Food memory lane needs to be replaced

This is not the Friday post I thought I would be posting, but Willie and I were chatting this morning. It started off a little like this, “I feel like I’ve been going down a food memory lane this week.” The truth is, I have ventured into these conversations that end up talking about food.

Wait!?! Am I’m missing the food of years past? I can safely say that is not the case. Don’t get me wrong, I do still have cravings for somethings but I would never cave to those cravings. It’s not worth it.

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The picture above in from a birthday celebration in 2010. When I pulled it up on my flickr, a myriad of pictures of food popped up. The real problem, most of my memories from the years past involved food…and sometimes there was a lot of food. Then I started thinking, it must be hard to be a friend from the past and try to find a way to deal with me now.

That is not a negative comment.

The comment is only reflective of what was the forefront in my life. College memories are filled with things that revolved around food. The snacks, the falling down stairs trying to save my Sonic drink and the heart felt conversations that happened over late night Coop DeVille. Of course, there were some Backstreet Boys concerts thrown in the mix, but there are very few memories that won’t involve food.

I could go on and on with these memories. Was I eating my life away? Probably.

Food is major theme in everyone’s life. Everything is celebrated with food. Right now, everything in life is not celebrated with food…or maybe just a different type of food. Why do you feel the need to be social with food? Is is the duration of the event? Do we spend more time talking and chatting because meals take a little bit more time?

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I would really want things to be different. I would like to celebrate my birthday zip lining instead of have a huge meal. That is hard to say because Willie and I are foodies. We do appreciate a good meal and the art that goes behind creating that meal. But we have to break the pattern of using food as a reward or way to satiate our feelings.

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But in the end, it’s all about treating yourself in MODERATION. That is the key along with self-control. Moderation and self-control were two things I had issues with in the past. Things are manageable now. Things are different. I’m making new memories now that all don’t involve food and that means I’ve come a long way.

I’m all about the NFL Draft

I’m all about the NFL Draft

Excuse me for my lack of posting today. There’s only been one thing on my mind… It’s NFL Draft Day and I’m so excited! I’ve been waiting for this day for a couple of months now. I’ve been following all the news and the players I’m interested in. I’m a little bummed about Shane Ray because he was the one person I was really pulling for this year. I’m a huge Texans fan but I’m also a Bears fan too.  My heart can’t choose until forced so instead I cheer for both! It’s the end of the month so I…

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Spring cleaning up my diet

Spring cleaning up my diet

It’s spring time and if you’ve been following me on social media, you may have noticed that I’ve been spring cleaning my house.  It’s all kinds of a mess but when I was done it was all kinds of great!  I packed up my winter clothes, throw away things I didn’t need anymore and just cleared the clutter.  My house is in order so now I need to spring clean my diet. It’s spring time so a lot of great things are back in season.  I’ve really been enjoying the fact that I can have all the watermelon in the…

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Always dream big.

Always dream big.

It’s harder to have dreams when you’re older, right?  It sometimes seems like dreams are for the young.  Why does that have to be the case?  Why can’t the world be my oyster just like it was when I was a 5 year old.  Things were easier back then.  All my needs were met, I didn’t have to pay any bills and I didn’t have to go to work.  Dreaming big was probably the biggest job I had. I thought I could do anything and be anyone I wanted.  Do I really need to be thinking in the past tense?…

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Plane travel eats

Plane travel eats

Happy Friday everyone!  I’m headed to Kansas to run the Garmin Land of Oz Marathon.  The weather doesn’t look like it’s going to cooperate but I’m still excited to check another state off my list.  Anyway, I’m getting back into the traveling and food toting spirit so I thought I would share with you the food I’m bringing along on this trip. I’m only going for two days but I still feel like I’m bringing a lot of food. I’m also trying not to spend too much money on food while I’m there. Eating in the airport is expensive and…

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Why my weight loss journey was successful

Why my weight loss journey was successful

There’s an article going around the internet about things women aren’t told when they start their weight loss journey.  I totally agree with this article and these are things I PREACH over and over again.  Reading this made me think about my own journey.  I’m at the place right where I want to lose 10 pounds so I will be embarking on my own mini journey for the next few months.  The plan is to try to lose 2 pounds a week so it should take me 5 weeks if things go as planned. The one thing to remember is…

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Getting back to the goals

Getting back to the goals

I use to be really big on posting my monthly goals on the blog but somehow that got away from me.  I need to have my long term and short term goals in writing as a reminder.  I preached that writing your goals down was essential to success and I did the opposite.  A lot of things have gotten away from me in the past few months and I want to get back to ground zero which leads me to my goals list. 1.  I’d like to get back to where I started.  This blog has been a labor of love…

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Always be better than the day before

Always be better than the day before

I’ve been trying to post for the past two days but I did something funky with the site. It took me all this time to figure out what I did wrong. Easy fix but many hours to figure it out. BUT I figured it out and I’m back to blogging. I wanted to talk about motivation for my life lately. Being better than who I was yesterday IS a HUGE thing for me. I tell everyone in my cycle classes in the morning to just be better than they were yesterday. It’s something I always say but maybe I don’t…

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Food doesn’t control me

Food doesn’t control me

Back in the day, eating was a main event.  I use to get excited about it.  There was so many possibilities and so many meals to be had. In college, this girl’s favorite thing to do was slam 20 chicken nuggets, large fries and two cheeseburgers.  I use to really enjoy a big drink and an extra large portion of chili cheese tater tots for a snack.  I would REALLY get excited about those things.  Eating was my sport of choice and I loved every minute of it. Fast forward to now, I’m really not that excited about food. I…

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Weight loss and changing your routine

Weight loss and changing your routine

Weight loss has been a big subject in our house again.  Willie is trying to drop some pounds and is going back to the methods.  That means we’ve been talking about it much more but I guess more about what happens after weight loss. It’s been on my mind about the struggles, the fears, the pay off…everything that has come along with it.  The biggest thing we’ve been talking about is changing up the workouts.  It’s easy to get wrapped up in doing something that you like to do but it’s important to change up your workouts.  The body responds…

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Things aren’t always as they seem.

Things aren’t always as they seem.

Things aren’t always as they seem, especially when it comes to weight loss. Sometimes things are better and sometimes things are worse…or sometimes things are just normal but a new normal. Willie had a break through a few weeks ago and he’s handling it well. He identified his problem areas and he’s really going after it. I’m very proud of him. He’s committing to really finding his new normal and living with it. He’s good like that. He is a pretty even in his emotions so he doesn’t let things get away from him. I’m having problems adjusting to the…

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