"...people can’t even imagine a world
where they are not obsessively controlling
some sort of food,
amount or eating behavior.
Hopefully this post will encourage people
to see past calories, carbs
and whatever else they obsess about.
Maybe they will let go
and realize *they* are not in charge.
You will notice below
that I am certainly not in charge,
my body is.
When you let your body have what it needs
regardless how strange that may seem
at any given moment,
magic happens...
where they are not obsessively controlling
some sort of food,
amount or eating behavior.
Hopefully this post will encourage people
to see past calories, carbs
and whatever else they obsess about.
Maybe they will let go
and realize *they* are not in charge.
You will notice below
that I am certainly not in charge,
my body is.
When you let your body have what it needs
regardless how strange that may seem
at any given moment,
magic happens...
...Keep in mind all three of these days/meals
were eaten during a weight loss regimen
that resulted in a pound of weight loss or more per week
while counting nothing and eating as much as I wanted
and less than 30 mins in the gym a week."
were eaten during a weight loss regimen
that resulted in a pound of weight loss or more per week
while counting nothing and eating as much as I wanted
and less than 30 mins in the gym a week."
Someone else has always imposed restrictions on my eating, or else I was rebelling against some diet, or I was overeating to compensate for some deprivation. I've never been able to listen to my body and give it what it needs.
Sure, I've tried since the weight loss surgeries to eat intuitively but my surgically altered gut doesn't communicate clearly nor does it accept what I put into it. Even if I could intuit my body's cues to eat, a giant hamburger like the one pictured above, I could choke down 3 bites tops before the dumping would start.
I can't eat like ChiefRok eats. I'd die of overfullness and dumping syndrome.
Mind you, he's not saying he overeats or force feeds himself just for the sake of calories in (although eating food is the best way to heat up your metabolism and release mass). He's saying that he follows his body's cues for what it needs.
How do we do that?
Recognize, decipher, and honor your cravings.
Sometimes you crave carbs. Sometimes it's fats. Sometimes it's salt or sugar. Sometimes it's a combo.
Me? I crave a variety of foods.Then I take a few bites. Then I'm sick. Then I have no idea if I've fulfilled my body's needs or not.
Thank God for my Josh shakes.
In case you're new, my shakes consist of
raw milk, raw farm egg, pureed fruit, white sugar, plain salt, and some cocoa for morale.
Fats, proteins, and carbs all in one shake.
I sip it over the course of the sunlit day.
At night I try to eat a real meal. It's easier to eat more food at night as I am home, on the sofa, not in front of people, so when the dumping occurs, I ride the couch till it's over, wishing I'd never eaten and swearing I'll never eat again. The sweats and rapid heartbeat are just awful.
Yeah, dumping is bad.
How can anyone learn to decipher their body's food cues when all this surgical restriction is happening?
One can't.
Wellness includes a well relationship with food. I don't see how that's possible with weight loss surgery.
Weight loss surgery prevents eating. One cannot make peace with eating in this condition. A MORE peaceful orientation maybe. I certainly don't/can't binge eat any longer, but restriction and dumping make it impossible to attain true peace.
Or maybe I'll find a way.
*Lisa's Video Pick of the Day*
With all the information in the world today, people are frequently overriding their body's natural signals in lieu of following some health regime, diet, exercise program, or other formula. But even just a tiny mistake like drinking too much water can cause serious problems. When the body makes requests, obey those requests. That's hundreds of thousands of years of evolution talking. And it's a much better health tool than any tool in the health industry.
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