My journey is twofold, changing both my inner and outer self. I will try to add a little of each in my blog posts. What is on my mind today actually involves both, I think, and it’s my relationship with food. Today is the day I start phase III of my bariatric diet which is puréed foods. To date I’ve done the preop phase which is liquid diet and Phase I which is also a liquid diet. All told I’ve been on a liquid diet for over a month. Phase II now involves some actual food consumption. I’ve gotten so excited about it I over ate and now my stomach is etxtremely uncomfortable. I knew what the portion sizes were and I ate more anyway. Why? Because I had it.
I was hoping to go by general diet guidelines but I have learned today that I need to start tracking and measuring. I’m more of a visionary and creative type person, and this strict tracking is so not my thing but I am too far into this to blow it now. So I will work on a nutrition tracer and an eating schedule.
It is probably a good thing, though because it will help with one of the inner goals which is mindful eating. Each time I want to put food in my mouth I need to question why. According to what I have read on Mindful Eating this needs to be tracked too, So that’s three trackers to start. I need to get my criteria together and build something. I don’t want to go the app route because that usually involves more minutia and frankly I will get bored.
With these action items I will be working on my relationship with food which is obviously warped right now. It is going to be critical to conquer this one or I won’t be successful long term.
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