Three little words. When I read them about a month ago and said, I usually eat sitting down. I thought: piece of cake. WRONG!! And I’ve been noticing that I eat standing up more and more, but today, I realized, I’m probably not doing it more, I’m NOTICING it more.
I was hoping that I was still a week or two away from this. Just yesterday, I said to myself. Yikes, I’m eating standing up again. How can I accommodate this behavior into my life. Luckily, I’m still 11 days away from the day I commit to this new eating plan, so I have time to make several strategies.
Since a lot of my eating while standing is during cooking and tasting, I figured I could put a stool near the stove and sit down to taste. But I don’t really have room for that. I’ll need to walk into the dining room.
Just being aware that I’m doing it is a start. I’ve put up two signs in the kitchen to remind me. I’m also going to sit down before I finish chewing what’s in my mouth if I find I’m standing and eating again.This is much more of a challenge than I expected.
One of the things I like about Judith Beck's Book is the “What are you thinking?” section in each chapter. It helps you counteract sabotaging thoughts. I guess this is the cognitive therapy part.
Here’s one of her responses that I’ll be putting on a card and reading twice a day.
“”Just this one time” is NOT OK. I have to face the fact that I can’t lose weight and keep it off if I refuse to change my habit” – in this case, eating while standing.
Are any of you going to try this? Let me know what you discover.
I'm learning from your tips. I'll need to modify your "sitting down" approach because I sit down in front of the TV and eat and I'm pretty sure that's not the healthiest thing to do either.
ReplyDeleteHere's a funny tidbit about working out. I've lost an inch in my arms and my belly- and GAINED 8 pounds. I'm discouraged, but have been told by many that weight training often results in weight gain before the weight loss. So weird. I celebrate the 10 pounds you LOST. Bet it's even more since that post.
When I used to go to Curves, they mentioned that muscle weighs more than fat, so if you are building muscle, you won't lose weight as fast. But as you see, you do lose inches!!
ReplyDeleteGreat work Sheri.