In Case You're Wondering.....

I lost 3 pounds this week doing "Nothing".

A few observations:

I feel much more relaxed about food. I've even re-introduced myself to the joys of peanut butter! I think I may even be eating less now that the restrictions are off, but of course I wouldn't know. I'm letting go of the need to know. I'm trying to wing it.

I'm just not that hungry anymore. Before, I would feel an almost "anguished" kind of hunger all the time: "What will I eat??? WHAT CAN I EAT?!" What could I eat that wouldn't make me more hungry, guilty, or fat, a weak-willed failure? The simple question of what I could eat was loaded. I wonder if much of my hunger was psychological. Yes? 

Don't get me wrong, I still love food! I love to shop for it, I love to cook it, and I love to eat it! But I'm trying to quiet down a bit and listen to what my body is telling me. "What do you want, Sunshine? I'll give you anything you want. No judgement, no guilt!" And I hear the words of Michael Pollan in my head: Eat food, not too much, mostly plants.

I think I've got it now.....