IE Journey continues

When I was joining WW, on WW, or leaving WW, I blogged often. I belonged to a WW yahoo group and we comisserated and celebrated together on a daily basis. Since I embraced the IE principles, apart from the initital reading and stuff, I don't think about it much..........nor do I write about it much.

I just read a post from Joc
and she made me realize a couple of things about myself. I am not stressing about food. I am not waking up in the morning and planning my day's intake. I am not concerned if I have something coming up where I know there will be lots of goodies. I am finding that I am much more in tune with my body than ever before. I sometimes deliberately miss lunch, because I am not hungry. I sometimes, on the weekends, don't eat breakfast, and then eat in the afternoon when I am peckish. I find that if I eat something one evening, that's not 'healthy' which is usually on a Friday night, I don't need breakfast. I actually feel a bit icky in the stomach, and am happy with green tea. I have discovered that I can drink herbal tea, which increases my water intake during the colder months. I haven't been drinking enough water, and I find the peppermint tea and green tea is soothing to my stomach. I am finding I am more sensitive to 'white' starches so am paying attention to evening meals. Tonight I cooked a rosti of potatoes and I did sweet potato for myself. My doctor in Noosaville, the one who has put me on the hormone cream and taken me off HRT has suggested I cut out all white starches (and chocolate!!). I am thinking he may have something there. On a Friday night, we will often have KFC and I don't think it's the twister that bothers me, I think it's the chips. I will not have the chips this Friday and see if it makes a difference.

Like Joc, I am finding this makes me happier and much nicer to be around. I am happier within myself, content and relaxed about life in general. If I like myself more, then it has to rub off onto others, especially my husband. Our relationship is good, but we always work on it, talk about things and are aware of each others feelings, but me being not stressing about food has improved things on that side of my life. I think too, changing my medication regime is having a positive impact on many things in my life.

Thanks Joc for making me sit down and blog about the positive things in my life.