My Big Fat Orange Cat

I don’t know what’s gone on this year. I’m gaining weight like crazy. I’m not eating more–well okay maybe I am. I’m exercising more and I keep gaining weight. Mostly since September.

I’ve been trying to be mindful and I’ve noticed something–when I focus on eating healthy I tend to loose weight. I tend to gain when I focus on weight loss–I think I am so focused on not wanting to be fat that I don’t think about getting thin.

Also I notice that I tend not be hungry really when I eat when I start gaining, but then I’m never full either so I just eat because–it’s like something to do and has nothing to do with hunger. Nothing satisfies really but heavier things tend to be more so because they are sort of like being stuffed.

I am thinking I really want to do a cleanse after the first of the year and then perhaps do a low carb diet again. I did well on South Beach combined with the Breast Cancer Diet. Basically the BCD is eating a ton of veggies and high fiber which works well with SB. It just means I’m more mindful of avoiding breads–even if they have high fiber. It’s a healthy way of eating because I can eat so much and still get a ton of nutrition. It’s also the only time I’ve ever stuck with any sort of diet for any amount of time. I didn’t feel deprived really at all which was nice.

For now, I’m just trying to watch what I do. I am working on the focus of getting excited about weight loss.

I’m also wondering why is that we don’t focus more on weight loss in acupuncture school. I mean it is about health. It’s not about a quick fix. But it can help. And less weight will increase health but there isn’t a whole lot out there from a Chinese medicine standpoint about weight loss. Deepest Health just had an interesting discussion on this.

Something to think about.