Book Review and overeating tips
Have you ever had negative thoughts about your body? I have and do often- definitely not proud to admit that. I've always struggled with weight issues and its taken a long time for me to love my body. Even though I love my body more than I did when I was a kid, I still have days when I wish I could change a few things, or that I forget how cool the human body is. The battle scars from children (stretch marks via pregnancy) are simply a sign of my sacrifice and love for my children and that I should not hate them and my stretched out rinkly gut (who has ever done the bend over hangy-rinkly tummy thing? Kind of gross sometimes!). Its hard to remember this sometimes.
On one such particular day, after looking at some pictures from my high school overweight years ( was not but 30 pounds over weight, but on a 5'2" frame, it makes a difference), I needed something to remind me that my body is special, a gift from God. So, I was looking online for a bood I could read, and found a book called, "Love your body" by Brooke Parker. My husband talked me into getting it (he was worried for me after my crying session). I'm glad he did! The author is a registered dietician who works at the University of Utah (bleh, go BYU!). Ignoring her place of work, I decided to read her book, and in it there are many good tips for loving your body and tricks for controlling your eating habits. She has a hungry scale from one to ten- one being not hungry, 10 being famished. Another tip (my favorite) is that your body tells you that it is full and not hungry anymore when the food you are eating does not taste as good as your first few bites.
I've particularly tested that last few days because I want to be able to control my eating without counting calories (I don't want my daugthers to think they need to write down all of their food down, or count calories, and if they seem mommy doing that, they may). So, I've been paying attention to my eating, and sure enough these last few days I have not overeaten, and I've been more satisfied, because I've paid more attention to how my food tastes. Maybe I will actually get a handle on this overeating thing! Give it a try and let me know what you think!
On one such particular day, after looking at some pictures from my high school overweight years ( was not but 30 pounds over weight, but on a 5'2" frame, it makes a difference), I needed something to remind me that my body is special, a gift from God. So, I was looking online for a bood I could read, and found a book called, "Love your body" by Brooke Parker. My husband talked me into getting it (he was worried for me after my crying session). I'm glad he did! The author is a registered dietician who works at the University of Utah (bleh, go BYU!). Ignoring her place of work, I decided to read her book, and in it there are many good tips for loving your body and tricks for controlling your eating habits. She has a hungry scale from one to ten- one being not hungry, 10 being famished. Another tip (my favorite) is that your body tells you that it is full and not hungry anymore when the food you are eating does not taste as good as your first few bites.
I've particularly tested that last few days because I want to be able to control my eating without counting calories (I don't want my daugthers to think they need to write down all of their food down, or count calories, and if they seem mommy doing that, they may). So, I've been paying attention to my eating, and sure enough these last few days I have not overeaten, and I've been more satisfied, because I've paid more attention to how my food tastes. Maybe I will actually get a handle on this overeating thing! Give it a try and let me know what you think!
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