"AH-HAS" About Eating

One Participant realizes - SELF-DISCIPLINE IS POSSIBLE!

"I too have had a perfect day...very hard; it is my daughters birthday. Keeping with tradition, she wanted bacon and eggs for breakfast...those smells were so yummy. For dinner she wanted a grilled steak and baked potato with salad...once again, those smells...to top it off, my dad bought me a bunch of tomatoes on Tuesday that needed to be taken care of...so I canned 12 pints of salsa...all without tasting a bite. My husband was happy to be the "taste tester" for me! Then, I took my daughter and 6 friends out for ice cream on the way to drop them off at a church dance...boy was I good today!! Congrats to all on finishing the second day of cleanse. I for one am SO looking forward to weighing and measuring tomorrow!"

Carrie L., Colorado

THANK YOU, CARRIE!

"Unconscious Eating"

That's what many of us do.

Have you ever asked yourself,

"Why am I eating right now?"

INSIGHT TIME

This is a quote from author/speaker Cherie Burton with some 
"AH-HAS" 
about food the the feeling of "hunger." 

She suggests we learn to ask ourselves this question,

"What am I really HUNGRY for?"

And the truth is.....IT'S NOT FOOD.

READ ON.

"Ah, the lies we tell ourselves without really knowing it.  Here are some subconscious emotional programs that my friend helped me realize I've been running:

• "It's not safe to be a beautiful woman."  If I go back to the size I was when I held my Mrs. beauty pageant title 7 years ago, I will attract inappropriate attention to myself (most particularly, from men).  That pageant body wasn't safe - I need to create a barrier (extra weight) between my beauty and the wandering eyes of the male species.

 

• "Women won't be able to relate to me if I'm thinner."  I'll just go ahead and place a physical block (extra weight) between myself and freedom from the voices of others.  I need to please other people.  The women I teach need to relate to me, no matter the cost.  No matter how inauthentic I may feel in an expanding body and compromised energy level.

• "I need protection from my grief."  I'll eat to dull the searing disappointment of losing 4 babies.  To nourish a phantom pregnancy.  To feed the empty space. "

ORIGINAL POST AVAILABLE AT

http://www.cherieburton.com/blog-entry/35/2010-10-10/those-who-hunger/#comment 

IT'S TIME TO  REWRITE THE NEGATIVE SCRIPTS IN OUR HEADS!
"I AM ISA-BODY-BEAUTIFUL!
AND IT'S 
FA-BU-LOUS!"