Do you ever ask yourself….
‘How can I lose weight and still feel comfortable in my body as we are in the process of transforming each other?’
The other day I was talking with a friend. She mentioned a time in her life when she weighed about 20 pounds more than she ever had.
My immediate thoughts:
I was waiting to hear her shame her own body with phrases like,
- “I look so disgusting.”
- “I hate myself in the mirror.”
- “I just want to look skinny again.”
But here’s what surprised me!
She talked about her body with respect and love. She said she didn’t feel as healthy or strong with the extra weight. She said she stopped caring for her body the way she had before.
In other words, this friend was listening to her body rather than judging her.
This is the core of the Body Knowledge System®. She gets it and practices it. Yeah!
This is the process I want for those of you who are listening and want to know more.
So, instead of setting out to lose weight and get thin again, she set out to love her body by listening to what she needed. And the result was feeling comfortable with the weight her body and she wanted. I am so excited for my friend!
Side note:
She said the results were not overnight, but she believes that by reconnecting with her body and embracing her Body Knowledge System® Style she redefined her relationship with her body to create the new process of eating to allow each other (her and her body) to breathe and find a common ground of acceptance.
During this process of implementing and acknowledging her Body Knowledge System® Style she simply spoke of how amazing she feels! And she also likes how she looks.
And by knowing her Body knowledge System® Style the weight loss was easier and looking and feeling with her body had renewed energy and acceptance.
