A new relationship with food!

[princesspamf]

I'm doing okay today. It is my third NoS day.

It was my first time eating out at a restaurant. It was so different...usually I'm agonizing over what I want verses what I should eat and I waffle back and forth and no matter which way I go, I'm unhappy about it. Didn't happen this time. As I was driving there to meet my friends, I reviewed my commitments...no sweets...no seconds...no snacks...eat a single plate...and just stick to those parameters.

So I ordered a philly steak sandwich (one of my favorite eat out things), which came with my choice of several side dishes. Now if I had normally caved and ordered the sandwich, I would have decided "what the heck" and ordered fries, too...even when I didn't really want them--which I always discovered afterwords. However, today, with my new attitude toward food, I thought...mmm....fries sound too greasy for such a hot day...think I'll have the green salad...dressing on the side-blue cheese; So the plate came and I ate half the sandwich, thoroughly enjoying it, (and the company of good friends) NO guilt, used about 1/2 the dressing and enjoyed a nice salad with baby greens and leaf lettuces with tomato & olives (MUFA for that meal) and discovered that I didn't want the bread of the other half, so ate the meat and veggies without the bread. Delightful, not horribly over the top for eating out and best of all...I enjoyed my choices! That is really the newest experience of the NoS journey--I am free to enjoy my choices! And I stayed "in the green."

Just that "buzz" will get me through the rest of the day. And I already did my biking and scripture time today...so will fit in my Wed. 15 mins. strength training and keep going.

No matter the weight results (though at my obese weight, I'm sure the scale will go down), I really like this new relationship to food. I was in Tuesday Mornings this afternoon and at the check out was a sweet little container of chocolates that looked very inviting...$2.99...I didn't get them because, by Saturday, I probably won't want them.

Yikes! Who is this person who is invading my brain. I assume she has been there all along, but I have held her captive with all my diet guilt! I'm looking forward to getting to know her better!

[jumbotights]

Yippee princess that is so cool! I am new to this also and just feel so free now. I have always had that internal dialogue as well about what should i order versus what do I really want. It's like so simple, I am glad you had a good time with your friends and many more to come!

[la_loser]

Woo Hoo--doesn't it feel good! You're declaring your independence!

[Bushranger]

Great story princesspamf. It's wonderful when you can enjoy what you eat without it guilting you. Congrats.

[mimi]

Bravo for you PrincessPea! That's the beauty of NoS - guilt-free eating with no internal chattering, beating up, or other *diety* nonsense. You just gotta love it!

Mimi

P.S. Whoops - I mean PrincessPam!