Menu Plan Monday: In Which I Eat a Lot of Chocolate Chips
Posted Jan 22 2012 9:27pm
If you put “Go on a diet” or something similar on your New Year’s Resolution list this year (and who didn’t?), I invite you to join me this year as I focus on Eating Intentionally . Based on the concept of Intuitive Eating , “Eating Intentionally” means changing your mindset about food into a healthy one that benefits your whole self. I’m so excited to get started on this journey, and I’d love your company!
This month in Eating Intentionally, we’re focusing on “ditching the diet mentality”. In other words, no dieting. No counting calories. No measuring portions. No chastising ourselves for eating too much junk. None of it. Just enjoying our food, that’s it.
How’s it going for you? It might be going a little too well for me! I’ve given myself permission to eat whatever… and I pretty much eat whatever! Lately, I’ve been having the most terrible cravings for chocolate, so I’ve been indulging in it more than I probably should.
It might seem counter-intuitive, but there is definitely a method to this madness, and a reason behind the craziness. The point is to disassociate yourself from negative feelings about food: “this is bad for me; I shouldn’t eat it; I shouldn’t eat very much of it; I feel so guilty for eating this”. This exercising in “ditching the diet mentality” is intended to neutralize your relationship with food so that you can get to a healthier place where you and food get along peaceably. The first step is to remove all the critical, negative feelings and thoughts you have about food.
I’m totally there. Bring on the chocolate chips, baby!
This month in Eating Intentionally, we’re focusing on “ditching the diet mentality”. In other words, no dieting. No counting calories. No measuring portions. No chastising ourselves for eating too much junk. None of it. Just enjoying our food, that’s it.
How’s it going for you? It might be going a little too well for me! I’ve given myself permission to eat whatever… and I pretty much eat whatever! Lately, I’ve been having the most terrible cravings for chocolate, so I’ve been indulging in it more than I probably should.
It might seem counter-intuitive, but there is definitely a method to this madness, and a reason behind the craziness. The point is to disassociate yourself from negative feelings about food: “this is bad for me; I shouldn’t eat it; I shouldn’t eat very much of it; I feel so guilty for eating this”. This exercising in “ditching the diet mentality” is intended to neutralize your relationship with food so that you can get to a healthier place where you and food get along peaceably. The first step is to remove all the critical, negative feelings and thoughts you have about food.
I’m totally there. Bring on the chocolate chips, baby!
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