Is it just math?

Food is not the enemy, it is simple math???


I personally always think of food as the enemy when dieting, I have no idea where this thought came from, but it was planted and still grows today. I know it is simple math, calories in calories out. I just can’t get my brain to accept this information.

If I eat something that I feel should not be in the general path to my stomach, guilt and fear kick in. I know from talking to others that this is where they say “I messed up I will just keep going.” I don’t do that, but have. My calories differ from day to day and I do have that indulgence moment or that 8 oz Margarita and then I worry what the scale will read. I am still trying to figure out how to eliminate these thoughts, and it is rough. I know that if I go 100-200 calories over my limit that day, I can not gain weight from that. The scale will prove it the next day, unless, I have had a lot of fiber filling foods and not enough water, then I will show a weight gain that I know is just not possible.

It would take 3200 above what you burn off daily to gain a pound. I know for sure I don’t come anywhere close to 3200 calories and I burn off a lot of what I do eat. Yet I still can’t get that mind change to set in. Maybe I should focus on that for 21 days like I do everything else.

I know people that use food for fuel and really don’t get any enjoyment out of it all, one being Alan. I personally like the taste of food and get board rather quickly with tasteless fuel.

As I was eating my fruit last night all I could think of was how much sugar is in this and will it spike my blood sugar to an uneven level. This is just not a healthy thought process.
I have not been starving myself, my extreme attitude problem will not allow for that. I think the eating every few hours has been really helpful, they tell me if I up my water I will see more pounds per week fall off, you would think that would motivate me to drink more water….Nope.

If it was really just as simple as math, we wouldn’t be the fattest nation.