Week 1

[Robin T.]

Hi Everyone,

I read chapter 1, got my little notebook to record my food intake and
am having major physical resistance to writing down what I eat. I'm
doing it anyway...Also, I can see that after filling out that life
wheel and having to write down what I ACTUALLY DO to support myself in
each element, that I have work to do. These exercises were harder for
me than I thought they would be AND I am choosing to see them as
opportunities, not a bunch of of things I suck at doing -- which is
where my mind first went.

Thanks Yiska for this awesome book!

-Robin T.

[Sarah & Yiska]

Robin and gang,

 

Yeah! You've started and I love your feisty resistance! Yes. Do it anyway. We can work toward having a new experience of things both by dropping our old stories first as well as practicing the same old things and watching for the possibility of having a different experience emerge, even as our old resistance-producing stories chime on. This journalling practice is the foundation for all the future work of the book, which I know you get or you wouldn't be doing it at all, and I'll venture a guess that a new insight will become available to you simply by pushing past the resistance and seeing what shows up. For sure, you're getting to see your stories about dieting and food and weight starting to emerge. This is the point! We want to see what's beneath the surface. Awareness alone can be hugely transformative. And when it's not it will still prove useful in propelling us along on our personal food journey. You will see how as you go. thanks for being open and trusting the process.

And ahh, our endlessly judging mind...it's great noticing and keep practicing. Shifting from the lens of I'm inadequate, I'll never, I just can't, it's impossible....

 

...to what opportunities are available here, looking at how I can generate more of this missing peice in my life, asking what snack will nourish me, etc.

 

Nice work!

 

Thank you for sharing and joining us on this journey....

 

Love and blessings, Yiska

--
Yiska Obadia, L.Ac. & Sarah O'Leary, L.Ac.
co-authors, Transformative Nutrition
www.redefiningdiet.com