It may surprise some people who read my blog and not surprise others who have known me a long time………
That I did not always have it together when it comes to food-specifically my food consumption.
- In my twenties I consistently gained and lost the same twenty pounds over and over.
- In my thirties I got it a bit more together by losing the twenty pounds for good but I started a bit of binge behavior.
I would eat really “clean” during the week. Mostly eating grilled chicken and cottage cheese and then would binge out on the weekends. My husband and I would actually plan our “cheat day” weeks in advance dreaming of the forbidden foods we were going to eat.
Unfortunately, what ended up happening is we would eat ALL day the foods we had craved and them feel sick for the next 3 days until our bodies rebounded.
It was a cycle I am happy I am not on anymore.
Since we started reading food and health blogs and learning how to trust our bodies, Bill and I are eating good, healthful foods and not fixating on any one concept like high protein, low fat, high carbs, or no carbs.
Instead we are living a life where we do not feel like we have to “binge out” since we are eating more foods in moderation and nothing is really on the forbidden list.
Things are not perfect but I am a work in progress. I am listening to my body. (I still want to read Intuitive Eating!) And feeding it nutritious foods.
Thank you for all helping me find my way and continue to live a healthful and fun life! Your blogs help me so much.
Well tomorrow Khrystle has plans to do upper body and plyometrics with me. I am scared-really scared 
Also, I have a giveaway I am going to announce on Wednesday!
It has something to do with this:
Have a good night and thanks for reading 
If you have an extra minute, stop my Marcia’s blog home at Frugal Healthy Simple, she wrote some really nice things about her favorite blogs.
xoxo
I think your confessions about what and how you used to eat are well titled – a work in progress and you’ve made a lot of progress. Whenever I eat something that I later wish I hadn’t, I remember that it is about progress and us fortysomethings have enough time to document that progress!
I know exaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaactly where you are!
me too!
verbatim!
funny, no?
oh oh SOCKS…did you know I have a thing for SOCKS? Hahaha
Have a great evening! Eat well!
Love the revelations and sharing that you did in this post, and yes, it’s a journey. I feel the same way.
I just posted moments after you dropped me that comment bout my layout about my vegan path and Ive never discussed some of it on my blog before now.
Great socks, Ill take those off your hands
can you rig the contest so I can win? Please?
I guess that life in general is always a work in progress.. Our priorities and food choices change with time and some day they are (hopefully) set but there are always new things to be learned. We should all embrace the fact that we aren’t perfect.
Congrats on making positive changes!
Thanks for such an honest and open post! I can completely relate and I find it so inspiring and admirable to see how balanced you are now about food and exercise. You are seriously a role model for living well. I believe that you have found (and are continually finding) your best self. It is so hard to shake the cycle of clean eating and overconsumption. so so hard. Just knowing that you are listening to your body and nourishing it with foods you love and crave gives me motivation and strength. Love you, lady!
thank you andrea
It’s definitely been a struggle to find that intuitive eating for me too – there’s been up and down, but for the most part I’m pretty intuitive with my eats. Still have some rough patches though.
Sounds like you are really in a positive place with food – I think so many people will relate to your journey.
Intuitive Eating is a great book – especially for somebody like me who can get completely nutso about food and has huge issues trusting myself/body to know what it wants. Reading it is like having a big warm hug and somebody telling you ‘it’s going to be ok’. There’s a very nurturing compassionate component to it and I love it because it’s not a ‘eat this, not that’ kind of book at all.
Thanks for sharing with us. Intuitive eating saved my relationship with food and I couldn’t recommend more.
Ah, I hear ya. It took me years to figure out how to eat intuitively, and sometimes, I still don’t listen to my body. But thankfully, I feel like I’ve finally figured it out. It feels great, doesn’t it?
Great post and I think any healthy eater can relate with similar past experiences. I definitely agree with listening to your body and am still fine-tuning that skill myself and just slowing down and being thankful at meal times.
Thank you for sharing your story! I’m glad that you are doing better…I feel like the older I get the smarter I get about eating and food, etc.
I think we can all relate!
I feel like I am a work in progress as well… up until a year ago I would lose and gain weight… I am still working on learning on being healthy and living healthy ALL the time.
I really relate to your healthy eating journey – I’ve gone through similar cycles myself.
Looks like a fun giveaway coming up!
I am in my 20s and stuck where you were in your 20s. Ugh. I hope I figure food out soon.
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