Portions

Ha, what are portions!?! :)

Omg, let me just tell you how terrible I am when it comes to portion control, especially spaghetti or any type of pasta.  The typical me will go get about a whole plate full of food, usually just a main dish, and because I am usually Starving by the time dinner is ready I eat pretty rapidly, well because of that I seem to think I'm still hungry and also because food tastes SOO freaking good, I will go get a second plate, and by the time I am about done with the second plate I start to slow down very fast.  Well, according to most things I read they say you are supposed to eat your food SLOW and take about 20 min so that way your stomach realizes your full before you pack EVERYTHING in sight into it.  HA that's funny, me listen to what the experts say...

So not only do I have an issue with portion control, for some reason probably because I love food, I seem to think that when I want to eat a certain thing, that if I don't eat it NOW I will forget about it and then I will miss out on the flavorful thing I was daydreaming about for the past 20 min. 

As I continue to just realize what I've been doing to get myself to this place of unhealthiness and "unhappiness" (just with my body), I understand that wholly cow I was eating SOOO much food that I just couldn't take time to stop and realize that I wasn't even hungry or that those things will still be there tomorrow or the next day or the next.  Did I tell you how much I LOVE food.. ha, I can't say it enough, I'm kind of obsessed.... which is just not okay especially when you are not eating the 'right' foods. 

Well, as I'm beginning this journey of a healthier happier me, I am recognizing what my body actually needs in order to keep me going instead of thinking it's gonna be the end of the world if I don't eat whatever is on my mind right this minute.(it also doesn't help that I sit at a desk all day and have time to think about food.) 

Cheers to finding a balance in what and when I can eat! :)