I now let being physically hungry be my guide as to when I eat.
I now let being physically full be my guide as to when I stop eating.
As we move away from eating when full, smoking or any other addictions we naturally have a tendency to become more creative, and that seems to go hand in hand with being more intuitive. For your intuition will always lead you to increased creativity, and that is truly wonderful for what is created out of intuitive leanings and a joyful pull, are activities, projects and relationships that are fulfilling. We can move away from suppressing our feelings by eating when full to feeling our feelings and following our joyful feelings - they lead us to involve ourselves in activities that we enjoy and are naturally good at and will bless others for they are part and parcel of a joyful interconnectedness of gifts. It has been said that following what you love, involving yourself in what you love brings you into contact with your genius capabilities. Apparently we all have genius capabilities and they are only accessed through doing what you love. It is a wonderful thing to do what you love in this lifetime that we all have, let's not spend it binge eating, let's resolve to spend every day stopping when full and we can do that by using the free 'Am I hungry?' download from my site trueslimness.co.uk. May permanent slimness be a reality for you now.
x Sofia
Sunday, 14 February 2010
Monday, 8 February 2010
Becoming a non-judgmental observer
Let yourself become the non-judgemental observer of your own compulsive cravings, and should you find yourself giving in to those cravings,(whether it is food when full or smoking) simply allow yourself to become the non-judgemental observer of your own compulsive activity, for believe it or not, this non-judgemental attitude actually helps us change the habits we wish to change within ourselves.
So this applies to eating when full or smoking or any other addiction and quite literally means - Don't beat yourself up about it. For it makes it even more difficult to refrain from eating when full or any addiction when you are busy berating yourself every time you make a mistake and slip into a bit of eating when full / addiction partaking. So learn to be easy on yourself, for a little bit of backsliding and mistake making is part and parcel of learning the art of altering and changing habits of behaviour.
So remind yourself often - I now allow myself to be the non-judgemental observer of my own compulsive tendencies - I now allow myself to be an non-judgemental observer of any eating when full that I might do as I continues to practice bringing in, the ability, to stop when full. Thus I empower myself to change in healthy ways.
Resolving the emotional issues that underlie all cravings is the only thing that is going to enable you to give up indulging in any addiction, and remember eating when full is at best a bad habit and at worst an addiction - an addiction to food when you are already physically full. And like all addictions it serves a purpose and that purpose is the suppression of emotions. The more we feel our feelings and find new ways, to deal with, our emotional stuff, the less cravings we get - So continuing asking - What feeling is this? any time you crave anything - food when full or a cigarette or a drink - And then, Given the fact I feel this way what would I like to do now? For this taps you into some ideas of how best to deal with that emotional stuff that was at the back of your cravings and tendency towards addiction.
It is possible to live an addiction free life. Give it a go. It is very interesting.
x Sofia
So this applies to eating when full or smoking or any other addiction and quite literally means - Don't beat yourself up about it. For it makes it even more difficult to refrain from eating when full or any addiction when you are busy berating yourself every time you make a mistake and slip into a bit of eating when full / addiction partaking. So learn to be easy on yourself, for a little bit of backsliding and mistake making is part and parcel of learning the art of altering and changing habits of behaviour.
So remind yourself often - I now allow myself to be the non-judgemental observer of my own compulsive tendencies - I now allow myself to be an non-judgemental observer of any eating when full that I might do as I continues to practice bringing in, the ability, to stop when full. Thus I empower myself to change in healthy ways.
Resolving the emotional issues that underlie all cravings is the only thing that is going to enable you to give up indulging in any addiction, and remember eating when full is at best a bad habit and at worst an addiction - an addiction to food when you are already physically full. And like all addictions it serves a purpose and that purpose is the suppression of emotions. The more we feel our feelings and find new ways, to deal with, our emotional stuff, the less cravings we get - So continuing asking - What feeling is this? any time you crave anything - food when full or a cigarette or a drink - And then, Given the fact I feel this way what would I like to do now? For this taps you into some ideas of how best to deal with that emotional stuff that was at the back of your cravings and tendency towards addiction.
