enjoy this?" If you aren't, go to another food choice. It doesn't matter how healthy the food is, if it isn't going to satisfy you at this time, there is no purpose in eating it. All you'll be doing is putting food in that small, physical jar without adding to the all important emotional jar. So, from now on, eat only foods you are going to enjoy. Don't compromise.
More about this next time.
Copyright 2011 Lynn Borenius Brown
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