I am very grateful for the opportunity to share with you. I'm more inclined to make sure I read the lessons every day and not give up.
Thank you!

I really enjoy these lessons. They are really helping me eat for pleasure and fuel instead of emotions.

Today I choose to enjoy all my food this way. If I find it isn't satisfying then I will stop. Life is too short to eat food that doesn't bring pleasure while fueling our bodies.

Because I am so careful with my choices, it really can be disappointing when something is just meh. In my weight loss phase, I used to make up for disappointing food by overdoing something better, even though I did not need more food. Now as a "Maintaineer" I just move on and wait til the next time.

I love the 100 days, and love and appreciate how you are posting these, Jenn! It doesn't have to be 100 consecutive days; never worry when a day gets delayed due to life. The next lesson will always be there waiting.

Jeanne,

I am really enjoying doing these and seeing others views. This really helps me by adding to my knowledge.

I am trying to really focus on enjoying the food I eat. I don't want to waste (waist) calories on food that I'm not enjoying.

I was given the task of delivering some baked goods to a local store for someone. I am being vague on person but I was told to take back the leftovers and get a credit for them. I said, well I will take the carrot cake and divide it into small slivers and add it to my fresser full of portions. I was going to try and eat it wisely and NOT all at once. Anyway I get the beautiful cake home. It was covered in coconut and white icing. Even though it was a bit dated I felt that it would be delicious. I am a baker so I know a good carrot cake. I cut it open and it is gum. I thought OMGoodness. I tasted it and it was as bad as it looked. No flavour and really really bad. I did like the story. I had another bite and another bite and it just did not get better. But the sweetness was in the icing and the coconut. I switched to the topping for a couple more bites and threw the whole thing in the garbage. But it was very very difficult to stop eating it. I don't recall reading this ireading n the 100 days before but thankfully I respected myself enough to say no... no good is no good. Stop eating it. After reading this and remembering this fairly recent situation helps me make a decision that if something isn't good, don't eat it just to eat it unless its a dire situation where food is fuel and my choice is limited.

Thanks for sharing Anna. I'm sure we can all relate to what you experienced. Too often I have made a dish that initially tastes great, but when I go back for more, be it lunch or dinner, it doesn't taste as good. Sadly, I admit to failure, I didn't throw it out. I kept forcing myself to eat it as I had spent money for it, and cooked it. I didn't want to feel that my time and money were wasted, but I will willing to "waist" the food.

I am working to change this pattern. Now I try to just make single portions. It isn't easy in our world of confidence multi portion packaging to stick to single portions, but I'm doing better than I ever have.