Flip the Switch

That is what it feels like.  Sometimes I’m afraid the switch will get flipped the other way and I’ll be back to my unhealthy ways but I honestly feel like on January 1^st…something clicked inside of me.  I don’t feel like I’m on a diet…which you all know I hate!!  The below is from a post published February of 2012 (almost 2 years ago):  I’m back but it took 2 years!!!!

"While talking last night we moved onto the topic of dieting and eating and food and the lifelong battle.  I swear my conversations always end up on food.  It is very overwhelming to follow diet after diet after diet and track everything you eat and deprive yourself of this or that still to end up in the same or worse shape then when you started.  Oh and don't forget the emotional scars that come with the failure.  I was this girl...  I did the diets and actually had success with extreme weight loss until I stopped following said diet and then I ballooned right back to where I was (PLUS SOME).

With Clean Eating I try to eat foods with as few ingredients listed on the back of a package as possible.  If it is fresh baked bread, fruit, meat (without preservatives), fresh veggies, yogurt, whatever...  If it is a food with ingredients on the package that I can't identify or pronounce, I don't eat it.  It is amazing to me some of the things I used to eat...thinking they were healthy but they really weren't b/c my body didn't know what to do with the chemicals.  It has helped me to make healthier choices naturally b/c most of them are the healthiest choices available..

My philosophy??

- Don't deprive yourself, if you want it - have it just not ALOT of it

- Everything is fine in moderation.  you don't have to eat the whole cake, just have a small slice

- Eat mostly vegetarian, whole/clean foods

- ENJOY LIFE!!!

- Exercise most days

Oh and one of the most important things I've learned this year?!?  When you are full? - STOP EATING!"

I just feel like I’ve made it back to where I was…somehow I got lost.  I really need to keep an eye on myself :)

Food Wise??  Some highlights from the weekend included:

Date night w hubby

And Brussels sprouts:). Everything else was ordinary:)

Back to work and routine on Monday involved:

Veggie bfast Sammie and left over Brussels.

An amazing quinoa salad for lunch:). (Photo via google)

And left over pasta for dinner before hitting the gym:)

More later

TTFN

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