Date: Monday April 1st 2013
This week I found it necessary to delve
back into Chapters 2 and 3 of “The Weigh to Freedom” and re-read about mindset
and about overcoming emotional eating. The intuitive eating seemed to come
naturally to me in the preceding weeks and I was joyfully discovering how to
slim whilst enjoying the foods I loved.
It wasn’t Easter that presented me with
challenges as there were no Easter Eggs in the house. The challenges came with a
high stress situation that occurred over a number of days. I could barely think
straight, let alone think about whether I was hungry or not. By the time I realised I needed food, my
eating seemed all over the place. Was my
body demanding foods that would provide the energy I needed to cope? Or was I
comfort eating? One thing’s for certain: I was eating when I wasn’t hungry and
didn’t stop when I was satisfied.
Although I’m still trying to gain back the
control I had before the week began, I decided that I could look at this week’s
situation from two points of view. The first would be that I’d failed miserably
and I could “beat myself up about it” or the second (and most appealing to me)
is that I’d experienced a situation that I can learn from. How could I do things differently next time?
What is one thing that I could focus on next time? By reading Chapter 3 I decided
I could focus on how I’m feeling, accept how I’m feeling and then try to
bring a balance to my thinking that
allows me to “sit with it” rather than fight it.
Using Lysa & Gina’s approach to weight
loss I don’t have a set agenda for losing my excess kilograms. I know that
slowly and surely the kilograms will melt away provided I follow the three
weight loss principles and examine my thoughts and feelings in difficult times.
I am in this for life, so this week was merely a learning experience. I’m not
dwelling on the decisions I made under stress, but I am looking forward to using my experiences to do things differently
next time.
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