How to Live Your Perfect Weight

For many of us, weight loss simply isn’t the answer. Often we place so much energy into changing the physical appearance that we tend to ignore our emotional and spiritual selves. Perhaps we have minimized the importance of honoring our emotions and expressing them appropriately. Perhaps we have pushed our emotions into the background, focusing instead on reshaping the body.

If we haven’t paid attention the inner Self, then reaching that desired weight leaves the same Self occupying a thin body. Often this leads to feeling extremely vulnerable. Without congruency between our inner and outer selves, it is unlikely that we will know how to live with a new, slim body. Too often this increases the likelihood of another cycle of weight gain.

How can we change ourselves from the inside out, as well as from the outside in? Here are suggestions to tap into self-awareness:

1.       Take time to discover why you are overweight. Do you use food to calm yourself? Is overeating a habit you learned in your family? Does an overweight body protect you from the outside world and keep you safe? Is food a way to submerge your feelings, perhaps not feeling pain, sadness and frustration?

2.       Ask yourself the deeper life questions. What is my purpose on Earth? What is the meaning of my life? Who am I? Answers to these questions may change as you grow.

3.       Give yourself permission to feel all your emotions. This is one way you can access your authentic Self.

4.       As yourself the question, “Is there a part of me that I do not love enough?

5.       If you were at your desired weight today, how would your life be different? How would you think, act and love differently? Would you stand up taller? Would you be more assertive? Who would you spend time with? What would you eat? What kinds of clothes would you wear?

Your answers to these questions can provide clues or steps you can take. Being able to live as you desire, with the body you have now, can help you to develop congruency between your inner Self and body. With this balance, you are more likely to maintain your desired weight. There is nothing to “weight” for in breaking free of the cycles of gaining and losing weight.. you can begin to live your perfect weight now!

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