Starving Artists: Starving Artists -> Half...and Then Half Again.

Well, that's the idea. It seems I'm now eating half of what I used to eat and saving the other half for later. Actually, I'm finally starting to "get it" about the amount of foods I should be eating. It's all about portions and serving size. I mean I always "knew" that, but it didn't really make a difference...it's as though I've been living under a cloud of fog, if that makes any sense. Then I woke up. Yes, I finally woke up!

I've been eating way too much for my stature, way lots than my body can process. So what's it to do? Store it all as fat. Yup. Now since I started WW, I'm finally starting to see that it's all about the serving size. And we as Americans eat more than just one serving of food. And one serving of food does not even compare or comes close to the globs we usually eat. No wonder most Americans are overweight.

I never really noticed it, but everywhere I go, most people are overweight...at the store, at the theater, at the bus stop, etc. I never really thought much about it. But it's because for one, mostly we don't exercise and two, we eat way more than one serving size. Yep, one serving. One serving is all we should be eating. One serving really isn't a lot of food. But it's enough to sustain one's body. Enough to keep hunger away. Enough to live. We should eat to live, not live to eat.

But it's so much more fun to live to eat. Isn't it? Hey, I'll fess up to it...I love to eat. Umhm, I surely do. But at some point I have to put fun aside and work with what is real. And the reality is that I've been overeating. At home, at work, at restaurants. I'd go back for seconds. I'd eat all the time or eat whenever food was brought. My office is notorious for that. People bring in pastries/donuts/cookies all the time. And I just ate. A lot of times, it was just something to do and over the years it formed into a habit I couldn't break. It was normal to eat at social events or at home during commercials. In fact, I expected some kind of food. It was the thing to do. I ate willingly but exercised hardly. In fact, I never exercised.

Today, I was at home most of the time and didn't make it to the gym. Well, the truth is I didn't make it to the gym yesterday either. It's been two days without activity and if I go one more day without doing anything, I'll probably ease into that old habit again. It's a matter of staying focused and looking ahead toward my goal. So tomorrow, I HAVE to do some form of exercise. It'll remind me to stay focused and true to the goal which lies ahead...where I'll reap the reward from all the hard work and effort put forth. And throughout all of this, eating only one serving of food. Actually it isn't all that bad. Truly it isn't. I guess a new habit is forming.