Let’s talk about eating out at restaurants….recovery experience #2.
Insert the old programming tape and here come my thoughts about eating out at restaurants. The thoughts usually went one of four ways:
1 – Only dine at steakhouses so I could eat all the protein and veggies I wanted, even if I was stuffed I knew it wouldn’t affect my weight because I was a ketone burning machine.
2 – Go to any restaurant because this was the free pass to eating anything my brain desired. It would always be chased with the big lie of “I’d start tomorrow” to ease the guilt.
3- Go to any restaurant and restrict myself to the foods from the “lighter choices” offerings which was no fun.
4 – Decline or pass on the invite or idea to go out to eat because I could not trust myself. This was probably the worst one of the four because I made myself out to be the horrible person.
It is amazing how much mental chatter I would stir up about a place where they sell and serve food and drink! Could it really be that complicated? Should it be that complicated? Am I the only one that thinks like this?
I believed expending this amount of mental energy was normal until I learned that I was the owner and creator of it all. Restaurants never made me think the way I did, it was always me, but I 100% believed that I would always have these four options.
Coaching my mind to realize that if I can create restriction, I can also create freedom. Now, I’ve shared what my meal prepping consists of and how I use this to create that mental freedom. This morning, I wrote down Wallbangers Burgers and the menu items I wanted to have. I am on day 21 of this weight release journey using my mind to support me as opposed to against me. The measurable results are 7 pounds of release, but I cannot tell you how many tons of mental weight have been dissolved. You too can release so much more than body weight by working with me as your coach.
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