Longtime Lurker from Greece Goes Public on Yahoo Group! Film at 11!

October 27, 2008

Greetings all! So, it is true! I am guilty as charged! Like many of you, I have

been lurking for a a very long time on this group. I have found 's work,

approach and podcasts to be fantastic. Her voice and message resonate so deeply

with me. As someone who has struggled with emotional over-eating since a pretty

brutal childhood, I have always been deeply disappointed by restrictive diets

and the " hate yourself thin " approach. It just doesn't feel good! Now that I am

in my mid-30s, I know that the state of my body is a reflection of my feelings

about myself in a way that is very different from the one taught in the

mainstream diet world: when I neglect my feelings or repress them, I eat as

punishment. When I am living in alignment with my values and am honoring myself,

the weight goes away much easier. When I deal with anxiety by breathing and

loving myself it goes away. When I deal with anxiety by heading head first into

the Dorritos and Snickers

bars, it doesn't.

But as an only child and single woman, I have always been very weird about

asking for support publicly. 's constant and gentle message about the need

for support though has finally broken down my resistance. As I heard recently

from a recovering alcoholic, addiction is an attempt at dealing with the problem

of loneliness through isolation! Damn if THAT didn't resonate with me! How true

is that for emotional eaters?!

So here I am, introducing myself (my name is Felina, I am 36 years old and a

consultant/writer living in Athens, Greece) to the group in the hopes that I can

gently lure myself out of this pattern of isolation. Having read the posts for

such a long time, I know you all get it.

As quoted in an early podcast the Leonard Cohen poem, " There is a crack, A

crack in everything. That is where the light gets in. " So my food stuff is my

crack. And this group is where the light will come in.

Thanks for letting me share and much love and light to you all!

Felina

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