TGIF!

I have decided to make Friday my weigh in day. I figured if I see some progress, it will make it easier to stick to my guns on the weekend. So on my first weigh in...I am at 236.6 today.

I watched a movie last night that was recommended to me....Food, inc. Yikes! The things our food goes through before we put it into our bodies is unreal. After talking with my friend, Shelly (who is definitely going to be a tremendous help, and in the cheering section for me :-)), and watching that movie, I have decided to take a more natural approach to eating. I'm going today to see if I can find the magazine "Clean Eating" and get some ideas for recipes and such in there. I'm also going to see if I can get the book and start reading it.

This is not a diet I want to go on...this is a life change I'm looking for. I know this is going to involve changing my mindset about food. My friend, Guichun, once told me that she eats because she has to to live. Basically she's saying she "eats to live" and does not "live to eat." She grew up in a poor community in Mongolia where food was a precious commodity, especially meat. I have grown up in a community where there is a fast food restaurant on every corner. Get it for a dollar and get it fast! It's all about what has been programmed in our minds.

I am becoming a firm believer that what we put in our bodies effects how we feel both physically and mentally. How do you feel after sitting down and eating a bag of chips or a big bowl of ice cream? I usually feel pretty lousy and lazy, and feel guilt for realizing what I just did to myself. If we became just as particular about what we put in our bodies as what we put on our bodies, I wonder how we would feel.....