If anyone knows me, you know i am a Type A Personality all the way. I love, love, love to have control of things. I love routines, schedules, knowing what's going on months in advance, i am a planner and i love it. I hate big changes (if i didn't plan them), being adventurous is not for me, and i hate doing something new.
This side of me filtered into my eating habits. I would get really serious and count my calories. Only eat the good healthy stuff. But at one point it was getting too serious. I'll admit.. at one point and time i restricted myself to only 400 calories a day (not healthy at all ~ but i wanted to share in case someone else is struggling too). I mean, i would cut an oreo in quarters and eat 1 quarter a day for my daily dessert ~ yes, totally and completely CRAZY!
But this would only last for so long until i caved and ate everything i could possibly think of ~ aka binging.
When i got married it took me a while to start letting go of things. When i became a mom, i really had to learn to go with the flow. Now i barely have time to eat and when i do, it's grab something quick and figure out the fastest way to put it in my mouth! I am not one of those people who can go more than a few hours without eating because i will get irritable, dizzy, and possibly even black out. So not eating doesn't work for me.
I saw an awesome post one time, "you can't control what others do, but how you react is your responsibility." At the time i applied it to my attitude. But i think it can apply here too. Not everyone around me may be eating healthy, but that is not and should not be an excuse for my poor eating habits. It is my body and i am IN CONTROL of what goes into it.
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