Someone asked me recently at one of my seminars how I felt about counting calories. I told her I don't count them anymore. But this practice is useful when you are just starting out loosing weight. It forces you to be truthful with yourself about how much and what you are eating. After a while, though, it can really make you crazy.When I first started out loosing weight, I kept a calorie count of everything I ate. It showed me how many calories I was actually taking in. It was remarkable. Truly, I had no idea I was eating that much. And that's the thing, I wasn't eating that much, but the food I was eating was extremely high in calories.
After a year progressed and I saw the scale move down, my ego kicked in and started saying, "Well, if you cut more calories and exercise more, you'll loose weight". You know the rest. Yes, I did loose more weight and became sick, tired and moody all the time. You see, when you kick up your exercise, your body needs more fuel. Starving it in favor of a smaller pant size is not the way to health. Trust me. I was miserable.
What I've found to be true(and have been backed in my knowledge by the school I'm attending) is this - eat more vegetables, eat more fruit, eat less meat, eat proper portions, eat real food, nothing processed, nothing white, drink more water. The food our body needs is high quality and as close to its natural state from the Earth as possible. God did not intend us to eat processed foods devoid of nutrients. He created all the most perfect nutrients naturally and it grows outside!
So you see, counting calories can be a double edged sword. That is where loving yourself comes in. By not eating enough of the right foods, the body is not loved. It wants strength. We are meant to experience love and to show love to one another. That requires energy from the body. Our soul and these bodies have a symbiotic relationship in this existence. Honor them both and watch yourself take off!
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