Food 24/7
A few years ago, I realized that I think about food almost all day long. I'm the mom, you know, so I plan menus, cook, clean up, buy groceries, look through cookbooks, search for recipes online, plan more menus...
This year, I lost about 7 pounds in 3 months. I'm lighter now than I have been since having our first child 19 years ago. People notice, but when they ask how I did it, I have trouble putting it into words.
Today, I thought of one way to explain it. I realized that I can truthfully say: "I only eat what I like. I eat less of most things than I would like to eat, and I eat some things less often than I would like to eat them, but I eat what I like and I'm satisfied with the smaller portions."
The impetus for this change in my eating patterns came from Mireille Guiliano's book, French Women Don't Get Fat. It's a commonsense philosophy of food and health, really.
Favorite quote from the book: French women typically think about good things to eat. American women typically worry about bad things to eat.
This year, I lost about 7 pounds in 3 months. I'm lighter now than I have been since having our first child 19 years ago. People notice, but when they ask how I did it, I have trouble putting it into words.
Today, I thought of one way to explain it. I realized that I can truthfully say: "I only eat what I like. I eat less of most things than I would like to eat, and I eat some things less often than I would like to eat them, but I eat what I like and I'm satisfied with the smaller portions."
The impetus for this change in my eating patterns came from Mireille Guiliano's book, French Women Don't Get Fat. It's a commonsense philosophy of food and health, really.
Favorite quote from the book: French women typically think about good things to eat. American women typically worry about bad things to eat.
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