True Slimness and having what you want

To have what you want in life is a goal most of us are engrossed in. However, when you think about it, most of us were brought up with the assumption that you cannot have what you want in life. This is a very debilitating standpoint to work from.
To believe that we have to involve ourselves in work we do not particularly like in order to pay the bills and have a holiday ever year to 'get away from it all' is a very low level way to live.
'Now what has this got to do with being overweight?' I hear you ask.
Well, I have often said, (and it is one of the 40 True Slimness Weight Loss Principles I write about in my book True Slimness) that we eat when full to cope with a life that we are not yet satisfied with. So that implies that some area of our life requires changing in order for it to be in alignment with what we truly desire our life to look like. And if what we desire our life to look like, is something we do not even believe is within our grasp, then we are not going to even try to attain it - when maybe, in truth, it is within our grasp.
So many people believe that the only thing in their lives they need to change is their size and shape, and if you are one of those people. I would ask you to trust that you will get slim and stay slim as a direct result of eating when hungry and stopping when full; and to take your heartfelt desires out of the cupboard, blow the dust off them and consider what small step you could take today - yes today - that is in alignment with those precious desires, because that is part of what makes life worth living not avoiding through eating when full or indulging in any other addiction.
Have a good day
Sofia

   

Emotional Issues - the stuff of binges

Emotional stuff is the stuff of that binge you had on biscuits, cake or whatever your binge food may be. Overeating or eating when the stomach is already full of food is of epidemic proportions in our world today and, like all other addictions, is all about our unresolved emotional stuff. It is all about suppressing or stuffing down our emotional stuff.
So pick one emotional issue that you know you are grappling with today, and ask yourself  - How else can I deal with this? It does not have to be instantly solvable, in fact, much of what we deal with in life is not instantly solvable, and the quick fix of the binge on food does nothing to solve it and a lot to perpetuate it. For whatever we suppress, simply goes on accumulating and accumulating in that back room of our subconscious and will burst out as a temper tantrum or an illness or further problems and as excess weight.

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New Year's Evolution!

Let's have an evolution of our eating patterns this year!

Stopping when full - easy? Not when you've been taught to finish every bit of food on your plate. Are you still obeying this fat-creating and fat-keeping rule?

So how to drop this rule from your way of eating and obey the new rule - stop when full?
Try the below exercise:

 I eat when full because..........

Are there other ways of dealing with these reasons for eating when full?

Happy New Year

Sofia x

The Christmas Season and Food When Full

So Christmas is upon us again, and we have the oppertunity to feel all the feelings that Christmas brings up for us as compulsive eaters. If you are carring any excess weight then chances are that you are a compulsive eater, in other words, you have the habit of eating when full. most people overeat a little at Christmas. Overindulgence is the name of the game big time, but to overindulge regularly is a way to avoid our emotional stuff that we do not really want to face in depth, but in order to be free of it, we have to face it in depth.
How do we still enjoy life or have happy moments if alchol and excess food seems to be a very effective way of keeping it all together? Well, true happiness comes from being aware of how we feel. If I feel sad, I feel that and allow a few tears to be shed or a downright downpour if that is what  is needed. If I feel happy because I meet someone who is a dear friend I feel that happiness in its entirity and wallow in it, milk it, really allow it.
We go beyond judgement of our feelings and just become aware of them, and no longer allow them to be a reason to eat when full or overindulge.
Indulge, yes, but overindulgence is a sign of running away for fear, anxiety, boredom, stress or unresolved issues. So stop when you find yourself craving to eat when full, drink or smoke, and ask yourself - What feeling or issue is this? And given the fact I feel this way what would I like to do now? And get bust doing it if it is healthy - It will lead you on a New Year's journey of discovery that will last long into the coming months, and into a more satisfying and healthy life.
Happy Holidays!
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07530 531 655
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email: sofia@trueslimness.co.uk

Don't panic if there is weight gain

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.

Best wishes, Sofia xxx

Tuesday workshops @ 1 Pell St., Swansea

True Slimness, on-going weekly workshops are now being held at The Centre, 1 Pell Street, Swansea, Wales. They will be every Tuesday 12 noon till 2pm. Call in for a chat, some support and inspiration in the weight loss game, which really has a lot to do with what is going on in our hearts and minds. Yes, our emotions definitely effect our eating. We eat when full for comfort, a treat, or as a compensation and substitute for what we are really looking for in life; be that friendship, more work satisfaction or a healing of old hurts, bring it all to our classes where, in the lovely, central location of The Centre, 1 Pell St., Swansea, a stones throw from the wonderful Swansea Central Library and the beach, explore the real reasons for your habit of eating when full. Like a recovering alcoholic, or drug addict, a compulsive eater embarking on her recovery needs support and wisdom. The True Slimness workshops provide just that.
One to One sessions and telephone consultations also available with facilitator Sofia Bothwell. For further information or to book an individual consultation contact (01792) 799 617 mobile 07530 531 655 or email sofia@trueslimness.co.uk

Creativity and doing what you love go hand in hand, so take a moment and ask yourself two important questions that will help you tap into your creativity and march yourself away from the habit that makes you gain and keep weight.
What do I love? What do I think I would do if I was slim now? Make a list of these activities and chose one and do it this week. Bring it into your life now. You are providing yourself with an addiction free life - a life free from eating when full - thus allowing your body find and keep its own naturally slim size.
Take the focus off food and on to what you love. Take the focus off food and on to discerning whether you are hungry or not when you eat. Focus on stopping when full by being aware of your feelings and resolving those feelings no longer eating when full because of them.
That's it in a nutshell! Good luck and may the wintertime of your issues with food soon become a Springtime of new ways of relating to yourself, food and feelings.
Sofia