It's not what you eat but what you think!

One of the first quotes by Wayne Dyer to inspire me was 'Change the Way You Look at Things and the Way You Look at things Changes'. A Simple concept although not always easy to implement.  Even when facing challenges that we feel we can do nothing about, we can still bring about an inner peace by thinking about the challenge differently.

When facing difficult challenges I can easily fall into unhealthy or excessive eating and likewise when I overcome these challenges my healthy eating resumes. The key for me is to be Conscious of this, Conscious of the thinking that leads to the negative habits.  Not with a view to denying them but to embracing them. Only then through this Conscious Acceptance can I  leg them go.

Shed negative thinking and shed weight at the same time

I recently moved home from the remoteness of the Alpujarras to the city of Granada and a friend asked me 'how did you feel when you packed up and left?' I didn't have to think about the answer because it was so noticible for me, noticeable in my body - I felt lighter, as if I had shed pounds.  In fact I had to check myself a few times, check that I hadn't left the house naked!

I know that when we move house we can do it hoping we leave our 'baggage' behind, often finding after a short while that our problems and difficulties have surfaced again. What I have realised is that my old home WAS the baggage. The location, the remoteness, the lack of stimulation was all baggage and holding me back.