I went to Theater in the Park last night (hence the late post today) with some good friends of mine. They brought candy. I didn't care. I brought water and no snacks and I was totally fine NOT eating. Imagine that! I didn't have to eat to be happy last night. Slowly my life is ceasing to revolve around binge-eating and "junk food days" to revolving around relationships with friends and memories with my family. I'm still obsessed with (ummm....passionate about?) food, but it is a much healthier relationship than before. I get really dancing-in-the-kitchen excited when a recipe I've just made is friggin' delicious. I love learning new techniques and working with new foods. I love when I cook for people and they appreciate the food that I created. It's hard work sometimes, but oh-so-worth it. And if other people think it tastes good, then I know I'm not going crazy because I haven't eaten processed things in over a month now.
Last night a friend of mine asked if I snacked at all between meals. The answer is no, I don't, unless I am legitimately hungry. And if I am legitimately hungry, that usually means I hadn't eaten enough or the right combination of things during the previous meal. For some reason we as a society have been lead to believe that eating 5 small meals a day is healthier, and snacking is good if it's the right stuff. While this might be true for diabetics and others who need to maintain a certain blood sugar level throughout the day (although there's debate out there about that as well, but I'm no expert on that topic. . . ), for most of us average Americans, snacking between meals (or eating more than three complete meals a day) is unnecessary. The body needs to be able to burn off stored fat and it can't do that if we are giving it sugars and simple carbs to burn off instead. As I have moved through this program, I have slowly taught my body to use food as fuel much more efficiently. Therefore, snacks are superfluous. I honestly haven't even thought about eating between meals in several days now. I can remember times where I would eat all morning long, mostly out of boredom. Breaking free of that habit is worth giving up the sweet treats I used to indulge in in the name of "snacks".
What I ate:
Breakfast: Egg and Hamburger Scramble (So....leftovers from last night scrambled all together)
Lunch: I'm drawing a blank here; I honestly don't have any idea what I ate for lunch yesterday. . .
Dinner: Root Vegetable and Chicken Curry (OH MY GOSH. THISWASSOGOOD!!!!)
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