I have been told, every action taken begins in the mind, and that the mind is what needs to be controlled. I have also heard that the body is a living thing which infers that it has a mind of its own, figuratively speaking. I think one thing, yet feel another, and often times I end up giving in to the feelings. This is my struggle with food. My sister said it perfectly, she said "I just ate and I know I am not hungry, and I know that I don't need any more food, but I have these cravings." I know what my two major problems with food are; I struggle with will power (achieving a congruence in mind and body), and I cannot seem to eat foods that satisfy my palate. I remember going to this restaurant in Louisiana, and I ordered the spinach bacon salad with a bacon vinegarette (balsamic vinegar with a little of the grease from the cooked bacon blended perfectly), spread out over a large portion of vibrant green spinach, and it was the most divine salad I have ever eaten in my life. I remember, after eating that salad how satisfied I was, and I did not eat anything else for the remainder of the day, because I wanted to hold on to the memory of how delicious and filling the salad was (this is my relationship with food; highly intimate and personal). That salad was my first and last meal of that day, plus I was very active with work, and this dynamic worked for me. I was much healthier and leaner than I am now, however, much has changed in my life (location, employment), and I have not been able to have more of those experiences.