subject: DIET ~ A Sacred Act [print this page] Can't loose weight? Change your mind! Can't loose weight? Change your mind!
Whole-being health includes a sound mind, fit body and nurtured spirit. All are interrelated. As you make your food choices, you are cultivating your state of being. Every life infused cell in your body organs, bones, muscles and brain is responsive to your food choices. It's your choices that determine whether eating is a sacred life nurturing act or an abusive act. Your opinions, ideas, thoughts, beliefs and feelings will create your perceptions and determine your choices at mealtime. Open your mind and embrace your capacity to create the life nurturing consciousness that will encourage a healthy body. When you examine the magnitude of power yourmindset has in your dieting success, you will have the incentive to use it to your advantage.
A discontented or painful state of mind is a common cause for food abuse. Food abuse includes eating too much to comfort yourself in a social situation or while alone, or eating too little as a means of control or avoidance when your life feels out of control. Food has also been used to ease anxiety, overcome boredom, or even physically put distance between ourselvesfrom others. Somewhere you may have lost sight of Mother Nature's intent for food to nourish your body. She never intended her gifts of nourishment to numb you from life's experiences. Emotional eating and unconscious eating are common causes of obesity, bulimia, anorexia, and many health problems in our society today.
Emotional eating happens when you use food to fill a void in your life or to numb yourself from feeling at all. Unconscious eating happens when you do not acknowledge the act of eating but continue to put food in your mouth even when you are not hungry.
Food is a substance thatcan be easilyabused. The remedy for this abuse is knowledge, accountability, and gratitude for the magnificent Life Force that permeates every cell of your body. It is your purposely-sought knowledge that will bring an awareness of the importance of good nutrition and care. You are the only one who can be accountable for keeping food in its proper perspective in your life. A mindset of accountability and gratitude will eliminate the urge to fill any perceived emotional void with food.
So, how do you attain this mindset? Choose a new method of thought! As you choose new thoughts, and new words that affirm your determination, a new spiritual and mental strength will emerge. When you purposely create an empowered state of mind at mealtime, and you will choose food with the intention of fueling the God-given Life Force in your body. This is what Mother Nature intended.
Your perception of dieting may have shifted away from its true definition of "nourishing your body." Many of you have learned to use the word "diet" to describe a difficult and dreaded ordeal. This distorted perception of dieting will cause you to suffer from feelings of failure, lack of motivation, deprivation or complete frustration with your capacity to achieve and maintain a healthy body weight.
Many diet programs suggest a strict regimen of food and drinks without any attention to how to create a mindset to succeed in achieving your goal. Experts in the field of nutrition can provide personalized caloric calculations and precise information about what to eat and what not to eat. Unfortunately, this information often doesn't consider your mental state, which may cause a lack of desire and motivation to follow invaluable nutritional advice.
You require a diet to nourish yourselves. You require a diet to survive. Nourishing your body with food is a healthy, natural act. It can become a joyful, as well as healthful experience as you learn to redefine the word "diet" and adjust your perception of it. If you would like to establish a state of mind conducive to your dieting goals, you can start by entertaining these new thoughts about dieting.
My diet fuels and nourishes my amazing body. My thoughts and words fuel and nourish my actions. I assume responsibility for the thoughts and words that encourage my success. I assume responsibility for the substance I ingest. I dwell in an educated and enlightened state of mind. Choosing my diet from this state, I am strengthened, nourished and replenished.
Your willingness to open your mind and heart to create new perceptions is the catalyst for decisive actions and better results. Your current body weight is a manifestation of the state of mind you have created with your past opinions, ideas and perceptions. Choose intentions, thoughts and words that affirm your heart's desires and you'll tap into the power to make your dreams a reality. Remember, Thought Has NO Calories!
