Wisdom and Weight
Being comfortable with your body at
any size comes from practicing wisdom. And what’s that? Wisdom is a combination
of discernment, valuing self, and utilizing cognitive skills—not your emotions—for
problem-solving. Anyone can be wise.
Based on studies, experts tell us
repeatedly that good health, not weight loss, is the most effective goal for
achieving and maintaining healthy eating practices for life. Every single moment you think about shedding pounds takes you
farther away from wisdom—and reaching eating goals. Though it’s true that when
we eat well, we can't see our bodies growing healthier, we still can
rejoice in how fine they feel when well nourished and bathe in the glow of pride
that comes from taking good care of ourselves.
Growing healthier—how can that not happen when you’re eating more
nutritious foods than you did before?—and feeling better about yourself are
major achievements. Why not focus on them, on what you’re doing that works? Why
ever would you focus on what hasn’t? That's like being voted "most likely
to succeed" and "most
intelligent" in high school and despairing that you weren’t crowned
"most popular" as well. Then, again, perhaps you don’t feel deserving
of feeling good about yourself, so instead you zero in on what makes you feel crummy,
an old, sadly familiar feeling.
Psychology calls what we focus on “selective attention” which shapes our lives
in myriad ways we don’t even realize. For...
Source: Normal Eating - Category: Eating Disorders Authors: eatnormalnow Source Type: blogs
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