Two of the things I struggled most with in the first half of my life were my weight and my relationships.
I didn’t believe men could be attracted to me.
I didn’t believe I’d ever stop struggling with my weight.
After all, I had proof. I was boyfriend-less all during high school. Despite all the diets I tried, I never lost weight. The women in my family all gained weight despite watching what they ate, so that was my destiny, too.
I didn’t know things could be any different.
And it wouldn’t be until my 30s that I figured it out.
Neither of those things had to be a struggle.
Men and food were just part of life – normal, natural, and enjoyable.
If you would have told the teenage me that the middle-aged me wouldn’t worry about being attractive to men or keeping her weight down, she would have gasped. She thought life went downhill the older you got.
She didn’t reckon on the impact of self-knowledge:
How, the older you get, the more you learn about how your body works and what it wants.
You stop listening to what people tell you your body should want. You start trusting what you know about yourself.
That’s the gift of age, and it never diminishes.
Today, I believe that so many of our struggles around weight and men come from listening to too many people instead of trusting ourselves.
There’s too much advice out there. Too much pressure. Too much stress.
It turns something that should be normal and natural into something complicated.
But if you’ve had your sense of self-trust battered and beaten by the Diet-Industrial Complex, there’s a simple way back to your truth.
It involves getting out of your own way and eating the way your body likes best.
But how do you know what that is?
Well, a few years ago, I came across some science that blew my mind.
I’d thought I knew my body pretty well, but this was an aspect of eating I’d never thought much about.
And it immediately struck me as true.
When I followed this simple practice, even unconsciously, I felt so much better than when I didn’t.
My weight stayed down. I didn’t have those evening cravings that sometimes derailed me. I enjoyed eating a whole lot more.
And all I had to do…
Was watch the clock. 🕰️
If you’ve never played with meal timing, this can be a game-changer.
It’s the perfect practice to use during the holidays, when you want to enjoy those holiday meals but not pay for it.
And it fits with the way our bodies process food.
I love the Meal Timing Method because it lets me make all the important choices. I get to decide what to eat and how much of it. And my weight stays down anyway.
It’s almost too simple to be true.
