“The human body isn’t a torture chamber that you ignore. Get to know it.
It is a beautiful miracle of evolution. It isn’t a machine that you can control and force to be what you want.”
Love this. So true. So good.
I was talking to a client about this yesterday…growing up in the generation of the scale matters versus how we feel in our bodies. Spending enormous amounts of time, energy and resources on meeting a standard that was created for…..? Who?
So glad you are spending time getting to know your body. Lots of love to be explored. 😊
Thank you! I studied biochemistry in school. I never appreciated it until recently. What a wonderous miracle our body is. Things I couldn't even begin to imagine. Trying to talk to me but no knowing how to listen. I listen now.
You mentioned evolution, genes, feasts and famines.
These 4 words determine why 97% of all weight loss fails.
Neanderthals had to survive fires, droughts, floods, winter freezing and its subsequent famines.
If we were ever to evolve to humans, cave women needed a higher fat content to have babies, survive the birth with a live baby, feed the baby milk for the 1st year, and not starve in the process.
Males and females had no fresh food over winter. The genes evolved to be able to withstand the winter starvation diet for 3-4 months by hanging onto fat content.
Those survival genes haven't changed so much.
Mostly not at all. That's why it's so tough to lose weight and stop it rebounding.
Self-esteem, the good kind and loving yourself and your body doesn't serve you.
I was a weight loss counsellor for a while.
I've seen it, lived it.
You are making your own meals. Stop degrading yourself because your overweight, over 50% of people are, so your not alone.
Homecoming is excellent.
Feel good about the healthy preservative free stuff in your body.
Here are some tips:
Drink mostly water
Up your whole fruits to 2
Up your veg to 5 a day
Some raw, some cooked
Reduce the amount of meat
Cut down on processed foods and bread
Keep a little sugar, sweets, or chocolate for a small once a day treat
Eat oats, rice, pasta, eggs
Go lite dairy
Have seeds, nuts
Add spices and herbs
Feel good about what you're putting in your body
Take more than 20 minutes to eat any meal or snack
Why?
It takes that long to feel just a bit satisfied.
Remember cave women needed to survive by keeping their fat when starving.
It's not your fault, it's in our genes.
Spoil yourself with your scrumptious home cooking
Feel good about what you put into your tummy
You have to find your new normal way of eating a tiny bit less
No more radical diets, hey?
Just be yourself
Do baby steps
Enjoy what you eat
No guilt
It's how our bods were programmed to survive
Feasts mean famine over
Cue body to pack on weight ready for the next hardship that comes
“The human body isn’t a torture chamber that you ignore. Get to know it.
It is a beautiful miracle of evolution. It isn’t a machine that you can control and force to be what you want.”
Love this. So true. So good.
I was talking to a client about this yesterday…growing up in the generation of the scale matters versus how we feel in our bodies. Spending enormous amounts of time, energy and resources on meeting a standard that was created for…..? Who?
So glad you are spending time getting to know your body. Lots of love to be explored. 😊
Thank you! I studied biochemistry in school. I never appreciated it until recently. What a wonderous miracle our body is. Things I couldn't even begin to imagine. Trying to talk to me but no knowing how to listen. I listen now.
You mentioned evolution, genes, feasts and famines.
These 4 words determine why 97% of all weight loss fails.
Neanderthals had to survive fires, droughts, floods, winter freezing and its subsequent famines.
If we were ever to evolve to humans, cave women needed a higher fat content to have babies, survive the birth with a live baby, feed the baby milk for the 1st year, and not starve in the process.
Males and females had no fresh food over winter. The genes evolved to be able to withstand the winter starvation diet for 3-4 months by hanging onto fat content.
Those survival genes haven't changed so much.
Mostly not at all. That's why it's so tough to lose weight and stop it rebounding.
Self-esteem, the good kind and loving yourself and your body doesn't serve you.
I was a weight loss counsellor for a while.
I've seen it, lived it.
You are making your own meals. Stop degrading yourself because your overweight, over 50% of people are, so your not alone.
Homecoming is excellent.
Feel good about the healthy preservative free stuff in your body.
Here are some tips:
Drink mostly water
Up your whole fruits to 2
Up your veg to 5 a day
Some raw, some cooked
Reduce the amount of meat
Cut down on processed foods and bread
Keep a little sugar, sweets, or chocolate for a small once a day treat
Eat oats, rice, pasta, eggs
Go lite dairy
Have seeds, nuts
Add spices and herbs
Feel good about what you're putting in your body
Take more than 20 minutes to eat any meal or snack
Why?
It takes that long to feel just a bit satisfied.
Remember cave women needed to survive by keeping their fat when starving.
It's not your fault, it's in our genes.
Spoil yourself with your scrumptious home cooking
Feel good about what you put into your tummy
You have to find your new normal way of eating a tiny bit less
No more radical diets, hey?
Just be yourself
Do baby steps
Enjoy what you eat
No guilt
It's how our bods were programmed to survive
Feasts mean famine over
Cue body to pack on weight ready for the next hardship that comes
Eat how you want
It's hard to shed weight
If you're unhappy
All the best to you
I hope this helps.