Good pain. I replied with "good pain" when my friend Walter asked about my workout today. He then said...

Your remark reminded me of something I heard from a nutrition specialist on the radio the other day. She said Americans are afraid to ever be hungry and immediately try to solve the problem by eating. Hunger should be thought of as a normal part of a healthy day. It resonated, because I've always looked at it that way. I think of hunger as the way I get to my ideal weight every day. Just like you are thinking: "I'm tired (or have good pain), I'm getting stronger"--- I think: "I'm hungry, I'm staying fit".

Obviously there's a downside to this sort of thinking if you can't keep it under control with all the eating disorders people can have. There are also people who exercise themselves into oblivion, both physically and socially. But for most of us this kind of thinking/insight is often a revelation, particularly in this culture...

¶7:11 PM; digg