Ouch, that�s harsh! Let me explain�
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| Honey and milk-filled chai and a snack--just what I needed! |
You tell me that you skipped your breakfast�because you just couldn�t eat in the morning, or there was simply no time�but you would never allow your kids do this.
You acknowledge that a salad�just a salad�for lunch�is not much of a meal. Yet you believe that�s all you really need. Besides, it fills you up. Doesn�t that mean it�s enough for lunch?
You attribute your low energy, your fatigue, to everything from your fibromyalgia to your poor sleep, your MS to your high stress, yet you�ve only eaten a fraction of what you need to, in a 10-hour period.
You believe that once you start eating you won�t be able to take control�that restricting is the only way to manage your weight�yet you struggle with rebound binge eating and resulting weight gain. And you think it�s just you.
You mindlessly eat, and then over exercise, then get frustrated. �Why am I the only one who has no willpower?� you wonder. What�s wrong with my body?
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You believe a yogurt is a meal, perhaps because you eat it with a spoon. So here�s a test�is an 8-ounce glass of low fat milk a meal? Because that�s a fair equivalent. And I�ll bet you�d never think of that as an adequate meal�at least for someone else.
You believe that others have needs�physical and emotional, but yours aren�t that important. Friends, family members�they need to eat meals, adequate balanced meals for health�yet for you, the rules don�t apply.
Yesterday I saw a television ad http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSQVT3IwMas that helped me understand how you�ve come to such distortions, why you might think these thoughts. Crystal Light Energy�just 5 calories, �because you never know�, is what they say.
Are you thinking what I�m thinking? 5 calories? Energy? In the very same sentence? Let me remind you (and Crystal Light makers) that calories=energy. �Girl power to go�, as they claim, certainly isn�t coming from the FIVE calories per serving, that�s for sure. It does have 60 mgs. caffeine (about a cup of mildly brewed tea), which also isn�t going to give you any great energy boost. But they want you to think that a 5 calorie difference (from their 0 calorie version) is a lot�that it�s going to make a difference in your energy.
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| Not Crystal Light! Powered with food, this beverage came after. |
But they�re wrong. �Girl power� comes not from a 5-calorie beverage. It comes from rejecting these absurd and misleading suggestions, convincing you that such restricted calorie intake should sustain you. �Girl power� comes from tossing the diet beverages, and fueling yourself with beverages with nutrients (milk or soy milk, or smoothies, to name a few) or with food. And it comes from believing you deserve to eat, to eat enough, and truly fuel your body.
Because really, you�re not special. We all need and deserve to eat�regardless of our size.
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