The Human Mind Is A Very Powerful Thing

Since I had surgery, I have been telling myself that it would physically hurt me to eat things that I've been advised against eating. Things such as pasta, some fruits, bread, and things with lots of carbs, I stayed away from and I was completely okay with that. Then, this past week, I went on vacation to British Columbia, Canada for a family camp where they provided 3 meals a day. I tried very hard to eat right and continue to stay away from those things, but having someone else make the menu decisions turned out to be much more complicated than I could have imagined. Now, don't get me wrong, I didn't eat sweets or sugary stuff but I did eat some bread, some noodles in spaghetti they had made, and maybe a little more fruit than I really should have.

I am still extremely proud of the self control I have developed over the last 3 months! They served us desserts after every meal and I didn't have a single bite of any of them! I guess this post is more about the self control side of things... I was really surprised to see how much self control I have acquired in such a short time. I truly wasn't at all disappointed that I 'couldn't' eat the sweets with the rest of my family. The family even got ice cream every day we were there and I truly wasn't mad about that either. I don't want those things in my body anymore. I didn't want to eat the things for dinner that I had to but there weren't any other options.

I think the hardest part about this vacation was the unexpected.. not knowing what was being served until time to eat it and not having the time to make other arrangements. Also, I found myself trying to convince myself in my mind that a little bit of spaghetti wouldn't hurt that much, or a piece of garlic toast wouldn't hurt that much, until I felt so heavy from eating just a little bit of something that had no nutritional value. I think if I could make 1 major point with this, it would be to NOT regularly put things into your body that don't serve a purpose for your body! I'll go into more detail on what I mean by that in my next entry, even give y'all some examples of what I mean because it was quite the concept for me especially being someone who had never thought about food like that before.

I'll start working on that tonight and finish up and post it tomorrow so y'all bolo!

Much love y'all. Until next time,

Kay