It is possible to live an addiction free life. Give it a go. It is very interesting.
x Sofia
Saturday, 6 February 2010
I've been pottering in my conservatory today. Picking off old leaves, taking a cutting from my geranium and generally taking in the look of the various plants while attempting to see to their needs in my gardening efforts. Several things struck me as I pottered that were a direct parallel to the truths, of losing weight through stopping when full and resolving emotional issues. (1) How it is important to be gentle and loving as you progress. (2) Cutting back leads to new growth. (3) The seed grows in the dark trusting that all the light, water, and nourishment it needs, will be there.
So, as you continue with the 'Am I hungry?' free download from my site remember (1) Be gentle and loving with yourself. (2) Pruning away the old habit of 'eating when full' leads to the growth or emergence of the slim you. And (3) Trust that when you crave to eat when full, and ask 'What feeling is this?'and then 'Given the fact I feel this way what would I like to do now?' that you will indeed, find the answer, that is easy to follow and is your alternative to 'the binge'.
x Sofia
So, as you continue with the 'Am I hungry?' free download from my site remember (1) Be gentle and loving with yourself. (2) Pruning away the old habit of 'eating when full' leads to the growth or emergence of the slim you. And (3) Trust that when you crave to eat when full, and ask 'What feeling is this?'and then 'Given the fact I feel this way what would I like to do now?' that you will indeed, find the answer, that is easy to follow and is your alternative to 'the binge'.
x Sofia
Tuesday, 2 February 2010
Eating when full is food addiction
I have often mentioned in my support groups and one to one sessions that eating when physically full is an addiction, and that addiction is a means of coping with a life that you are not yet satisfied with. So maybe take a moment today and over the next week or so, to write down your areas of life that you are not yet satisfied with - keep it brief there is no great benefit in dwelling on your problems but rather as soon as you have acknowledged that area that is in need of evolving so to speak then immediately focus on the possible solutions and start to daydream about a wonderful solution for yourself - Yes imagine what you want in this area of your life. This, as many of you probably already know, is creative visualisation. So visualise yourself slim and healthy in satisfying work, see yourself prosperous and with an abundance of friends. This is simply one part in the many-pieced-puzzle that will get you slim for good.
x Sofia
x Sofia
Thursday, 28 January 2010
Why not to panic if there is weight gain
It is easy to panic if there is some weight gain as you practice eating when physically hungry and stopping when full, but being okay with a little temporary weight gain is really what helps us on our journey towards natural and permanent slimness – true slimness.
You see, you are still grappling with your eating pattern of eating when full when there is any weight gain. Weight gain is always because some eating when full has been going on, and temporary weight gain is not that unusual and quite understandable, until we get into, eating when hungry and stopping when full 100% of the time.
So relax and let your focus shift from worry to being aware.
Let your focus shift from worry about any extra kilos to awareness of when you are physically full and stopping at that point.
Let your focus shift from panic about weight gain to understanding about weight gain and eliminating that which causes it – the eating when physically full.
Let your focus shift from anxiety over weight gain to awareness of the emotions that drive you to eat when full and focus on resolving those emotions through asking yourself, our habit breaking question: 'Given the fact I feel this way what would I like to do now?’ and following up on the answer.
If you think about it, you cannot easily change ingrained habits or compulsive behaviour overnight, so feel those fears but know that any weight gain, that happens as you practice eating when hungry and stopping when full, is temporary, and automatically reabsorbed as soon as you get into the slim achieving habit of stopping when physically full. So, the way forward here, is to persist with the ‘Am I Hungry?’ free download from my site and feel free to add your comments below. We can get a nice little free, on line, weight loss class going here and I’ll be happy to add my comments to help you all along.
Best wishes, Sofia
You see, you are still grappling with your eating pattern of eating when full when there is any weight gain. Weight gain is always because some eating when full has been going on, and temporary weight gain is not that unusual and quite understandable, until we get into, eating when hungry and stopping when full 100% of the time.
So relax and let your focus shift from worry to being aware.
Let your focus shift from worry about any extra kilos to awareness of when you are physically full and stopping at that point.
Let your focus shift from panic about weight gain to understanding about weight gain and eliminating that which causes it – the eating when physically full.
Let your focus shift from anxiety over weight gain to awareness of the emotions that drive you to eat when full and focus on resolving those emotions through asking yourself, our habit breaking question: 'Given the fact I feel this way what would I like to do now?’ and following up on the answer.
