Guest guest Posted August 26, 2008 Report Share Posted August 26, 2008 wow! I love it! I can relate to it a lot. I've been not so much " leaping " as " crawling " to the other side of the canyon. But every now and then I take a big step or a " hop " and, so far, I'm still alive (despite being so afraid) and I'm feeling better, too! Thanks for posting this. > > Hello all: > I'm reading Full lives > Women who have free themselves from food and weight obsession > I would like to share what Cano has to say about IE which > she > calls spontaneous eating. She so exactly explains what I'm going > throught and maybe many of you. > > > The best analogy I've found for the leap of faith into spontaneous > eatiing is from Indiana and the Last Crusade. In the movie, > Indiana and his father search for the Cup of Christ, the Holy Grail, > which is said to bring eternal life to anyone whoo drinks form it. > The > third clue to get the holy Grail says " the Path of God: Only in the > leap from the lion's head will he prove his worth. " > When Indiana reaches this third and final challenge, he stands next > to a carving of a lion's head, at the edge of a canyon, miles deep > and > plenty wide enough to rule out an exceptionally broad jump. Indiana > remembers the clue and we hear his father who was left behind with a > mortal wound, saying " You must believe, boy you must beiieve. " > Indiana > has to believe that if he " leaps " or steps off the edge of the lion's > side of the canyon, he will somehow, by the grace of God, not fall to > his death, but rather will be allowed to reach the Holy Grail. We see > him standing there, looking down, and it's pretty obvious that he's > thinking, " Damn it! My father would expect something like this! I'd > have to be out of my mind... " But he realizes that he has little > choice. If he doesn't try, his father will die and he too will be > killed. So he squeezes his eyes shut and he painfully, slowly forces > himself to step off the edge, more or less expecting to fall, but > hoping and desperatelly trying to believe that a miracle will save > him > and lead to the Holy Grail. > That is what it felt like for me to take the leap of faith into > spontaneous eating. It was virtually impossible to believe that my > body > would miraculously find a weight that was right for me. It was even > harder to believe that I would be able to learn to live with myself > and > my body once I had gained whatever amoung of weight resulted. The > most > likely outcome, it seemed, was endless bingeing leading to a huge, > fat me, which in my anorexic mind was a fate much worse than a quick > death at the bottom of a canyon. I was terrified, and a big part of > me > thought the whole notion was crazy. On the other hand, I couldn't > bear > to feel so miserable any more. I wanted to be happy. I wanted to feel > good both physically and emotionally. According to all I had learned, > spontaneous eating and natural weight control was the only effective > alternative to constant dieting. So I saw my choice as follows: try > to > eat spontaneously despite my doubts and fears, or resign myself to a > lifetime of unhappiness and struggle. The analogy is clear. As long > as > you stand on the lion's side of the canyon, you live with chronic > dieting, anorexia nervose, bulimia, or another problem with food. On > the other side of the canyon is God's gift to us all: spontaneous, > effortless eating and natural weight control. But the only way to get > across the canyon is to step into what looks like thin air. There > doesn't appear to be anything there to support you. It doesn't feel > like you're going to make it across. All you have is scientific > studies which indicate that your body is designed to regulate your > weight, if only you would let it do its job unopposed. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 27, 2008 Report Share Posted August 27, 2008 That is truly awesome. I think that my leap of faith will have to include getting rid of the scale, like I posted on another thread. I think I'm slowly gathering my courage to stick my toe over the edge. > > Hello all: > I'm reading Full lives > Women who have free themselves from food and weight obsession > I would like to share what Cano has to say about IE which > she > calls spontaneous eating. She so exactly explains what I'm going > throught and maybe many of you. > > > The best analogy I've found for the leap of faith into spontaneous > eatiing is from Indiana and the Last Crusade. In the movie, > Indiana and his father search for the Cup of Christ, the Holy Grail, > which is said to bring eternal life to anyone whoo drinks form it. > The > third clue to get the holy Grail says " the Path of God: Only in the > leap from the lion's head will he prove his worth. " > When Indiana reaches this third and final challenge, he stands next > to a carving of a lion's head, at the edge of a canyon, miles deep > and > plenty wide enough to rule out an exceptionally broad jump. Indiana > remembers the clue and we hear his father who was left behind with a > mortal wound, saying " You must believe, boy you must beiieve. " > Indiana > has to believe that if he " leaps " or steps off the edge of the lion's > side of the canyon, he will somehow, by the grace of God, not fall to > his death, but rather will be allowed to reach the Holy Grail. We see > him standing there, looking down, and it's pretty obvious that he's > thinking, " Damn it! My father would expect something like this! I'd > have to be out of my mind... " But he realizes that he has little > choice. If he doesn't try, his father will die and he too will be > killed. So he squeezes his eyes shut and he painfully, slowly forces > himself to step off the edge, more or less expecting to fall, but > hoping and desperatelly trying to believe that a miracle will save > him > and lead to the Holy Grail. > That is what it felt like for me to take the leap of faith into > spontaneous eating. It was virtually impossible to believe that my > body > would miraculously find a weight that was right for me. It was even > harder to believe that I would be able to learn to live with myself > and > my body once I had gained whatever amoung of weight resulted. The > most > likely outcome, it seemed, was endless bingeing leading to a huge, > fat me, which in my anorexic mind was a fate much worse than a quick > death at the bottom of a canyon. I was terrified, and a big part of > me > thought the whole notion was crazy. On the other hand, I couldn't > bear > to feel so miserable any more. I wanted to be happy. I wanted to feel > good both physically and emotionally. According to all I had learned, > spontaneous eating and natural weight control was the only effective > alternative to constant dieting. So I saw my choice as follows: try > to > eat spontaneously despite my doubts and fears, or resign myself to a > lifetime of unhappiness and struggle. The analogy is clear. As long > as > you stand on the lion's side of the canyon, you live with chronic > dieting, anorexia nervose, bulimia, or another problem with food. On > the other side of the canyon is God's gift to us all: spontaneous, > effortless eating and natural weight control. But the only way to get > across the canyon is to step into what looks like thin air. There > doesn't appear to be anything there to support you. It doesn't feel > like you're going to make it across. All you have is scientific > studies which indicate that your body is designed to regulate your > weight, if only you would let it do its job unopposed. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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