Naturally Thin eating...Day thirty-seven,thirty-eight, and thirty nine!

Sorry, busy week this week so no time for daily posts. I have to combine the past three posts into one! Thank goodness it's good news! I'm back at work and have been more conscious than ever about my food choices. The past three days have been spent not obsessing about food, but rather, keeping my mind at the task at hand (work, kids, school, etc.).

My family had chinese take out tonight because I was too tired to cook. I ordered a small wonton soup for myself, but when I got it I only ate half because it started to lose its appeal. The "old me" would have continued eating despite the diminishing desire just because it was in front of me. The "new me", the "naturally thin" me simply put the spoon down and that was the end of the soup. I ate a couple of teaspoonfuls of my daughter's vegetable fried rice and a couple of small pieces of the boneless ribs. I was tasting everything, but eating nothing, which is one of the rules in Bethenny's book. Once again, the "old me" would have eaten half the carton of rice and ribs, but the "new me" is making smarter choices these days. Yeah!!!!

Until tomorrow...

Naturally Thin Day!--Day thirty-six

Today was a really good day. I ate a banana in the morning, a turkey&swiss cheese on a roll w/let.&tom for lunch, nectarine for a snack, and broiled Salmon with corn on the cob for dinner.  I didn't obsess about food and I am making healthy choices more naturally these days. It has become a way of life for me; second nature in fact. This is really a big deal because for most of my life I only ate "good" when I was on a diet. How ridiculous is that?

Until tomorrow...

Naturally Thin eating-Day thirty five

I think I'm turning into a "food snob"! Bethenny talks about this on pg 55 in her book:

If you really pay attention to your food, you'll start noticing when it doesn't look appealing or doesn't taste very good. Then you'll be in a position to turn down food that doesn't meet your standards.

This happened to me today when I went to the mall with my kids. As a matter of fact, its' been happening a lot for the past few weeks, but I hadn't even realized I was changing. Today, the kids wanted to eat the food court. To me, the food court is synonymous with crappy food, but, once in a while I let them eat there (I always prefer eating in a restaurant). Anyway, two of my kids wanted Burger King and my youngest son wanted Blimpie. I really wasn't in the mood for either one but I hadn't eaten anything all day and was hungry. I chose to order a sandwich on a whole wheat 6" roll from Blimpie with mustard, letttuce, and tomato. Now I've eaten this sandwich on numerous occasions, but because I have been eating more consciously (never did before) I realized that I wasn't too thrilled with the sandwich. It was blah and mediocre to say the least. Since I bought it I ate it anyway, but I will definitely think twice before ever ordering there again. This is when it occurred to me that I have become a "food snob". This eating experiment is changing the way I see food and I don't think I'll ever be the same. If I am going to be eating the life of a naturally thin person, then I am going to have to consider my food choices a lot more carefully the next time I go to the mall!

Until tomorrow...