I was thinking back to the time in my life when I was at my thinnest to see what I could be doing differently now to restore that level of health and balance. The main thing I did was pay attention to what my body was telling me. If I was tired, I napped. Hungry - I ate. If I wasn’t hungry - well, I didn’t eat.

It all seems so simple when I outline it like that. But restoring that level of connectedness to my body is easier said than done. Today, I let myself have three of the things I craved:

• Tuna fish - most likely for the protein
• Cranberry juice - to help with water retention
• Stinging nettle infusion - for water retention and to nourish my frazzled adrenals

See - there is a reason why my body needed the things I wanted to eat. I’ve been retaining a lot of water, I had just gone to the gym and lifted weights (thus, the protein craving), and my adrenal glands have been overtaxed due to an impending move.

The trick is to eliminate excess eating from my life. Some of the things I ate today, I didn’t necessarily want or need, like the chocolate chip cookies I had for dessert. That’s the kind of thing that needs to go.

So, I vowe to start listening again. What does my body want or not want? It is the listening that I believe will help put me back in balance.