Guest guest Posted October 10, 2008 Report Share Posted October 10, 2008 Gillian, 100% agreement on cause and effect. The difficulty comes in really being able to dig down to the real, underlying cause. Backtracking is a good way to do this - if one is, and can be, aware of there being a deeper issue in at play. Its like so many of the IE skills - awareness is first followed by trying alternative methods until one works and becomes added to your life as an ingrained skill. Working on it! ;-) - Katcha IEing since March 2007 > > Hi Everyone, > > > > I know some of your receive the Nourishing Connections newsletter from > www.nourishingconnections.com <http://www.nourishingconnections.com/> but I > love this article and wanted to share with everyone. > > > > So often when we find ourselves overeating, it's about something else we > don't want to face. I see this all the time with myself and my clients. > Sometimes it's hard to believe, but if you really take the time to figure > out what is going on, you may find the real issue. It's almost never about > the food or your body or the exercise. So here's the article, maybe we can > get a conversation going about this topic. > > > > > " Why is it that when we eat broccoli, we feel thin, virtuous, in control, > and attractive? And when we eat cake, we feel fat, bad, out of control, and > unattractive? > > Is there something inherent in broccoli that literally causes us to feel > thin or virtuous? The answer, of course, is no. We have to agree that these > foods, in and of themselves, do not create these feelings. > > So then it must be us. We must create these feelings. How does this work? > > Maybe we're writing a report. Next thing we know, we're thinking about ice > cream. Then we want ice cream. But we are still full from the lunch we ate > an hour ago. We tell ourselves we can eat ice cream later, when we are > hungry. Nooooo, we want it NOW! And then we think, " Oh no, I'm so weak. All > I can think about is that ice cream. " We break down and go get ice cream and > are now convinced, " I'm a loser, I'm horrible. I have no self-control. " > > But the ice cream does not have the power to make us feel terrible; we > created that feeling! If we can explore the situation with compassion and > without judgment, we can discover why we feel so terrible. > > So, we go back. What were we doing right before we craved ice cream? Writing > a report. What were we thinking about as we worked on the report? That our > boss was unclear about what she wanted in the report and that we were too > afraid to ask. And now we are concerned that we might get it wrong. Hmmm, > how do we feel? Inadequate. Terrible. > > BUT, the ice cream rescued us! We were having disturbing thoughts and > feelings that we did not know how to acknowledge, let alone deal with. Our > minds distracted us with thoughts of ice cream. And now we feel bad for > wanting and eating ice cream. But, what happened to the original thoughts > and feelings? They're gone. > > Unfortunately, when we focus on food when we feel bad, it is clear that > something is wrong, but a false cause distracts us from the real one. This > distraction also seems to simplify things. Now, all we need to do is make up > for the ice cream calories, and all will be fixed. Never mind dealing with > the original disturbing thoughts or feelings! The real cause of our > uncomfortable feelings is never addressed. > > What would happen if we quit blaming food? Life would definitely be > difficult at first because we would have to begin facing the uncomfortable > thoughts and feelings we've been avoiding. But in doing so, we make a more > peaceful relationship with food and ourselves possible. " > > > > Your thoughts, feelings, etc.? > > > > > > Thanks! > Gillian > > Gillian Hood-son, MS, ACSM > > Healthier Outcomes > > > > > > Get your report, " The 6 Steps to Guilt-Free Eating " by visiting > http://www.HealthierOutcomes.com <http://www.healthieroutcomes.com/> > > > Check out the upcoming Am I Hungry? seminar beginning October 16th: > http://www.BreakOutofDietPrison.com > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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