"The way you feel, chooses the foods you eat?"

Does this resonate with you?  Think about the foods you tend to eat if you are celebrating, or content; Happy or sad; Frustrated or concerned.  Do you eat slightly or dramatically different when you are in a good mood, compared to being worried, or down in the dumps. 

I will hazard a guess that you, like most of us choose differently and our mood, self belief, our unconscious thoughts, let alone changes in body chemistry due to hormonal shifts, microbiota, medication, nutrient deficiencies seasons etc make huge differences too. Who, or what then is in charge of our food choices?

Studies have been shown that all of the above influences, but have you monitored yourself and compared your go to choices due to emotions?  Not many have?  

I was listening to a series of podcasts over the weekend and one struck me the most.  Not new information, but presented in a way that made me stop what I was doing - assignments, and sit, listen and poinder what she was saying.  
Do consider taking 30 minutes out and then some time after to ponder how her message in the past has impacted on your health and life choices.  Three simple words, when you allow yourself to hear and take them in can have such a profound change.  

You may not appreciate the significance immediately, and that is ok.  I will however encourage you to take up the challenge of putting the words on your bathroom mirror, in your phone as a reminder, and anywhere else that you will see them regularly.
Hope you are curious enough to go ahead now :)

 Did you watch it?  If not, what is stopping you, your unconscious mind knowing what it is going to talk about and already blocking the message?  Yes, it is possible for that to happen. 
In line with the video is a quote that also resonates.  

" Let resentment know that it is no longer welcome as your mind's house guest. Tell your excuses that they must excuse themselves now. Declare that you will no longer be driven by the way you've been living, and don't let the door hit your past on the ass on the way out. "  Scott Niolet

The past is the past, the now is the now.  Each second we get to choose a different action than we did in the past; a different feeling, and certainly a different way of seeing ourselves.  Once you have noted the emotions that trigger food choices, it is possible to be a lot more discerning as to what you put in your fridge, let alone your mouth.

The challenge then becomes do you see yourself to be enough and worth making the choices and changes that are worthy of your best self that you truly are, or do you feel you need to self punish for whatever reason longer than you have to date?

Self punish may seem harsh, but, if 

• we starve ourselves to look a certain way, isn't that punishment?
• Exclude foods that are good for us, and pleasurable isn't that bashing ourselves up
• If we regularly over indulge in the foods that are not foods
• our body is fighting foods for whatever reason, could a deep seated emotion triggered at a stressful time set up a self loathing and ongoing punishment to keep us in line in the future?

It is ok if you don't grasp what I am saying here, but I do see it often in clients and myself.  Food and all its rules become a tool of self harm or deprivation and not a celebration of the abundance of what we have been blessed with.  We have accepted the love of food and what it ultimately gives us .... life.  
The challenge has been laid down..... are you ready to own your feelings, points of view, rules and listen to the messages your body wants you to hear?  Are you read to make a real change and be guided by your body wisdom and not the latest fad or even science for that matter as you are not a test tube, and you are not a lab rat!!  You are a unique person who has had your life experiences to date, and your soul or truest self only wants the best for you and to be you.  It is as simple as that.  

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