We are what we eat

Isn't that what people say?
What does it mean?
What we eat affects how we feel.
As does how we eat it!
An attitude of gratitude helps.
Together with taking care of food production and consumption.
It's all part of taking care of ourselves.

Attention is everything!

Whether it's given freely or grabbed.
Each individual controls where his or her attention remains focused.
If we don't like something,
we can refocus,
on things we do like,
including the absence of something,
which is an essential quality of it.

 

Don't kid yourself!

You can't anyway.
Our bodies never lie!
We know and feel the truth ... our truth.
We just have to admit it ... firstly, to ourselves.
Then to others, as part of a declaration of change.
Therein lies the road to a better future.
Permit yourself to know and speak your truth.

Repairing the damage.

I've abused my body for long enough! It's time to take better care of it.
How will I know when I'm doing this?
I'll feel better.
What does this involve?
Better eating habits.
More exercise.
Seeing and feeling my body change, so it will willingly do what I ask of it.

No! I want the truth.

However seemingly unpalatable.
I can always look at things a different way.
A way that feels better.
Not to avoid the truth.
To change my thinking.
There's always another perspective, another way.
I just have to find it. What is it?

Make that change!

Knowing the truth, don't wait, make the change!
You know it makes sense.
You can feel it.
Do it now!
A whole new future then unfolds.
One in which you control what happens.
Forget about what others think or say, do this for yourself.

Thank the truth-teller!

Reject lies.
Know the truth about yourself.
It may feel uncomfortable for a while.
But it's the only way to grow.
And you want to improve, right?
To be better than before.
So thank the 'truth-teller' - whoever, or whatever, that may be!

Tempted again?

It will never stop!
So why not change your attitude?
You can feel good,
by deciding your attitude.
Ask yourself, do I really want this? What will it give me?
What might I want instead?
Accept either answer and delight in it!

Rejecting rejection!

If we do this - reject rejection -
We violate ourselves!
These are strong words I know.
Yet rejecting what we dislike is a fundamental right and necessity.
We must practice it consciously
To establish, maintain and refine our ability to do so.
Only when our No is strong does our truth emerge.

No choice but to accept?

Not true!
There's always a choice.
Consequences will differ.
Someone may be upset or offended.
That someone could even be you,
If you don't make the right choice for yourself.
So accept who and how you are, then choose.

What are the consequences of my choices?

No idea?
Time to find out.
How can we feel good about ourselves
If we don't know the consequences of our choices?
Imagine ...
Then care.
Then act.

Are you good at choosing and asking for what you want?

Does this depend on what we mean by good? No!
We know what 'good' means in this context.
We can feel how good we are at this.
So, can you choose?
And ask?
Choosing is one thing. Asking is another!
And can you accept no as an answer?

What choices do you make?

Positive ones?
Choices that improve your life?
Choices that make you feel better?
Choices that take you in the direction you want to go?
Or do some choices find you confused and uncertain?
Do you think things through and expect the unexpected?
Are you prepared?

Are you grateful for your body?

The size and shape of your body are choices.
Gratitude is also choice.
A feeling. A gift.
An act.
An attitude.
A responsibility.
A permit.

What is your gratitude permitting?

So many choices!

We always have choice.
Including our attitude to what is.
And how we're feeling.
How can that be?
Because we have free will.
What we choose is our responsibility. No-one else's.
Are you enjoying your choices ... and their effects?

No choice but to face temptation!

Biscuits, cake, bread, chocolate
All present in abundance this weekend
Lovingly brought by workshop delegates for shared meals
All resisted by me
Without the feeling of missing out
Temptation tamed!
Yes.

Work in progress

I haven't yet reached my target weight.
My sub-conscience has a lot to say about that! Does yours?
I can see and feel where I'm carrying my extra fat.
My task is to shed it!
I will do this, and I'm well on the way.
I weigh myself every day
And accept that it's taking time ... but it's happening!

Forgive yourself - release guilt and blame.

Guilt and blame are not helpful.
Except as indicators that the past (an old habit?) still has a hold on you.
Feeling good right now, every new moment, is all that matters.
Anything motivated by, or resulting in, guilt or blame is wrong. Don't do it!
Be responsible.
Accountable for all your actions.
Therein lies freedom - freedom to choose who and how you are!

Do you accept who and how you are?

If not,
what do you want to do about it?
How will that make you feel?
What's stopping you?
See yourself how you are and how you'd like to be.
Forget what you think others might think.
And make that change.

Is this a habit? Is it healthy?

Habits aren't necessarily 'bad'.
Some are 'good'.
E.g. thinking 'good feeling' thoughts.
Think your 'best' thought (about what you're eating, and the consequences)
And you won't go far 'wrong'.
Boy! What a lot of ''''''!
But you know what I mean, yeah?