For those who have never had to fight in the battle of the bulge, been addicted to food, used it as a form of medication, or a coping mechanism, this blog may not speak to you, but maybe it will in your own way. I am not certain when I first forgot how to say no to food or when I first started using food as a way of being my friend, but I did. Over the last 56 years, I have tried just about every diet program there is and without success. That is not to say I had not lost the weight, it is to say that I was never able to keep it off.
Read moreEating the Four Agreements
For the last few years, I have been working on living the four agreements as presented by don Miguel Ruiz. However, tonight I realized I had not thought about applying these agreements to a specific aspect of my life, my relationship with my body. I had focused on my mind and my spirit, but not my body. I had this epiphany while reading Marianne Williamson’s book A Course on Weight Loss. One of the things she wrote about was how it is not about the food, it is about your mind.
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