And I'm addicted to food.
Having been overweight most of my life, there are so many things that I've looked at and blamed.
But the more I've reflected on it, and examined my habits and my relationship with food, I've realized it is not healthy at all. It's quite dysfunctional. I'll find myself in this vicious cycle: dieting (I've literally tried them all, starting in MIDDLE SCHOOL - we'll talk about that some more in a later post), not seeing results, being sad because of the lack of results, binging food to try and make the sadness subside, which doesn't work, so I try another diet. But this time, I quit.
Let me be clear - I'm not quitting food. That would find me quite dead. But, I'm quitting being controlled by it. And I'm kicking off this journey with Whole30. Whole30 is a 30-day diet that emphasizes whole foods and the elimination of sugar, alcohol, grains, legumes, soy, and dairy. This is going to be super tough (I really love sugar. Like really really love it). But I'm going to do this thing. Because I want to be around for a long time.
Food is no longer going to be something that brings me comfort. I have Jesus for that. And human friends. Food is going to be fuel for my body. Of course it's going to be part of celebrations and community. But it is not going to be the celebration or the community. It will simply be there while those things are happening. Food is fuel. That's it.
I decided to track my journey here because
1. There may be someone else with similar struggles that needs to see this journey.
2. I need to see this journey. I want to look back and see my growth over the next 30 days.
3. Maybe I'll get internet famous (kidding!)
So, in a few hours, I'll officially start Day 1. I'll weigh and measure myself first thing in the morning. But I won't weigh or measure again until the morning of Day 31. It's one of the things that drew me to Whole30 in the first place. It's not about the weight you lose (although this will be a plus). It's about the food you eat and how it affects your body. So even though I won't be weighing or measuring during this journey, I will be taking daily pictures, some of which I will post here from time to time.
I'll also be sharing my meal plans and recipes. So keep following. Or don't. But definitely pray. Because sugar is more addictive than crack and as of 73 minutes ago, I quit sugar cold turkey.
Having been overweight most of my life, there are so many things that I've looked at and blamed.
But the more I've reflected on it, and examined my habits and my relationship with food, I've realized it is not healthy at all. It's quite dysfunctional. I'll find myself in this vicious cycle: dieting (I've literally tried them all, starting in MIDDLE SCHOOL - we'll talk about that some more in a later post), not seeing results, being sad because of the lack of results, binging food to try and make the sadness subside, which doesn't work, so I try another diet. But this time, I quit.
Let me be clear - I'm not quitting food. That would find me quite dead. But, I'm quitting being controlled by it. And I'm kicking off this journey with Whole30. Whole30 is a 30-day diet that emphasizes whole foods and the elimination of sugar, alcohol, grains, legumes, soy, and dairy. This is going to be super tough (I really love sugar. Like really really love it). But I'm going to do this thing. Because I want to be around for a long time.
Food is no longer going to be something that brings me comfort. I have Jesus for that. And human friends. Food is going to be fuel for my body. Of course it's going to be part of celebrations and community. But it is not going to be the celebration or the community. It will simply be there while those things are happening. Food is fuel. That's it.
I decided to track my journey here because
1. There may be someone else with similar struggles that needs to see this journey.
2. I need to see this journey. I want to look back and see my growth over the next 30 days.
3. Maybe I'll get internet famous (kidding!)
So, in a few hours, I'll officially start Day 1. I'll weigh and measure myself first thing in the morning. But I won't weigh or measure again until the morning of Day 31. It's one of the things that drew me to Whole30 in the first place. It's not about the weight you lose (although this will be a plus). It's about the food you eat and how it affects your body. So even though I won't be weighing or measuring during this journey, I will be taking daily pictures, some of which I will post here from time to time.
I'll also be sharing my meal plans and recipes. So keep following. Or don't. But definitely pray. Because sugar is more addictive than crack and as of 73 minutes ago, I quit sugar cold turkey.
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