Hot cocoa and gluten/wheat free chocolate chip cookies... what could be better?
I've spent the last twelve days working through The Body Ecology Diet. It's an interesting philosophy- shift your inner ecosystem, change your life. I totally get it. And, quite frankly, it works. I have more energy and I feel like I do have a cleaner digestive system.
The Body Ecology way of eating, however, is way too strict for my life. I like the idea of waking up, drinking a green drink, having some warm water with lemon juice, and guzzling down 64 ounces of water before having some blueberries an hour later. That passes a great deal of the morning so meal one typically happens around 9 am. What I don't like is the utter restriction of it all, feeling like I can only eat certain things, not feeling free to have some hot cocoa and cookies when I'm PMSing or feeling too scared to have tator tots when I've cooked a big Sunday breakfast.
All in all, the lesson I've learned from this Body Ecology experiment is this: what works for one doesn't work for all. Donna Gates says that clearly in the Body Ecology Diet book. At the same time, how do you not feel like a failure when you fall off the bandwagon?
Here's how: commit to eating your way and own it.
So here's my way of eating: 70% Body Ecology, 30% fun food. That might be hot cocoa and cookies after a salmon/veggie/quinoa dinner or it might mean tator tots with egg whites and baby carrots on a Sunday morning or it might even mean (Heaven forbid) a slice of chocolate cake on New Year's Eve. Either way, I'm giving myself permission to eat with my whole life (not just my whole body) in mind and, already, I feel like a winner:)
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