Post subject: Picking out the right food is like picking a partner
Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 2:46 pm
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1) We all need someone we are attracted to in the beginning. Without the attraction we can be friends but the idea of spending everyday and being intimate with them is icky. The same can be said for picking out a meal. If you don't like the food you won't stick with it. Don't try and eat only things that are healthy that you don't like. You can bring those foods along on the meal but focus on something that taste good that you'll be able to spend the rest of your life with.
2) After the initial attraction looks aren't as important as substance. You want someone that stimulates your senses and compliments you. Empty and beautiful people will be tempting for about 2 weeks and then you're ready to dump them and you feel guilty for ever having them in the first place. This is my analogy for junk food. If we go for the junk we are meeting that instant gratification but we are not fulfilling our needs. Then we are hungry again in a short time. Most of the time we feel guilty after eating this junk because we know it is empty but our willpower is weak. Try to limit yourself to how much junk you eat, focus on finding something that will meet all of your needs, not just the sinful pleasures!
3) When it is true love you know it. You don't love your partner sometimes and hate them other times; this is not to say you won't get a little bored in the relationship, but you never want to get out of the relationship. If you've ever ate food that is bad for you and felt like you should give it up because it is not good for you, then this is not the right food to be eating on a daily basis. You know your body; you know how the food makes you feel and what it is doing to you. A Big Mac is fine once in a while but if you eat it everyday, you're going to suffer in the weight department. My main love/hate relationship is with ice cream; I love to eat it and hate the way I feel after I've had it 3 days in a row and it's gone!
4) Your significant other should compliment you. They should bring out your good traits and help you accomplish your goals. Have you ever dated someone that makes you feel bad about yourself or wanted you to be something that you didn't want to be? How did that make you feel? Don't settle for fast food just because it's there and it's easy. You deserve better... then it becomes a question of self esteem and how important are your needs to you. If you want to be healthy and you want to not be hungry, why are you settling for the food that only meets one of those needs?
5) Lastly, Love is a choice. It is something that you choose to give everyday. I have recently read the 5 love languages and it gave me a revelation. In the book it says that, "in the beginning there is a limerense or lust phase to a relationship, then after that is the real love... the everyday love." Dr. Chapman said that, "Love is a choice and you can choose who or what you love." I agree with this. Love is an action not a feeling. I can choose to be weak and cave into junk food, or I can choose to love myself and the food that I eat to nourish my body and give myself what I need. The pasture may look greener on the junk food side but it's not... the instant gratification is nothing compared to being who you want to be and treating yourself the way you want to treat yourself!
This was just something that was bouncing around in my head so I thought I'd put it out there and asked you what you thought about it. So... what do you think?