{"id":17396,"date":"2011-11-24T11:25:49","date_gmt":"2011-11-24T16:25:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/?p=17396"},"modified":"2011-11-24T11:25:49","modified_gmt":"2011-11-24T16:25:49","slug":"why-its-easy-for-me-to-eat-light-on-thanksgiving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/why-its-easy-for-me-to-eat-light-on-thanksgiving\/","title":{"rendered":"Why it’s easy for me to eat light on Thanksgiving"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have friends tell me “Oh, you have so much discipline not overeating, especially on holidays.” It’s not really discipline. It’s that after having digestive problems years ago caused by my former heavily-meat-laden diet, I remember the pain and the 8 days each in the hospital 3 years in a row with acute pancreatitis<\/a> due to hyperlipidemia<\/a>. \u00a0 Pain is a powerful motivator. \u00a0The few times I’d overeaten<\/a> since then, my body was in such discomfort until the offending mass moved through it 12 hours later that I am flat out never tempted to overeat anymore. \u00a0It doesn’t even occur to me. \u00a0 Now I nibble fresh spinach if I sit in front of the tv, instead of snacks. \u00a0I lost 60 pounds the first 4 months I changed my eating habits in 2006, and the last year lost another 10 by working out a little more. \u00a0I want to be stronger and more vital as I get older, not less. \u00a0This should do it.<\/p>\n

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