FOOD IS FUEL
So I listened to two friends of mine debate what they would have for lunch last Saturday. They asked me to help choose, but I told them I didn’t care. For 15 or 20 minutes of the ride my two friends wrestled and struggled with this decision. You would think it was the most important decision of their day. Who knows? Maybe it was.
I did not join in, as I mentioned before. I truly did not care where we ate. I was there to enjoy the company of my friends. I knew that no matter what I ate or where I ate, if I ate slowly enough, 20 minutes into my meal I would be full. Whether if be junk food or salad. Pasta or Subway.
I mean, think about it. How many times have you watched coworkers struggle over what to order for lunch? How many times have you seen friends pout when they didn’t get their choice?!
Imagine these people going home to their spouse or children. When asked how their day was, do they reply in terms of food? Do they say, “I had the best chicken salad I have ever had?”
Or if they didn’t get their way do they say, “My whole day was ruined because Adina chose a place that served healthy food?”
No. More than likely no. They talk about the events or accomplishments of the day.
Food is fuel. Nothing more and nothing less.
Think of past family gatherings. We may enjoy time around the table, but is it really the food we remember? Do you look back and say, “Boy that Tuna Casserole of 83 will never be topped!”
No. We look back and remember the people and the love.
Food is just fuel.
When faced with what to eat at lunch tomorrow, just remember that no matter what you eat, you’ll be full in twenty minutes.
If you recognize food for what it is and make a good choice, you will go on with your day after lunch and forget it.
If you fail to remember that food is fuel and indulge in something you shouldn’t, you will change the course of your day. You will berate yourself and wish you had made the healthy choice. Because no matter how tempting or good something looks at the time, a few short hours later it wasn’t worth it.
Just remember….FOOD IS FUEL.
Nothing more and nothing less.
January 13, 2008 at 6:03 pm
Good to have you back Adina! I find that as long as I don’t let myself get hungry I don’t care what I eat. But if I skip a meal or fail to eat my protein every 2.5 to 3 hours etc then my hunger kicks in and I start to crave carbs and junk etc. "Hunger is weakness leaving the body!"
January 16, 2008 at 3:35 pm
I agree with asmolenski…. if I skip, I’m hungry. But I need it every 2 hours. But i’m trying to cut back. However the fuel thing is very true in my life. I try to view it as something that I do for energy. But there are times I just want to eat. However I have and sometimes still do say, "Wow the X of 98 was the best ever." But then again, that’s why my mom and I were together well over 250 pounds overweight.
September 3, 2008 at 12:06 pm
Well you obviously aren’t French… I’ve heard French people talk ad infinitum about meals they consumed years ago…