Archive for April 2010

Eating Healthy

24. April 2010 by Patricia.

I stood at the sink trimming fresh green beans and noticed how much time it took. Question: Was the time needed to prepare fresh veggies worth it? I could easily get a microwave meal, heat it up, and in a few minutes get on with dinner.

 

There is no question that it takes time to cook healthy meals for ourselves, so what is the benefit?

 

I see meal preparation as part of self-care and a way to connect with the food we eat. When food choices and body weight are issues, I believe the process of selecting and cooking healthy foods can help in staying aware of what and how much we are eating.

 

Eating with awareness reinforces the message that we know how to nurture and care for ourselves.

 

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Biggest Loser and Failure

17. April 2010 by Patricia.

I came across this statement recently, “From T.V. shows to fast food diets, people are finding all sorts of ways to drop the pounds. Now, can you?”

 

For years I was not able to “drop the pounds” as quickly or as completely as ads on TV shows claimed. “Everyone out there” could do it but not me. The only conclusion I could come to was that there must be something wrong with me. [I know now, of course, that there wasn’t anything wrong with me.]

 

What happens when we sidestep hyped T.V. shows, diets that make marketers money, and questions designed to make us feel guilty? We then have a chance to listen to our own bodies, to find our own insights that will lead us to not only “drop the pounds” but to keep them off….. and to live a happy, healthy life at peace with food.

 

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Diets and Happiness?

10. April 2010 by Patricia.

Recalling that phase of life when I dieted, a new diet plan offered two attractions: weight loss and euphoria.

 

Every time I started a new diet, the world opened up and the possibilities were endless. I was going to lose weight. Answers would fall into place and I would finally be happy. Although diet-induced happiness was short-lived, somehow with each new diet I hooked into that euphoria and believed its promise.

I no longer choose dieting as a way of life.

By focusing on the internal, rather than external solutions I have discovered deeper happiness and new possibilities. The happiness I feel these days is more real, more down to earth and certainly more long-lived.

 

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Breathing deeply

3. April 2010 by Patricia.


We all know the importance of breathing. I have a note on my computer reminding me to breathe slowly. Not those shallow breaths, rather the big, deep, conscious breaths. I do my best to include breathing in my daily practices. When I remember I always feel better for it. But when I don’t remember, this gives me valuable information too. Feedback, learning – never failure.

 

 

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