The CRONista Has Left The Building?

How do I know I'm really practicing CRON?

Well, at this point, I honestly don't know. It's been bandied about once again in the CRON-blogosphere that the only two things you need to be doing to practice CRON is restricting your calories and getting all of your nutrition. Don't do one or the other, and you're not CRONing.

Now, I don't track my calories anymore. I did about 2 years ago when I first started, and I lost bad bodyfat and got healthy. But frankly, it drove me nuts. I became obsessive about every little morsel of food, and it started to become a primary focus in my life.

Okay, so I ditched tracking, relying primarily on how full I felt at meals to restrict my calories.

But am I truly calorie-reduced? And am I getting all the nutrients I need?

Truth be told, I don't know because tracking is the only way to know for sure.

Off The Wagon

And now, for the past month, I've been off the wagon, totally derailed by special occasions, family visits, and well, life really. CRON has been so slippery for me.
I've not been vigilant, and I've gained some weight. Not good for someone who is insulin resistant and has high cholesterol... not good at all.

But if you look at the big picture, I have kept some good habits. I'm still avoiding bready things, sugar, and dairy, because eating those things just makes me feel crappy.

And lately, I've been cutting down on meat. I've also been introducing more raw foods into our lives.

Reset Button to the Rescue

All in all, I need to reset again... you know, start over... and transition slowly back to healthy eating habits. I want my good habits to stick. They have to be natural. I don't want to have to think, track, obsess. It needs to be effortless.

And for that, I may have to set CRON aside. For a while? For ever? I don't know, but for now, I don't want to work under a "label"... whether that be low-carb, vegan, vegetarian, raw, ayurveda, or even CRON.

For now, it's just me, eating healthy.