The fam is flying cross country to Maine (brrrr!) on Sunday for the week to visit the ILs. Unless something strikes me, I doubt I’ll update the blog during then. I am going to have to find a wee bit of time each day to get my IE/FA blog fix, though. Especially with the little demons in my head reminding me that I am the exact same size as I was during last year’s visit (egads!).
I’ll continue with my internal come back response – well, at least I am not yo yo-ing up and down as per usual.
The book Overcoming Overeating has a fantasy in which you imagine how your life would be if a gs suddenly entered the air which forever kept you at the same size, regardless of how much or little you ate. You might try that and see how you feel, how your life would be different if that were actually true.
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Especially with the little demons in my head reminding me that I am the exact same size as I was during last yearโs visit (egads!).
I wonder if it’s Pollyanna-ish to reframe that thought in this way…Thank goodness you are exactly the same size you were last year! Your body has resisted disease. Your mind has resisted thoughts that might have proded you to engage in eating disordered behavior. These are not easy battles to win, that’s for sure, but for another year you have! All of your cells are there to help protect you from the biting cold, to hug your loved ones, to enjoy warm, snuggly evenings under a blanket. None of you is missing ๐ You are entirely present.
I hope you have a great vacation!
Thanks so much, ladies.
Rainbow – that’s a great stategy. one of their books also talked about “what if your body size was what was ‘in'”. That helps me as well since the fantasy relieves a lot from my shoulders & is a great teaching tool.
Jae, not Pollyanish at all and so very, very true. Thanks!
Still on my trip – we were supposed to go home today but the snow got the better of us. we now fly out tonight.
Excuse any typos – posting on my Treo ๐