Jumping over my obstacles

I have been battling with my self image and what I percieve to be my weight for a year now. I am reading this really amazing book called "Lose weight without dieting, The animal kingdom way", by David Nordmark. It is free on kindle. I have only read 1/3 of the book and it makes so much sense to me. I highly recommend it to you. Not that you need to loose weight, I am not saying that at all. Rather the concepts are pretty enlightening. I am going to blog some of what I have learned already.

I will overcome!

1. Focus on behaviors and habits that cause my weight gain, not the weight itself.
2. Keep a food journal and record what I eat each day. Why do I eat when I am not hungry.
3. Do not eat in front of the TV
4. If I am hungry realize that I most probably thirsty instead. Drink water first.
5. Learn to only eat at the dining room table with plate, fork & knife. Break my habit of grabbing something to eat.
6. When eating at the table focus on only eating or talking with family. No reading or watching TV.
7. Move any tempting foods out of sight, Move healthier stuff to my eyesight.
8. Do not treat my body like a garbage can, eat only until full. Throw the rest in the garbage.
9. Exercise
10. Approach dinner as a ritual, not as a task to be completed. Plan in advance.
11. Only put the food you think you will eat on my plate. Put the rest away to elevate wanting more.
12. Eat my food slowly, without distractions, and with a feeling of gratitude. Give my brain a chance to know it is full.
13. If I am hungry for a snack, walk away for 7 minutes and do something else (except watching TV). If I am still hungry then I can have the snack at the table.
14. Strive to eat food in as close to it’s natural state as possible - avoid at all cost processed foods that come in a box, bag, wrapper or tray.
The next part of the book talks about exercise. I am so excited to get into that and see how it measures us with the animal kingdom. All of the above things he related to our animal friends and how they do it. I was just excited and thought you might be interested. I will keep you updated on my progress. I would like to journal for sure on what I eat each day. What kind of forum could I do that in that I could share with you? I don't want to do it on the blog because we will someday print this into a book.
I love you so much and am thankful you are always there for me. Let's keep on blogging, it is fun and I have been lax for sure.