Yesterday I had the most beautiful peaceful day! I found myself struggling with some cravings. Not like my bad day of the other day which were full on addictive compulsions. But cravings, nonetheless. Yea! Why is this a good thing? How could it possibly be peaceful??
Well, it wasn’t peaceful at the time. But I found, after a while, that it was much more “normal”. It was after every meal. I just wanted to keep eating. But you know the age old adage of ‘wait 20 minutes’? Well, that has NEVER worked for me before. Once the need to eat hits, it never leaves until it has gotten what it wants.
But not yesterday. I did wait. And it did go away. Normal!!
What I am finding is this way of eating (high protein, no grains) is really satisfying me. It is satisfying my hunger and it is releasing me from my usual addictive cravings.
It is amazing how peaceful one can be when one isn’t fighting with oneself all the time.
It is amazing how much more time there is in the day without this fighting and then without the resultant time spent sitting around eating.
Yesterday was a wonderful day!
Today, I am still going through the same things. I am not happy about the cravings when they come, but I can deal with them. And they go quickly.
The other interesting thing is that while the craving may appear, the desire to actually partake in the activity of putting food in my mouth does not appear. It is quite weird. “Oh, I’m craving toast. But I don’t actually want to eat toast”. Very odd.
The whole thing is very odd. This change. The other day I said to D after a meal out, “was that a big meal. I’m full, but it didn’t seem like a big meal. Oh, I just don’t know anymore. I’m all confuzzled now.” Apparently it wasn’t a big meal and I didn’t eat a lot. Yet, I was still as full as a goog! I guess my perception of things is changing as well. All very odd.
Anyway, it’s still all good. And on the whole, I’m still feeling so much more peaceful!
3 comments:
This sounds so very interesting! Is there a cook book attached - or a program? I have a reasonably researched notion that our grains have been so genetically engineered they no longer resemble the original form which our bodies can deal with. No wonder there is so much grain intolerance. I'd love to know more. Keep on going ... you are obviously on the right track.
Good for you! I have that same feeling sometimes -- being surprised by how satisfied I can feel with a little amount of food.
Congratulations! You are doing better than me - I keep telling myself I am going grain free...tomorrow.... ;->
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