My experience has taught me this...it's a lot more about what's eating you...than what you're eating! As I visit with clients every week, I'm continually reminded of that.
This week I talked with a client who seem to be "bored with the food" on the Healthy Weigh weight loss diet, but with further examination discovered that discontentment was at the root of "needing" more or different food.
Being content isn't easy. If you've studied contentment at all you find it gets harder before it gets better. Contentment is being satisfied with what you have and where you are; a feeling of calm satisfaction. The problem with contentment is that we look for the circumstances to change, when being content is really learning to be satisfied with things just like they are.
The rub comes when we feel those feelings of discontentment and we don't know what to do with them. Food so often becomes the drug of choice to numb, avoid, or escape that uncomfortable feeling of discontentment.
The answer is ALWAYS to identify those feelings and then process them. That might look like journaling, talking to a friend or choosing gratitude for what you have and where you are right now.
Choose contentment this weekend. Challenge yourself to process feelings of discontent and be grateful. See if finding contentment in your present circumstances doesn't just make following your diet a little easier.
I'll be sitting around a camp fire tonight with my friends from The Healthy Weigh. We're going on a camp out to celebrate the last ten weeks of our Team Challenge. We have a lot to celebrate. Clients are losing more weight and keeping it off permanently! I look forward to sharing a few stories with them by the fire! I know one thing for sure, I'm going to feel content tonight!
Always encouraging you,
Letha
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