Weight Loss without Worry

     Food has no super powers it can not makes us eat it, pull us toward it or communicate verbally or telepathically with us; it can’t do anything, it simply exists.  And it is a great thing that it is there for us, otherwise we would starve to death.  Since food is vital to our existence, we were, by design, built to have a natural desire for it.  When we resist this desire, the desire grows and grows until the point is reached when we feel we no longer have control over food and we eat to excess.

     What we need to understand is that it is completely natural to be attracted to food.  From our very first day we crave it and cry if we don’t get it.  Since we are so fortunate to live in a land where food is abundant, we can easily fall into a trap of overeating and consuming more food than the body can use so the body intelligently puts that food energy into storage — fat. 

     Since the act of eating is usually enjoyable, we have no desire to stop overeating until we start to notice the fat accumulating on our body.  At this time, we feel compelled to reduce the amount of food we eat — i.e. we diet.  This would be a sensible solution if we continued to feed the body when it signaled that it was hungry but often we take drastic steps and we end up resisting our natural hunger signals and denying ourselves food.

     Resistance is the act of pushing against something or trying to prevent something from happening through force or willpower.  The desire to eat is a basic instinct of survival, when we resist it or push against it, it pushes back and we end up wanting it more.  We will never win this grudge match because eating is vital to our existence.

     There is an alternative, and it is to stop resisting.  But this is a scary thought to many people because they fear losing control — but isn’t that what has already been lost?

     When we give up resisting food and denying our hunger, we actually give ourselves control over food because when the Resistance stops, we no longer feel the mystical pull of food.  Food becomes more a way of fueling the body instead of a way to relieve pressure or pacify emotions.

     You may still be feeling reluctance to stop resisting your desire to eat because you fear that giving up that grip will cause you to dive into eating junk food.  Fatty foods and refined carbohydrates are called comfort foods for a reason.  They do cause a physiological change in our mood.  When we feel frustrated, depressed, angry or tired food can provide a temporary change in how we feel, so, again, it is natural for us to want these foods at these times.  This is however a temporary lifting of the spirits which is typically followed by an emotionally empty feeling so it is best to deal with the underlying emotion or physical need of the body.  This may require taking a nap, quenching a thirst, dealing with an uncomfortable emotion or diverting your attention.

     If you are trying to lose weight, giving up Resistance to your body’s natural desire for food will put you back in control, yet what we ultimately want is permanent change and this requires us to rise above the problem of weight gain.  When we are above the problem, the problem drops below us, it shrinks and is therefore manageable.  It is like learning to ride a bike, it takes some effort at first but once we learn how to balance on the two wheels, the problem is no longer bigger than us, in fact it is now a small problem and we can manage it for the rest of our lives.

     When we are dealing with weight loss or avoiding weight gain, we must become bigger than the problem.  Things that keep us below the problem are fear, disgust, anger and pride.  If we try to manage our weight using these “low energy” emotions, we will end up frustrated and unsuccessful.  To rise above the problem and attain permanent weight loss, we must build ourselves up internally by using high energy emotions such as love, passion, enthusiasm.  These emotions grow out of knowing exactly what we want for our lives, believing in our ability to be and do more, being solidly committed to our goal and having a high degree of self-respect and self-worth.

     By giving up resistance to our body’s natural desire and focusing our energy on rising above the problem by developing ourselves into someone who has a strong level of self-worth, belief and confidence this problem shrinks, it becomes a non-issue and a healthy comfortable weight is achieved and maintained without effort.

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