Hungry Hungry Hippo
You know when you get those lightbulb moments? The ones that influence change not only in the way you think but they way you act? Yeah, just had one of those. So, I thought I had better write it down so that I don't forget it. I love food, and I mean looove food. Anyone who knows my partner and I will know that the conversation stops as soon as our dinner arrives front of us. Don't get me wrong, we aren't obese or suffering terribly because of our weight, in fact we are extremely average in our weight by Australian standards. But it’s they way we eat that is beginning to bother me. Do you remember as a kid you were always told not to leave the table until you have finished your dinner? Or when you went to a friends house, you felt rude refusing the 4th helping of lasagne. Well, at least that’s how I was brought up. Even now, when I go over to my in-laws house for dinner my father-in-law always says how he loves that I'm a girl who’s “not afraid to eat”.
The problem isn’t that I like food too much, it’s that I don't actively know when I am full until it’s way past my comfort point. I think my body has gotten so used to ignoring my stomach’s signals that I can no longer comprehend them, and it worrys me. In actual fact, I think that this is a major factor as to why I can’t stick to ‘diets’ or ‘detoxs’ or whatever you want to call them. I don’t mind eating different foods, but I just eat way too much of everything. That and I’m addicted to carbs. Haha. I’m the girl that would happily finish the antipasto platter all to herself. Or an entire block of chocolate without blinking an eyelid. And now that I think about it, it’s pretty disgusting. I want to teach my body to listen to itself more. Understand what it’s trying to say and respect it. Even now, i’m sitting in my parents house studying and all I can think about is what I want to eat next, after just finishing a sandwich. Ugh.
I think I just found my New Years Resolution, but lets start now cause I can imagine it’s going to take some practice.
