"Chris Detje" <
[email protected]> wrote...
>
> I currently take mega man vitamins 1 at lunch and 1 at breakfast and 2 slim fast shakes during
> the day.
and that's it?
ok. i'm gonna throw in a scary idea.
try to not think about it in terms of what you *should* eat and *can* eat and *are allowed to* eat.
nobody here has the ultimate feeding manual for your body; but you yourself can find out. learn to
listen to your body. learn to feel real hunger. eat when you are hungry. do not eat when you're not
hungry. do not eat so much that you end up stuffed. (it sounds easy, i know very well it ain't.)
and, eat food which, rather than just being as low-cal as possible, is actually good for your body.
gives you vitamins and fresh stuff rather than the heaps of sugar (yes) and processed **** in the
slimfast. right now, believe it or not, you're not doing your body much good, nutrition wise, if you
look any further than the surface effect of losing weight.
learning to listen to the messages of your body isn't easy, but it's incredibly rewarding. not just
for the food thing, but also for your running, cause if you run five miles a day, every day, and
can't tell when your body needs a rest day, you will invariably end up injured at some point.
(just as a little background info. i started running to lose weight too. i was on a pretty strict
diet, basically thinking of food in terms of calories, ignoring stuff like actual nutritional value,
let alone enjoyment. i felt great, and i was losing a lot of weight, so i didn't see how anything
could be wrong. once i hit goal, i realized i had no concept of what i "could" eat now... different
issues had me turn to bingeing & gain back a lot. now i'm trying to forget the numbers in my head
and live by what my body tells me it needs. it's hard, but it's the only way that lets you truly
live in harmony with yourself - oh my god that sounded esoteric
)
good luck - report back! nina