Truth and Trust!

One of the most heartbreaking and heart-warming emails I ever received was from a lovely lady of amazing grace and honesty who was participating on the WhyWeight OnLine program.

Dear Mands,
Just to let you know that I have lost 2 kg's since I started this program. I wrote my weekly goal down on a sheet of paper and drank 2 litres of water and listened to the music everyday, but what I have to share with you is my ‘A-Ha’ moment, because I think this was the key to my success.

As I was making my bed one morning, with my thoughts just drifting as they sometimes do, it occurred to me just how I have abused my body all my life! I have criticised it, hated it, starved it, binged or overdosed on diuretics, appetite suppressants and laxatives. Squeezed into the most uncomfortable clothes or underwear. Now at 50 what do I expect? Anything treated like that, even my dog or a plant, would never have survived. After I read an article about "Listen to your body" I just thought maybe with a little more care I might have done a lot better.

Well it works! For the first time in my life I don't feel unworthy or less than anyone else in the gym or at walk for life. I've even had a compliment from one of the soccer players at the walk for life field, which certainly boosted my morale. I think a person just has to be jolted into a different perspective to get you onto the path of being all that you can be. I am so grateful for all the effort you put into helping women achieve their best! I only wish I had this realisation much earlier.

Well that's all for now, so thanks again.
Love
P

It’s interesting to note that the ‘diet’ industry of weight loss pills, powders, shakes, patches etc. is still one of the fastest growing industry’s in the world today - and why?..... maybe because most of what gets produced, punted and advertised very seldom works with any degree of success or more importantly with any great benefit to the physical body, in fact a lot of it can have extremely negative consequences.

Like P had to say, anything treated negatively over a long period of time very seldom survives, and why would you even consider depriving your pet of food or depriving your plant of water?...... it’s probably something you would never consider! Truthfully, if you stopped giving your plants water.... they would die, and if you rationed your pets food severally..... very suddenly, it would most certainly become unhappy and literally wither away. Yet, we seldom look at our own body with the same perspective!

The fact is your body is approximately 70% water and needs some of this replenished daily during the course of the day, to function in a healthy manner. You need to eat, to be healthy and happy, that means eating fresh, nutritious food on a daily basis. Your body is a miracle of creation and has infinite wisdom, you just need to listen to the truth of what it shows you. Sure if you eat a dozen chocolate bars or consume a two litre tub of ice-cream, you will appease your appetite and even enjoy the taste, yet if you listen to what your body tells you by being aware of the after-effects of such indulgence, it will let you know without any doubt what effect it has on your body.

The easiest way to learn the truth about what your body needs is to start to trust it by doing away with all those diets, misconceptions and illegal and legal foods! Try it, I dare you..... and you will find that it actually works! Buy as much chocolate or ice-cream as you want, fill the cupboards and deep freeze, and eat as much as you want, in fact allow yourself to only eat chocolate or ice-cream for as long as you want.

Chocolate for breakfast, for tea, for lunch, for an afternoon snack and for dinner!

For one day or two, or even for a week if you can!

You will be amazed at the truth of what you learn and how wonderful it is to listen to your body and the trust you find within yourself by following your own wisdom!

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