{"id":12676,"date":"2017-01-14T16:10:19","date_gmt":"2017-01-14T21:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/?p=12676"},"modified":"2017-01-14T20:08:27","modified_gmt":"2017-01-15T01:08:27","slug":"saturday-short-eating-healthy-elastic-is-not-so-much-my-friend-as-a-close-acquaintance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/debmillswriter.com\/?p=12676","title":{"rendered":"Saturday Short – Eating Healthy – Elastic Is Not So Much My Friend As a Close Acquaintance"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Photo Credit: Sweet Little Bluebird<\/a><\/p>\n

Sitting at my desk, I’m sitting very straight with great posture thanks to the corseting effect of jeans that fit me better a few months back. Struggling into those button-top, zippered jeans was one of those New Year wake-up calls. Eating healthier is usually one of my top resolutions, but it didn’t make the list this time…well…yet.<\/p>\n

I was going to write how elastic is my friend <\/em>and then discovered a West Coaster named Aurea<\/a> has a food blog by that name (Elastic Is My Friend<\/em><\/a>)<\/em>. Then, given my wrestling on this pair of jeans, I’m thinking elastic is more a close acquaintance…not as close as these jeans feel right now, but much preferred over them.<\/p>\n

A friend of mine and I talk a lot about language.\u00a0 Words are a great interest of mine, and it’s fascinating how their usage changes over time. Take the word “muffin tops<\/a>“. In another “once upon a time”, muffin tops (that bulge over the top of our too-tight jeans) was called “love handles”.\u00a0 The latter is a much more affectionate or endearing phrase than the first. Both words are a bit of a tease, as in poking-fun-at-sort-of-thing, but Urban Dictionary gives us women, at least, a break. Its definition <\/a>calls love handles cute, curvy, etc.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Photo Credit: Foodiggity<\/a><\/p>\n

Anyway, I digress.<\/p>\n

Eating healthier would definitely help me become friends with both elastic and these jeans, which are causing me to breathe more shallowly than is probably healthy right now.<\/p>\n

What would help me eat more healthy? Not all the diets out there that are either trendy or costly…just not into all that focus on food.<\/p>\n

In the not too distant past, I have turned my eating habits around and made jeans my friend using three actions.<\/p>\n

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  1. Lay off the sugar. – <\/strong>Everything has sugar in it. Well, almost everything<\/a>. I’m not into extreme food plans, but just getting sugar out of my\u00a0 diet for a few weeks or months has resulted in weight loss, a change in my appetite, and even my food preferences. Since everything has sugar in it, I’m not talking about everything, but the obvious concentrated sugar foods.<\/li>\n
  2. No Fast Food. –\u00a0<\/strong>When I prepare food, I tend to make healthier food than when I drive-through or pick up something on the run. Not rocket science, but for me, it has to be something I resolve. Just too easy to pull in and pick up a fast lunch or beverage.<\/li>\n
  3. Eating Stops at 7:00pm. <\/strong>At some point, I have to determine to “Stop the Madness!”<\/strong> For me, if I exit the kitchen by 7:00pm (not carrying food) and just don’t go back in there…my habits and cravings will change. They have before…they can again.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    So mid-way through January, in a pair of jeans I can still fit in…I’m resolved to begin moving in this direction. Not the strongest resolve I’ve had going into a new year, but stronger than I had this morning.<\/p>\n

    Elastic…aaaaaahhh. Looking forward to peeling out of these jeans and putting on my pajamas later…AND closing the door on the kitchen at 7:00pm.<\/p>\n

    I’m thinking there could be some sort of conspiracy in the fitness clothing industry how it’s all so stretchy and comfy, with elastic at the waist. Effective for work-outs but just as lovely lounging on the couch in front of the TV…with that enormous bowl of popcorn or dish of ice cream.\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>Photo Credit: NYTimes<\/a>, NPR<\/a>, Pinterest<\/a><\/p>\n

    Sheesh!<\/p>\n

    Focus! Need to definitely keep wearing these jeans until bedtime.<\/p>\n

    How about you? Any helps in forming habits where we don’t need such close friendships with elastic? Please share in Comments.<\/p>\n

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