REMEMBERING MY BODY IS THE MASTER, NOT MY BRAIN...

I would like to share something that happened to me today. Got up pretty early this morning, had a green juice around 7:00am (celery, cucumber, ginger, lettuce leaves, apple). Cleaned the house, including the fridge!. Then had my fruits at around 9:45am (large bowl of mixed fresh fruits, mangoe, orange, banana). Had a smoothie (silverbeet + mango + superfoods) at 11:30am. Of course, at 3:30pm, i'm hungry. So I eat a salad (avocado, lettuce, tomato, seaweed...). But i was still hungry and i have been pretty hungry these past few days simply because i haven't eaten enough (don't have the right stuff with me at the office or it takes too much time to prepare or i don't feel like eating this again...). The truth is I have been thinking about eggs for 3 days now. I want eggs. Badly. I haven't eaten any because they're cooked.

I have to remind myself that I was a compulsive overeater for a very long time. My body demands and needs certain nutrients / foods for specific reasons my brain does not and cannot understand. So I FINALLY honored that craving. And I had 4 eggs... i know this is a lot BUT i feel SO much better..... I feel gooooood!

It is so easy to go back to old patterns. This not eating the eggs I really wanted to eat was like the old "no i won't eat this because this is not allowed on my diet" and next thing you know you're bingeing heads on on anything and everything around you. 

So it makes me think how important it is to listen to my body and honor whatever his needs are to properly function. It is so easy to loose communication with my body. I get caught up in what I read in such and such books and such and such schools of thoughts on the subject and I lose sight of myself, of my needs, of my body. Like in the old days I got caught up in fad diets. But I am not there anymore. I constantly have to remind myself where I come from and where I am now. This is my path, still very raw, wonderful and so full of teachings. No path is identical to any other. The important is to stay on it. 

With love, Anne