Your sincere compassion and empathy with those who have experienced the thrills and failures of weight loss and gain was felt throughout this post. Losing and gaining weight is a public failure, it is something we can't hide. It should be a personal matter, an internal struggle, a healing process but it is not, and many are not successful in their journey to better health due to the external scrutiny and goal of losing X pounds. I have learned that taking care of the internal (when do I eat when I am not hungry/when do I choose health/unhealthy snacks/what is food providing me in that moment that goes beyond nutrition or hunger?), thinking nutrition and enjoying the process of preparing and consuming a beautiful meal is so much more rewarding and beneficial then focusing on an external goal of being a certain weight.
Your sincere compassion and empathy with those who have experienced the thrills and failures of weight loss and gain was felt throughout this post. Losing and gaining weight is a public failure, it is something we can't hide. It should be a personal matter, an internal struggle, a healing process but it is not, and many are not successful in their journey to better health due to the external scrutiny and goal of losing X pounds. I have learned that taking care of the internal (when do I eat when I am not hungry/when do I choose health/unhealthy snacks/what is food providing me in that moment that goes beyond nutrition or hunger?), thinking nutrition and enjoying the process of preparing and consuming a beautiful meal is so much more rewarding and beneficial then focusing on an external goal of being a certain weight.
Beautifully said, Leena.