Recently I came across a pic on Instagram of a Tupperware with chicken, asparagus and sweet potato in it. I ate this meal many, many times when I was competing. The caption on the photo was about how when you keep a food plan, measuring it all out and weighing everything daily, that it keeps you sane and in control of your eating. It was like déjà vu. For me, for such a long time being on a plan and counting everything was my M.O. It was almost exciting. It felt so *organized* and like nothing could hold me back from achieving my goals (ironically, its been shown that people are THE MOST excited about their eating strategy BEFORE they start, like, right now, before Jan 1st, when they are getting the plan together)! ... until it kept not working for me. Until life started getting in the way of my perfect little plan. Inevitably there were weeks when you know what, I just couldnt measure it all out. I just didnt have the time, didnt want to, stress happened, other things were going on, I went to other peoples homes or restaurants, whatever. LIFE HAPPENED. And when life happened, I had no tools to deal with it. I only knew my plan so if I couldnt be perfect on it, then Id go way off. Of course I did. I had no idea how to eat. I felt completely discouraged if I couldnt be 100% perfect. What I learned the hard way: having to be on a plan every second is a crutch that keeps us dependent, and keeps us from growing and thinking independently about our bodies and our food choices. Jumping on and off plans is easy. Working the weeks, months and years-long process of creating a forever-solution for yourself is infinitely tougher. But its actually *the ultimate* in control. Heres how I did it - jillfit/2014/09/17/plan/ #moderation365
Posted on: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 12:56:48 +0000
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