If you think about it, you cannot easily change ingrained habits or compulsive behaviour overnight, so feel those fears but know that any weight gain, that happens as you practice eating when hungry and stopping when full, is temporary, and automatically reabsorbed as soon as you get into the slim achieving habit of stopping when physically full. So, the way forward here, is to persist with the ‘Am I Hungry?’ free download from my site and feel free to add your comments below. We can get a nice little free, on line, weight loss class going here and I’ll be happy to add my comments to help you all along.
Best wishes, Sofia
Sunday, 15 November 2009
The awareness that leads to slimness
I was listening to the radio the other day and noticed how many advertisements were related to Christmas - where to take the kids this Christmas, where to shop this Christmas and what to buy your loved ones this Christmas.
Well, it really must be upon us, this run up to the festive season. Now, I'd like to make a suggestion in our approach to Christmas and it is this - That we become aware of two things, in among the stress and hub-bub, and those two things are free, and will give you the gift of freedom from excess weight - they are awareness of your emotions and awareness of what your stomach is relaying to you through the hunger and fullness sensations. Yes awareness is free.
And how do I do this ? How do I increase my awareness of both my stomach' sensations and my emotions? This is a good question and the answer is - the 'Am I hungry?' free download from my site trueslimness.co.uk.
So give yourself the gift of 'awareness that leads to slimness' and let me know of your experiences if you like.
Lets make the run-up to Christmas a good one!
xSofia
Well, it really must be upon us, this run up to the festive season. Now, I'd like to make a suggestion in our approach to Christmas and it is this - That we become aware of two things, in among the stress and hub-bub, and those two things are free, and will give you the gift of freedom from excess weight - they are awareness of your emotions and awareness of what your stomach is relaying to you through the hunger and fullness sensations. Yes awareness is free.
And how do I do this ? How do I increase my awareness of both my stomach' sensations and my emotions? This is a good question and the answer is - the 'Am I hungry?' free download from my site trueslimness.co.uk.
So give yourself the gift of 'awareness that leads to slimness' and let me know of your experiences if you like.
Lets make the run-up to Christmas a good one!
xSofia
Sunday, 1 November 2009
The goal of stopping when full
Getting into the habit of eating when hungry and stopping when full is our goal and the major key in losing excess weight for good, but it doesn't always happen overnight.
When I started running self-help support groups for compulsive eating women in '94 I called my workshops 'Healing the Eating Habit,' because more and more I was given reason to believe that we are breaking a habit in this weight loss game - the habit of eating when full. Yes, eating when physically full, is all we have to give up, in order to lose excess weight for good.
The thing is when we are compulsive eaters, whether we are carrying a little or a lot of excess weight, to be told to stop when full is sometimes a little like a heron addict or an alcoholic being told to just quit the drugs or drink. It is not always that easy.
Why? Because eating when full, smoking, drinking or drug taking serves a purpose and that purpose is the suppression of feelings - specifically uncomfortable feelings.
If we sort the feelings / emotional issues out we automatically sort the compulsion to eat when full out because they are not separated they are linked.
If we sort the feelings / emotional issues out then we automatically sort the alcohol / drug problem out for they are linked.
How else can I deal with those uncomfortable feelings / emotional issues that I have suppressed with food when full? -This is the question we are asking ourselves on our journey to becoming slim for good.
Let me know your comments
Sofia
When I started running self-help support groups for compulsive eating women in '94 I called my workshops 'Healing the Eating Habit,' because more and more I was given reason to believe that we are breaking a habit in this weight loss game - the habit of eating when full. Yes, eating when physically full, is all we have to give up, in order to lose excess weight for good.
The thing is when we are compulsive eaters, whether we are carrying a little or a lot of excess weight, to be told to stop when full is sometimes a little like a heron addict or an alcoholic being told to just quit the drugs or drink. It is not always that easy.
Why? Because eating when full, smoking, drinking or drug taking serves a purpose and that purpose is the suppression of feelings - specifically uncomfortable feelings.
If we sort the feelings / emotional issues out we automatically sort the compulsion to eat when full out because they are not separated they are linked.
If we sort the feelings / emotional issues out then we automatically sort the alcohol / drug problem out for they are linked.
How else can I deal with those uncomfortable feelings / emotional issues that I have suppressed with food when full? -This is the question we are asking ourselves on our journey to becoming slim for good.
Let me know your comments
Sofia
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