{"id":7273,"date":"2010-01-28T21:04:19","date_gmt":"2010-01-29T02:04:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/?p=7273"},"modified":"2016-05-27T02:14:45","modified_gmt":"2016-05-27T07:14:45","slug":"deja-vu-all-over-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/deja-vu-all-over-again\/","title":{"rendered":"I Get Reminders to Keep Eating Healthy – Deja Vu All Over Again"},"content":{"rendered":"

I see I wrote at Tummy Bug, I Can Control My Perception <\/a>a post that almost mirrors this week’s experience.\u00a0 Wednesday night I came down with a little tummy ick that had me down for the count for 24 hours. I think it was really the fact that I’d eaten too heavy rather than a bug, but then I had a fever and chills and sweats all night, so who knows?\u00a0 The body does all sorts of things when it is ridding the body of toxins.\u00a0 I also see at Getting to know how my body works <\/a>that reminds me that I’ve been overdoing it with the Chinese food and chicken & rice again, too.\u00a0 Hmmm, once or twice a year I see I’ve let myself do that.\u00a0 I’m glad I blogged about it so I could have a record to learn by.<\/p>\n

I find what works best for me is to keep my meals light, with maybe a hearty meal no more than twice a week, and not two days in a row, either. I have to remember that at my age and level of physical activity, I don’t need to have a hearty meal – ever.\u00a0 That also means separating what I eat from what brings me emotional comfort.\u00a0 I can’t just sit and mindlessly ingest snacks.\u00a0 I have to remember that bread and rice moves through my system slowly.\u00a0 I have to remember that if I eat bread or rice, 5 hours later it is still in my stomach.\u00a0 That is something to remember if I am going to eat 5 hours later – that my stomach may already be half full even though I feel hungry.<\/p>\n

\"campfire<\/a>When my system is overloaded, it’s not just that I can pack on some extra pounds, it’s that my body is the vehicle that allows me to move around in this world.\u00a0 The fuel I put into it determines how easily and how long I can do that.\u00a0 I wrote at When I\u2019m Healthy, I\u2019m Never Down For Long that <\/a>when I use food like I use firewood – adding to the fire only the amount of wood that is needed when it is needed – the more easily it is converted to fuel for me, and the more efficiently it burns.\u00a0 This fuel is what I use to feed ALL of my biological processes – everything, for all organs and body parts, so it\u2019s important.<\/p>\n

At the campfire, you don\u2019t pile all the firewood on at once, you add each log as the fire burns down and makes room for it. You can make 8 logs last 8 hours or you can start the fire with all 8 logs. If you stack it all up at one time, you get a big smoky mess that has no air to breathe.\u00a0 That makes it burn unevenly and then it\u2019s gone in just a few hours.\u00a0 Same as big meals.\u00a0 They just clog you up and don\u2019t leave you energy to do the long term work.\u00a0 The long term work of fueling the cells of your body properly, so you metabolize properly and stay healthy.\u00a0 Digestion isn\u2019t just about digestion.\u00a0 Healthy cells also look younger.<\/p>\n

I know I set some pretty stringent dietary guidelines for myself.\u00a0 I know that I can eat anything at all, in moderation.\u00a0 But I’m not naturally an “in moderation” kinda person, so it’s easiest for me to simply avoid certain foods.\u00a0 I make myself remember that the reason for eating in the first place is to fuel my next activity, so my food has to contain substantial vitamins and minerals.<\/p>\n

I’m grateful for these little reminders the Universe gives me when I’ve gotten off track.\u00a0 When I eat my daily soups and salads, I feel healthy and nourished and vital and alive.\u00a0 When I begin eating sandwiches and chicken with rice, I feel slower, I feel less alert, I go into that getting-comfortably-numb stage.\u00a0 So why do I do it in the first place?<\/p>\n

If I feel so much better when I eat right, why do I stray off course?\u00a0 Because I let myself be tempted by something that I ate for years as a comfort food.\u00a0 Because old habits die hard.\u00a0 Because I like the taste of chicken.\u00a0 Because I want the convenience of a sandwich.<\/p>\n

Then I do it the next day and the next, not giving it much thought until the Universe gives me a wake up call and says ENOUGH!<\/p>\n

\ud83d\ude42 I’m learning.<\/p>\n

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