exciting personal changes!

May 13, 2011

IOWL family,

I have an exciting story to share--

Last night, I went out to have dinner with a friend. I tend to overeat when I am

with her because I feel comfortable and safe with her..like it's okay to show my

" hidden self " . Well, after the main meal, I knew I had overeaten and I still

opted for dessert. At that point, I was uncomfortably full and there were so

many thoughts going on in my head. The dominating thought though was to

acknowledge that " yes, I overate, but now it's time to realign myself and get

back to the balance that talks about. " What would happen 99% of the time

before I started listening to IOWL is I would feel disgusted with myself for

eating so much and then go to the store and go get more food to stuff myself

with! I found it amazing that I didn't have that crazy urge to hurry up and get

to the store afterwards, get home, and stuff myself with food. I ended up

renting a movie and falling asleep on the couch!

Another thing I thought about today was--would I rather be genuinely HAPPY or

just be at a certain weight? To be a certain number? I definitely want to lose

weight, but I am reevaluating the importance of that " magical number " and seeing

that maybe true happiness with my life is more important than what some

electronic scale reads back to me. Crazy idea, right?

sending love and support to all of you!

angela

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