Today it felt very odd, and uncomfortable, to whiz right by Tim Horton's on my way home after conducting chapels at the jail in Napanee. I always stop to pick up a Timmies and 2 timbits on my way back - the coffee soothes my raspy throat, and timbits - well that's just a treat.
I was thinking a bit about my relative success on the Optifast plan thus far, as I'm driving 'sans Timmie'. One of the main reasons for the meal replacement plan is about 'Stimuli Narrowing'. It's kind of like resetting the brain, so all of those subconscious food-related habits can be reversed. It makes it a little easier as I'm sailing by Tim's to think on the benefits of this 'Stimuli Narrowing' You can read more about it here 'Stimuli Narrowing'
One of the challenges they gave us at week 1 group session was to encourage us to keep an open mind. I'm trying to do that, and adhering strictly to the 'just Optifast + 2 extra liters of water + some daily exercise, and I'm wondering what my food life will be like once I finish the Optifast plan. One of the self-study questions for this week is the questions: "Is there anything that you wouldn't be willing to change to your 'best weight'?"
Suddenly I'm thinking things like, "Wow, would I be willing to completely avoid ice cream, if I need to do that?" "Am I willing to exercise more than 30 minutes a day, if that's what it takes?" "Am I willing to avoid potato chips?" I don't know what will be needed to keep my weight down to my 'best weight' yet, but these are heavy questions to think on.
There is a certain kind of security that comes from having a strictly prescribed 'eating regime', but there certainly is a lot of uncertainty and trepidation that comes from not knowing what my future eating and exercise will be like.
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