Five Hour Rule/Fullness Scale

So....we're doing a bit of catch up and doing TWO daily motivators today because I skipped yesterday in the interests of SMART Girls, shopping, and Kates. Enough said.

The five hour rule. If you go longer than five hours you tend to overeat. I think this can be true in some instances. Yesterday I went to the mall with the girls and I didn't pack food, and I was starving. I ordered teriyaki (only chicken and veggies), but then I ate ALL of it...and I kept eating even though I was full. Sigh. It was delicious and I was soooo hungry. However, when I get home from work, and I haven't eaten, I tend not to do this. So I think it's the situations (stressful vs unstressful, etc.) Yesterday I was definitely stressed out and sought comfort in that teriyaki :) I think that the rule of eating every 3 hours is perfect. And the whole bringing snacks thing is VERY important. When I don't bring snacks I tend to want to just go with whatever I can find. Like the teriyaki. Good reminder :)

Fullness scale. This is one that I've been terrible at all my life. I eat till I'm stuffed. In my mind, I guess I thought that super full feeling was normal for the longest time. I think I often ate to fill some kind of emotional void, and the fullness would push the other emotions out so that all I felt was sleepy, stuffed, and sick. But I think I just have gotten used to that feeling and I have to consciously work to not stuff myself--even on GOOD foods. Like, I'll eat cucumber salad until I'm stuffed, or salad. I shouldn't eat anything until I feel stuffed. So this is a good one for me to work on. I tried to do the sighing thing Bec, and I didn't really sigh. Or maybe I was too conscious of it to sigh. However, I'm gonna take your advise and keep an eye on the whole "sighing" thing :) Ok, I felt like both of those topics were pretty good. Now onto the Bible. (there's a slight sigh there as 1 Peter is not that awesome... ;) )

"All of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, 'God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.' Humble yourselves, therefore, under God's mighty hand, that he may life you up in due time. Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you." 1 Peter 5:5-7

I really like the last part. To me it emphasizes the fact that when we're prideful, ie. think we can handle everything and have it all together, we tend to carry a lot of stress, anxiety, and just overall complexes. It's hard being perfect and better than everyone else right? But when we live humbly, God lifts us up. He makes us feel on top of the world. I love that it says he cares for us. Not that he loves us, but he cares for us. Our little hurts, pains, thoughts, musings. He cares about those things, and is willing to take them. There was an old song that I learned as a child from a christian video, and it goes like this:

"I cast all my cares upon you, I lay all of my burdens, down at your feet. And anytime, I don't know just what to do, I will cast all my cares upon you."

I used to love this song and as a child would sing it all the time. When I relearned it as an adult, it helped me work through and "speak through" fears and anxieties I had. God is good. I mean, seriously...as a child I learned that song and it still speaks to me heart. I want my kids to have that :)