Week Three: Going Strong!

It would be difficult to overstate the importance of the mind in achieving lifestyle changes. In fact, I will go so far as to say, for me at least, it's impossible to achieve permanent changes without my mind first understanding, agreeing with, and embracing the change desired.

All that to say that after years of working to change my eating habits from rather mindless and super-sugared to mindful and natural foods, changes have taken place. 

I have been, of late, ramping up the input into my mind, input that provides positive reinforcement. I watch soothing, quiet videos of cooking Mediterranean foods. I watch videos of people living quietly and purposefully in France or Italy or Greece. I find myself energized. I find myself inspired. I find myself calm.

These moments of reframing my life in my mind eventually stir me to actions both intentionally and, happily, spontaneously. I pause before food choices determining if they are the best for me in the moment. Impetuousness is rapidly disappearing. 

I picture myself differently now. I picture someone who lives in beauty and health, naturally and comfortably because the choices serve my goals. I picture someone who enjoys living, someone who realizes the decisions made today create the moments that follow. 

Success or stuckness depends on the current mindset and then on the subsequent choices.

It's all coming together.

It's taken years. Years!

Changing one's mind is not a decision to take lightly. It is serious business, complicated business, and very very rewarding.

I weighed on Saturday, two days ago, and was happily surprised to see that my weight has decreased 5 pounds already. No suffering at all, just beautiful food, nurturing choices, and a mind at peace with my body.

Never surrender.