Ep 26 You Are Not Wasting Food When You Don’t Clean Your Plate

Today’s episode is all about wasting food and what you think about that. Because how you think about about wasting food will determine how you treat your body.

If you think you must always eat the food on your plate, your weight will probably always be a problem.

I share with you an incident with my husband, Michael, and eating watermelon, what I noticed and my aha moment.

We have really been enjoying watermelon this summer, and we’re coming towards the end of the season. So Michael cuts the watermelon up and says, “You better eat it all now, because it won’t last much longer, and there won’t be any more.” Well, I was ready to eat some more just because he said that and my mind went, “Go get it girl, this is your last chance.”

But being the body whisperer I am, I checked in with my bod, and it whispered, “All done, +2.”

I looked at Michael and started laughing, “You just gave me my next podcast.” I have noticed he says this a lot. He’s become the chef and he’s a good one, but whatever he creates he always says, “You better eat it now, because it’ll never taste this good again.”

Maybe it’s true; it might not ever taste that good again, but if I’m not hungry, I’ve got to stop and be okay with the thought of never having it that good again. Instead, I’ll think how happy and grateful I am for honoring my body and be grateful to Michael for cooking such delectable food.

Michael loves to see me enjoy his food, which I do, but if I wasn’t mindful I might eat more just to please Michael, instead of honoring myself. Do you do this too?

So I think about my grandson, my teacher, Sebastian. When Michael cooks for him, he puts food on his tray and Sebastian eats it with gusto, but when he’s done, and Michael tries putting some more of that food that will never taste this good again, on his tray, my grandson just puts up his hand and pushes it away. He couldn’t care less what Michael has to say about its deliciousness.

Why? Because his body has communicated it’s done.

We are in training to respond in this same way. It’s the way we were programmed, and we are just reconnecting that deepest part of ourselves. We are trying to be more like Sebastian. He does it automatically, but we must be very mindful until it becomes automatic again. Practice, practice, practice.

Here are some thoughts about wasting food that might be running around in your head:

• It will go to waste, eat it now.
• It will never be this good again.
• I still have food on my plate.
• I can’t leave food on my plate.
• There are starving children.
• It’s there, I should eat it.
• I may never have this again.
• It’s so delicious.
• It’s there. (This is a big one with my clients.)
• I’m not a wasteful person.

I go over these thoughts about wasting food and more as we examine our reasons for eating food our body doesn’t require.

Enjoy the show!

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