This is good people! Happy Thursday to everyone. Hugs Debbie

Sacred Cows

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Sacred Cows Posted: 17 Feb 2011 03:25 AM PST This blog post just reminded me of a phrase that had fallen off my radar and out of my vocabulary. Sacred Cows -- those rules of thumb that once made are never brought up for reconsideration. Can you name your Sacred Cows?  Here are some that I hear a lot: 1. I have a slow metabolism.     Although it may be true that you are not carrying as much muscle as someone else and you have a sedentary job, remember the reason a person gains weight is that they are eating too many calories for the amount they are expending.  If you can't expend more -- eat less.  I have yet to find a person who didn't have an extra 9 bites to leave uneaten. 2. I can't lose weight because I don't have enough time to work out.      See explanation #1 3. I have never been successful at maintaining my weight.      Today is a brand new day.  Past performance is not an accurate predictor of future performance -- what you are eating today is a great predictor  of the number of calories you are going to store as fat today. 4. I already know what I should do.      Fine.  Great.  But are you acting on that knowledge?  If the approach you know isn't helping you, maybe it's time for another approach.

Good one Debbie!!

So true!!! Thanks for the reminder.
Nan

I liked it!  Good thoughts for the day!

Debbie--what is this 9 bites you keep referring to?

Hi and thanks for asking...9 less bites a day, it's part of the Mindful Eating concept.
I have an Eating Coach and I post her blogs here for us Mindful Eaters. It's great for us that are a couple years out to learn about Mindful Eating.

So you leave 3 bites on your plate for each meal...that is 9 less bites a day which equals 9 pounds a year. Doable!

You never have to clean your plate ever again. Now some things we have to "tweak" due to WLS but really I'm almost 4 years out from surgery for my RNY so there really isn't much tweaking to do when it comes to Mindful Eating.

I like the 9 less bites a day.

I grew up with it being a sin to waste food.

Yesterday I stopped cold for the first time and tossed out half of what I knew I shouldn't eat. That was hard.

Today I stopped myself from plowing past 3 bites into potato chips. That was harder.

Counting really counts ;-)

thanks for posting

What a success!! Go girl...you are practicing Mindful Eating!!!!