Skip to main content

Eating Guilt Free

For the first time in years, I am eating guilt free. I honestly thought that was something that I would never say. Because truthfully, I never thought that food would cause me to feel guilt. It wasn't until recently that I realized that I have developed disordered eating. (I Lost A Dietbet)

And I have decided to do something about it. I'm about half way through with the book Intuitive Eating (affiliate link). So I still have a lot to learn, and this will definitely be a process.

The end goal is to eat when I'm hungry. Stop when I'm full. And let my body return to a natural happy weight. I realize this might not be a 'goal' weight that I had in my head. I'm not sure where that will wind up being on the scale. In fact, the book encourages you not to weigh. The scale, it's a number, and it should not dictate my mood for the day.

Yeah, I've weighed ha ha. Hey, I said it's a process! And yes, the number did make me frown. But I quickly recovered. It's a number.

And technically, I'm in phase one which is allowing myself to eat the foods that have been forbidden. I'm working on tuning into my body, and learning how to listen to it again.

But for the first time in years, I am eating without guilt, without regard to calories or grams of fat, protein or carbs. And I'm no longer eating everything because I'm 'starting over' tomorrow. There is no starting over. It's living today. It's knowing that I can eat whatever I want to eat.

It's knowing that I'm not being good or bad. It's knowing that I don't have to earn my food. It's knowing that food isn't a reward. It's learning that food shouldn't replace feelings. It's learning to trust myself.

It's knowing that there is hope. It's feeling freedom.

And I have to say - it's quite liberating.

Follow Will Run For Ice Cream via email here 


If you like my blog, or this post, please take a moment to share it with friends.
Share this on Facebook?


Share on Tumblr
Add to Flipboard Magazine.
I'm A Top Health & Fitness Blogger @ Top Mommy Blogs - Please Click To Give Me A Vote

Please Note: This post may contain affiliate links, which means I receive a commission if you make a purchase using the affiliate link.
Labels:

Comments

  1. AnonymousApril 15, 2016 at 1:54 PM

    Great job, this is so important. I have also started eating more freely and stopped worrying so much about every calorie. I still track but mainly to keep me from eating too much junk food.

    ReplyDelete
  2. Wendy at Taking the Long Way HomeApril 15, 2016 at 8:20 PM

    I won a dozen cupcakes from another blog! They were gorgeous! I'm glad I have my family to share them with me, but I've also had a few and haven't felt too badly about it.

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Pinrose Petal Pack Review and Giveaway - 10 Winners!

Bear with me, I know this blog is mainly about fitness, nutrition, and occasionally about being a stay-at-home mom, but I got the chance to review what I think is a pretty cool product and I wanted to share it with you. I'm not one to usually wear perfume. I have allergies, and I'm super sensitive to smells. So usually I just bypass perfume. But when I heard about Pinrose , I was intrigued. Being someone who is constantly in motion, and I know that many of you are the same way, I found this product to be very useful.  I'm talking about Pinrose, and their fragrances are in petal packs. They are perfect on-the-go packs. And on their website they have a  synesthesia   test where you basically look at a series of images and they conclude from that test what they think would be your best fragrances. I found the test very interesting. However, you were supposed to go with your gut and not think too long. On one of the images I actually changed my mind and changed...
44 comments
Well don't stop now...Click here to keep reading!

Self Care Is Not Selfish It's Necessary

It's not selfish to take care of yourself. It's not selfish to take care of yourself. It's not selfish to take care of yourself. And I'll say it just one more time in case you didn't hear me. It's not selfish to take care of yourself. I have found through experience that when I'm not taking care of myself, not only do I suffer but my family suffers. So ditch the mom guilt and take the time that you need! I have a tendency to keep pushing my needs aside until I reach a breaking point. We've had a very busy fun summer so far. However, I've struggled to get some quality ' me ' time to decompress. I'll spare you the meltdown that ensued. But the reality check that followed prompted me to take action.
Post a Comment
Well don't stop now...Click here to keep reading!

Jogging Strollers Freedom And Fresh Air

Full Disclosure: I have partnered with Thule to #giveaway a Thule jogging stroller, but I have not been compensated in any form.  I remember when Lil Man was a baby. My only time to get in a workout was before Hubby went to work. Which meant I had to run at 5am or 6am after being up most of the night with Lil Man. You guessed it, those early morning runs just didn't happen most days. I tried. I really did, but I was exhausted. Yes, I have a treadmill which helped. But it didn't give me the freedom ( or the fresh air ) that my jogging stroller did. Pushing the stroller was hard. It became a challenge that I looked forward to overcoming. And on those days that running just wasn't going to happen, walking could. So I did. I could take Lil Man out at any time and get some exercise and fresh air. Sometimes it was all we needed to change both of our moods.
35 comments
Well don't stop now...Click here to keep reading!