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Dear
Shifters,
One year my
family went on a road trip to Southern California from Seattle. My younger sister who was 6 at the time was a picky eater and decided
that all she was going to eat was blue colored cream of mushroom soup for the
ENTIRE TRIP. This was the only thing she
wanted. This is the only thing she had
been eating for the last few weeks anyways.
My mother, frustrated with trying to get her to eat anything else,
decided to let her have her way.
“Why are you
spoiling her?” I protested. My mother
winked, “don’t worry, she’ll get sick of it and I’ll never have to color that
damn soup blue again” She brought along a box of Campbell’s cream of mushroom
soup and blue food color to make for my sister on a hot plate while the rest of
us ate normal road food on our trip.
My sister
seemed to love the soup and never tire of it.
Breakfast, lunch and dinner every day the same lumpy bowl of Campbell’s
colored baby blue. I remember the day, somewhere near the middle of the 7th
day of eating the blue glop every meal that I looked over at my sister staring
at her bowl of blue for breakfast, while the rest of us were eating cereal and
she began to cry, and cry, and cry. “I
am so bored of my blue soup! I never
want to eat blue soup again! Can I
please have some cereal?” From that day
on my sister never ate blue soup..or any cream based soup again.
I just read
some research that mentioned that one classic reason that people fall off the wagon with
their “diet” is that they get bored with eating the same thing day in and day
out. Often when we diet we are given a
specific group of foods or meals or “meal drinks” and must be compliant with
them over time—we will get bored and go looking for some "fun" outside the confines of the diet. Then we feel guilty and are sure it is because we
lack willpower, which makes us eat even more.
You don’t lack willpower! You
have just fallen into the blue cream of mushroom soup syndrome.
Sometimes
eating the same thing works for awhile, it makes things easy, but beware of the
early signals of boredom. Often it is
the urge to eat more or a feeling of not being satisfied even though you have
just eaten.
The good
news is that now, as a SHIFTER, the whole world of food is your oyster and that
if you are currently bored to tears with what you are eating you need to SHAKE
IT UP and make some changes in what you are eating.
I also know
that as the seasons change—so does our taste palate. Many times a salad that
you were eating every day during the summer for lunch, just doesn’t cut the
mustard now that it’s October. Don’t
blame the salad—Shift what you are eating!
It’s time to realign yourself with your changing food needs.Try thinking about it this coming week. Think of some autumn dishes that you ate as a kid. What tastes and textures appeal to you? Can you create a healthy version? Check out www.Hungry-Girl.com often she has some low calorie versions of favorite comfort foods.
Go shopping with the idea of not buying the same old stuff but with the idea of experimenting. I am attaching Hungry Girl's shopping list below--this is also a great place to get recipe ideas for the autumn. Here also is some sound coaching on grocery shopping too because I deal with so many clients who despair about it.
Shopping List: http://www.hungry-girl.com/biteout/show/2395
Why do they
get so overwhelmed??
1) They get into the store and are
overwhelmed and don’t know what to buy.
2) They get bamboozled either by the
stores’ or products’ seductive labeling that they buy stuff that turns out to
be not that good for them or not taste that good—a waste of money and calories!
3) They go to the store not knowing what
they need and end of letting their Inner Rebel do the shopping for them and
come home with a lot of trigger food items that now they either have to exert
willpower over (not fun) or they end up compulsively or mindlessly eating and
then feel bad (doubly not fun!).
What is
going on in the examples above is that the client is being driven EXTERNALLY
and not INTERNALLY. They are entering
the grocery store without an INNER plan for so that they fall victim to the
overwhelming stimulus of the grocery store and get overwhelmed.
Successful
shopping begins with an INTERNAL strategy system that is created by engaging
with your Inner Coach. Let’s head down
the aisle together in that grocery store in your mind. Shopping can be an
overwhelming task when you are not prepared and are doing it last
minute—especially when you are hungry and/ or don’t have a plan. Here are some
dos and don’ts that masters have learned over the years.
Do: Make a
habit of shopping a couple of specific times during the week. What will help
you is to keep the time and days consistent so it literally becomes a
habit. Tune into what things you need to
purchase at those specific times. Usually one shop will be you big one for the
week and the other to supplement fresh fruits and vegetables and milk and other
supplies that run low.
Don’t: Shop
last minute—especially on an empty stomach.
Your brain is in a stressed state when you are hungry-not a great time
to make sound and healthy decisions.
Do: Make a
list based on ideas of meals you are going to eat that week. Take a moment and really ask yourself the
question—how do I want to feed myself these next few days? What kind of fruits and vegetables do I
need? What kind of whole grains and lean
proteins will you need? Make a list and
think which areas of the store you need to shop in and which you don’t—this
will give you a feeling of confidence when you enter the store.
Don’t: Go to
the store unprepared with a list and “hope” you’ll get inspired. This will be a
disaster—stores are notorious for marketing gakky food items to unprepared
shoppers—go in with a plan—keep your eyes peeled for new low cal products and
closed to the gak—as the song says just walk on by… this is important—really
see yourself passing by the ice-cream aisle in your mind ahead of time so that
it will be much easier to do once you are there.
Do: Shop for
fruits and veggies first and gak last. In fact avoid gak aisles all together
and just shop the perimeter of the store only going down the aisle for a
specific item.
Don’t: Put
trigger foods or gak in your cart for other people that you “think” you can
handle having around. Guess what --9
times out of 10 it more will end up in you and less in them.
Do: Stock up
on frozen veggies and easy precooked, pre portioned protein sources. That way
Don’t: Think
eating healthfully is expensive—in the long run it always costs less to be
healthy and eat healthy than unhealthfully. Remember the time you spend feeling
bloated stuffed and lacking in energy because of the foods you eat or the money
spent on medications for being overweight or the hours of time lost sitting in
doctor’s offices is really a bigger cost isn’t it? You can’t put a price tag on feeling healthy
and vibrant or you family feeling fit and nourished. Many shifters have told me they save money
eating more healthfully.
Just avoid
the “blue soup” aisle!!!
Happy autumn
shopping! Happy Shifting!!
Oxox Rita
Tonight!!! October 1—Join us for a no
cost Shift TELESEMINAR—The 5 Keys to Consistent Weight Release and Maintenance
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forward to family and friends—it is free for them as well.
Shift Online Saturday Classes start October 13th—6 exciting
online classes throughout the fall that will keep you releasing weight and achieving
weight mastery through the holidays.
Sign up now and get 2 free CDs.
Click here to read more:
