I think it is an interesting scenario to ponder....
And I have done it more times than I can count....
But when I look at it this way, I never want to do it again.
What is "it"?
Rewarding myself with food.
Think about it. How many times have we said to ourselves "I've been so good! I deserve a little treat!"
So, we do, don't we. We reward ourselves with that little cookie, or that little piece of such-and-so, whatever our "favorite" is, right? A small piece of chocolate? Some extra cheese?
And then it hit me....we do that to dogs, too, don't we!
"Oh, good doggie, Fido, here's a little treat!"
Wow. The association I drew yesterday smacked me right between the eyes. I will NOT treat myself like a dog ever again.
Rewarding myself with edible treats when I've been a "good girl" on my eating plan is now going to cause me to scream in my head "I am not a dog, nor will I treat myself like one!" In fact, I may buy two small packages of doggie treats at the store next time I am there and put one in the pantry and one in the refrigerator or freezer, in prominent places, to REMIND me that dogs get rewarded with treats when they are good. Not me.
It is 100% counter-intuitive for us to reward ourselves with little treats if we are attempting to achieve optimal health by achieving a healthy weight, and it is 100% counter-intuitive for those of us who are "post-obese" persons to do it, either!
Our bodies will always be seeking to put the extra weight back on, our bodies will always be seeking to "prepare for a famine that never comes" by storing excess calories beyond our daily needs back into our fat cells. And this doesn't suit my purposes.
Just something I was thinking about yesterday. Kind of humorous but also shockingly true.
Rinse and Repeat!
5 comments:
WOW!! This is GREAT!! Being a dog owner and lover I also think of the flip side to this. I take such care to use a measuring cup to measure out exactly one cup of food two times a day for both dogs and yet why do I not think it's important enough to take that same care to measure my own food????? Thanks for another great blog Stacy!
WOW!! This is GREAT!! Being a dog owner and lover I also think of the flip side to this. I take such care to use a measuring cup to measure out exactly one cup of food two times a day for both dogs and yet why do I not think it's important enough to take that same care to measure my own food????? Thanks for another great blog Stacy!
WOW!! This is GREAT!! Being a dog owner and lover I also think of the flip side to this. I take such care to use a measuring cup to measure out exactly one cup of food two times a day for both dogs and yet why do I not think it's important enough to take that same care to measure my own food????? Thanks for another great blog Stacy!
WOW!! This is GREAT!! Being a dog owner and lover I also think of the flip side to this. I take such care to use a measuring cup to measure out exactly one cup of food two times a day for both dogs and yet why do I not think it's important enough to take that same care to measure my own food????? Thanks for another great blog Stacy!
How about I am feeling down or bored thus I should eat something :-)
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