What to Eat?

I was just trying to figure out what to have for lunch today after my favorite yoga class just ended. I am not into a big lunch as it usually means I have to make it, clean it up and then fit in the rest of my afternoon before kids get out and running after school! I look in my fridge and grab a nice plate of left over chicken ... no veggies... nothing else. Hmmm. This is not going to serve me well but I decide I should eat it as it is really delicious and yes I've already juiced kale, celery and carrots today ... so I settle and eat just chicken. Does that ever happen to you? I mean who actually puts a nicely balanced meal together each time? Well don't feel bad. No one is perfect in their eating all the time!

When I work with clients in getting to their optimal happy health goals, sometimes I think society has made it so that we think we have to be perfect in our "diet plans," and not eat some things that we really desire or crave! I can remember my days in college when after exercising faithfully to lose a few pounds I would have a sweet craving and with the support of my suite mates, we'd go out and find vending machines in the middle of the night to get our peanut m&m fix! That in turn made me feel sick and mad at myself for not only giving in but eating everything in sight! Ugh! The roller coaster of being good and then being "bad" and gaining even more weight!!! I hear this from so many people today - that once you start eating the "bad stuff," it is out of their control to come back. "It's over. I lose!" Why do I even try?

One of the very important things to remember is that you can have those treats if you desire them. Allow yourself the time to savor them. Maybe portion your serving to a smaller size so that the sugar, fat, white flour (if that is what you are craving) does not throw you into that "deep, dark place!" You ultimately are in charge of yourself - not the food that you think has been put there on the shelf for you.

More on eating later ... I was completely overwhelmed by my latest trip to A & P this week!
Be Well,
Krista