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Day 50, wow, that feels really cool. 50 blogs in 50 days and 41 days to go…who knows maybe we will keep going after that.
One of my Pinky’s asked me recently “Laura, what do you mean this work is not about weight, dieting and food?”
Perhaps this will begin to answer that great question.
I know it is hard for our minds to comprehend how a program about weight loss can have nothing to do with food, diets and the scale… (it has something to do with those things and this program is not led by those things).
You see, body image mastery is absolutely NOT about weight. It’s about honoring ourselves from the INSIDE out. It’s about creating self-love and self-care that we no longer abuse ourselves with food and negative self talk in any way and we feel like ENOUGH. No binging. No starving. In fact, after a while, body image mastery leads to a love affair with food – HEALTHY food. It leads to loving your body so much that you WANT to exercise and eat right– partly to BE healthy and partly to CELEBRATE.
My primary work in the world is to be healthy—physically, emotionally and spiritually. And I am!
However, when unexpected things come up like in my case perimenopausal symptoms that have caused some weight gain… To the best of my ability, I practice the tools I teach, one being that I become the observer of my fearful thoughts and watch them come and go without allowing them to run me.
I know how to hold my deep love and appreciation for my body and take care of it while it changes. I have practiced this for a long time and practice as I shared yesterday accounts for alot.
Every day, I kiss my body in different places, especially those places I am most critical of, many times and talk to it and let it know it is healing and loved so much. I treat it like I would a little baby. We can do that to every body part we have. Our body will drink it up. Who doesn’t want to be loved up and adored? I do!!!! And hint, hint, our body does too. It needs to be loved and pampered and oohhhed and ahhhhhed…no one, ourselves included should be blamed for the behavior that got us to the place we are uncomfortable, least of all our body.
So for today, jump for joy that you get a body….and why not just for today give it a big juicy smooch or two…it will thank you.
Leah, I read this piece in your blog (that is below) and I was jumping with Joy! Thank you for sharing this on your blog and what can I say? We will all miss you on Saturday alot!
Tracy has a video camera and is going to take it on Saturday to make a video of your girls so I can meet you all! I know Wendy will be there as well. Anyone who lives in the Bay Area, Laura is holding a complimentary workshop, “Busting the Body Myths” on Saturday October 24th, 2009 from 1-3pm at Bay Club Marin. Email support@onepinky.com if you would like to attend.
Continue to live, learn, love and let go.
XO, Laura
Tags: blogs, body image, fearful thoughts, food diets, healthy food, little baby, love affair, pinky, self-care, weight gain, weight loss
Wow Laura! What a powerful posting for me! What you talk about is something that I would love to have, yet many times right after that hope self-doubt comes in or thoughts of impossibility. This happens a lot in my life, great, hopeful thoughts, then fear and doubt instantly follow. And sadly, it is easy for me to get comfortable w/ being uncomfortable. And it is easy to expect mediocricy versus going for it and then being disappointed. I am going to do something different though. I am going to be open to it, every day. I am going to be willing to the possibility that someday I may own that, an unconditional love of my body and myself. This is a simple, yet huge step for me.
This reminds me of my mom. I know that she loves me unconditionally and always wants the best for me. She calls me when she knows I am having a hard time and is always there for me. She told me the other day that “she wishes that for me” about owning my own self-care and self-love. If she can love me so much, it helps me consider that maybe I am worth that love. And she will not always be here. I am going to have to learn that love that she has for me.
I am deeply touched by your words Gina and totally relate.
If we stay with the process, each day we will be a little closer.
Leah
x
touched by you both.
holding our mothers hand is the most powerful way to connect with our roots.
leah, david wolfe told me that once and I am soooo grateful to still have my mom alive to be able to do that when I see her in NY>
sending you both love and hugs, laura