Personal Evaluation
1. What are some types of foods you eat more than four times per week on the program? I eat A LOT of apples and bananas and grapes and watermelon on the program - I have several every day. I also eat rice cakes every day, and cheese in some form or another. I also eat peanut butter every day. Before, when I started the program, I ate several of my banana/oatmeal/peanut butter/vanilla cookies every day - I realized that it was an unhealthy relationship and stopped eating them for a week or two.
2. How are these foods related in taste and/or texture to your "old favorites"? Quite honestly, these foods don't really resemble anything I used to eat. I used to abuse foods all the time, and these foods I have a healthy relationship with. I love eating them because they taste good and make me feel rejuvenated. The foods I used to eat made me feel heavy and sluggish.
3. Think of the foods you misused on a regular basis before you began the program. How was your attitude toward that food similar to your attitude toward the foods you identified in question one? With my old favorites, I used them as emotional cushions. They filled the voids when other things couldn't. They cheered me up when I felt sad, and gave me a pat on the back when I felt good.
4. In what ways do you need to adjust your attitude about any of the foods you listed in question one? How does that make you feel? I need to realize that food is not my 'friend,' that it's something to nourish my body, but not something to use when I feel good or bad or sad. It makes me feel frustrated that I let this get that far, but beside that I know that I feel confident in the way I'm growing and learning....
5. What will that change in attitude mean as you continue on as the TRUE YOU? How long will the benefits last? If I maintain a mentality that food is for nourishment and is not my friend, the benefits will last forever. It will mean unlimited success and happiness as I continue on my journey to the true me.
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