Getting out of the bad place

Self-love is the only weight-loss aid that really works in the long run. - Jenny Craig, diet guru

Battle scars from the Diet War

Like Martha Graham, who said that "The body is a sacred garment. It's your first and last garment; it is what you enter life in and what you depart life with, and it should be treated with honor," Jenny Craig seems to know a thing or two about caring for your body and your self. In the Garden of Eden, eating was modeled as one of life's most pleasurable experiences. But then Eve took a bite out of that apple (so much for the low calorie, low fat, high fiber theory), and women (and men) have been at war with food ever since. Both of these quotes reflect this fact. Are your weight issues really a symptom of something else--boredom, depression, regret, or rejection? At the root of many issues is our self-loathing at worst, our self-indifference at best. Food is not the enemy. We are. Break the cycle of dieting and replace it with loving yourself enough to make good choices about your diet. Examine your eating habits this week. Are you honoring your body with your food choices? How can you love yourself back to a healthy relationship with eating? Take steps towards defeating the natural compulsion or craving that might take you down a path of regretful eating. Remember the sacredness of your own skin.

The above was todays healthy reflection from sparkpeople.

On a morning when I am feeling down because my food management yesterday was less than perfect, and I am debating whether exercise is going to do my back more harm than good, the above reflection was a reminder that my over arching resolution for this year was to remember that I matter.

OK so my food choices have not been the best - but they have been better than they used to be. And I dont feel deprived of anything knowing that NOTHING or forbidden if I really want it.

My back is clearly telling me NOT to work out. I will keep moving by going to work (assuming I can get there in the snow but that is a different issue!) so that ends my debate over exercise ended. My body is telling me 'no'

By listening to my body and honouring its wishes I am loving myself . I am NOT a failure. The fact that I can recognise means )I hope) that I am getting out ouf the bad place I was in yesterday and will move forward.