Full enough

 

What if you discovered that what suits "most people" according to social media, ads, and general rumor, does not necessarily suit you?

We have become so accustomed to authority figures like doctors, nurses, dietitians, and other people who supposedly "really know" that we don't question it.

Over the years nearly everything we eat or drink has been labeled bad, or a super food and then a few years later that is retracted. 

I appear to be healthier right now than I have been for at least forty years and I am embarrassed to tell you what I eat, because of these standards. I have lost well over sixty pounds, lowered my blood pressure, A1C, cholesterol, and managed to rehab an aching back without physical therapy.

By doing what my body wants and tolerates

I know that sounds too easy, but it really isn't. I can't drink soda pop, or eat dessert whenever I want. I can't survive on the breads and rolls I love, but I don't have to eat salad or give up cheese or even meat. I just have to eat them in the amounts my body craves and not feed my taste buds. My tasted buds crave tons of food right after I eat, but if I put them off an hour or so, they give in and allow me to realize I am full enough.

It has taken me years to figure some of these things out. I am not a religious exerciser, but I do need to get up and move twenty to sixty minutes a day. I can eat two big meals a day and still lose a little weight. Not as much as I did in the beginning, but still, a little. 

I had to learn to be nice to me. I like to read and sleep and socialize. I like to watch some movies and I like to be creative. There may be more, but it took me 72 years to get this far.

Give me time!