Having Fun Is So Important While Eating

When I was setting my goals for this year, my main theme was around having fun. This is because I realised that even though I love my work, I wasn’t having enough down time, relaxation and fun. This is so important because if we’re not having fun then what is the point.
This definitely transfers over to eating. Being on a diet is not fun. Depriving and restricting yourself is not fun. Feeling guilty around food is not fun. However it is fun to be in control of how you are eating in a positive way. What I mean by that is that when you eat naturally or mindfully you are listening to your body’s natural instincts. Therefore when your body tells you its hungry you eat. You eat exactly what you feel like, you stop when you’ve had enough and then you move onto something else, preferably something that is FUN! You are totally in control, but you are not depriving or restricting yourself.
What you are doing is empowering yourself to choose exactly what is right for you at that time. In some instances it will be something healthy, in others it won’t. I get just as much pleasure out of a beautiful piece of pineapple as I do a piece of chocolate, but only if I decide I want the pineapple at that time. If someone told me I had to eat the pineapple instead of the chocolate then I would not enjoy it. But if I’m allowed to make that choice for myself more often than not I’d probably choose the pineapple.