Week 2
Marcia
objections. I have had my Future Dream Body image since I was in my
30’s and met an older woman who was happy, energetic, slim and
stylish. I remember thinking, “That’s what I want to be like when I’m
in my 60’s.” Boy, have I let myself down! I am lonely, sluggish, fat
and frumpy. Every time I see myself in a mirror or get winded from
simple tasks, or have to pass on an event because I don’t have
anything decent to wear and refuse to buy nice clothes in my huge
size, I say to myself, “How did you let this happen?” I read health
magazines, books, online articles all the time. I am an expert in
healthy happy living—but I can’t seem to get myself to use what I
know.
I was happy last week because I had my dream body figured out, but
this week is a problem. None of the suggestions that Renee listed seem
to apply to me. I have no reason to avoid being slimmer and healthier.
I know that it is absolutely true that, as Renee’ wrote something
like, “If you really wanted to be slim and healthy, you would be.”
I am willing to face any truth that may be causing me to fear being
slim, but I can’t get to it!! If any of you have any ideas, please
let me know! In the meantime, I’m going to check out the podcasts to
see if any of them address this issue.
Marcia
Diane Evans
I have struggled a bit with this as well as it seems like I really want to
get over my eating issues and really want to have a slimmer body. But,
obviously, I'm getting something from my eating behavior. I had success
looking at my objections from the viewpoint of what I would miss by not
overeating. In other words, what is the overeating giving me? I just
started writing the first thing that came to my mind when I thought about
overeating. One of the things that I came up with that I like the drama,
the "being bad" part of it, the rebel, the unrestrained pleasure that I get
from overeating. It led me to conclude that I don't allow myself to have
much pleasure or break from "doing" all of the time. Maybe, if I just
allowed myself to have more fun and create more unrestrained pleasure
moments, it would help fulfill that need that eating is giving me. So,
perhaps, instead of looking at your objections about having your ideal body,
look at the behaviors that might be preventing you from having the dream
body. Or, look at what about the eating behaviors is giving you pleasure.
Does that make sense? Anyway, that worked for me. I feel like I still have
some exploring to do but it's a start.
Good luck!
Diane
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Marcia
Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2012 2:02 PM
To: Full-Filled book by Renee Stephens
Subject: Week 2
I started Week 2 yesterday, and I'm having a hard time discovering my
objections. I have had my Future Dream Body image since I was in my
30's and met an older woman who was happy, energetic, slim and
stylish. I remember thinking, "That's what I want to be like when I'm
in my 60's." Boy, have I let myself down! I am lonely, sluggish, fat
and frumpy. Every time I see myself in a mirror or get winded from
simple tasks, or have to pass on an event because I don't have
anything decent to wear and refuse to buy nice clothes in my huge
size, I say to myself, "How did you let this happen?" I read health
magazines, books, online articles all the time. I am an expert in
healthy happy living-but I can't seem to get myself to use what I
know.
I was happy last week because I had my dream body figured out, but
this week is a problem. None of the suggestions that Renee listed seem
to apply to me. I have no reason to avoid being slimmer and healthier.
I know that it is absolutely true that, as Renee' wrote something
like, "If you really wanted to be slim and healthy, you would be."
I am willing to face any truth that may be causing me to fear being
slim, but I can't get to it!! If any of you have any ideas, please
let me know! In the meantime, I'm going to check out the podcasts to
see if any of them address this issue.
Marcia
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