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To take control OF THE runaway food situation we HAVE TO respectfully embrace THE body. Humans are born complete, beautiful AND do not feel defective. THE people we encounter become our looking glass. We internalize their reflections. We flip through magazine photos OF air brushed models, one size fits all -- we don't measure up. Internalizing unrealistic expectations, we hang our heads down. "If I can't BE a size 4 with a chiseled nose, I'll eat a container OF ice-cream." 7674
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Please awaken TO THE understanding: change on THE inside before you can change on THE outside. Around THE 1960s when THE model Twiggy reigned, food-nourishment, comfort AND delight became THE enemy. Concurrently, food began TO metamorphose into processed, fatty AND sugary substances, quickly cooked AND consumed. 25
Many OF us are unable TO select wisely when stressed or negative. THE solution is TO reinterpret THE scenario with love, forgiveness AND compassion. There is simply NO room TO eat quantities OF unhealthy foods when filled with love. FOR those skeptical about reinterpreting, note that anything can BE reinterpreted. FOR example; one could claim that Hansel AND Gretel were juvenile delinquents who ate a senior citizen OUT OF house AND home, shoving her IN THE oven. There are NO absolute truths. 3122
A positive visualization is THE key TO weight loss. Don't view yourself as fat. Rather, see yourself as healthy AND beautiful after you lose weight. THE mind is drawn TO THE images you conjure up AND THE body fulfills them. If you image THE word fat, THE mind doesn't pay attention TO THE words, don't want TO be, rather THE mind thinks, oh, you want TO BE fat! THE body actualizes THE wish. Therefore see yourself as gorgeous -- think AND act that way. 3830
However, when we eat only TO fill up not tasting our food, our hearts are empty. If we drink alcohol TO excess, we numb ourselves. Similarly, if we keep eating, we make up FOR a sense OF loss. But you know what everyone says about too much OF a good thing. After we HAVE eaten too much, we feel disappointed IN our lack OF self-control; moreover we might even HAVE a stomachache. THE stomach is THE solar plexus, THE ego center. Each time we overeat, we injure our self-esteem. We are now OUT OF balance AND unhappier. 4364
But what if we look IN THE mirror AND don't like what we see? Perhaps we HAVE put on too many flabby pounds. We are empowered TO act AND change. When Michelangelo sculpted THE David, he took away what David was not. We can freely select food, portions AND frequency. We can exercise AND weight-train TO create true substance -- core strength. We can BE rounded, but let us HAVE muscles AND strong bones under THE fat! 2762
To increase THE likelihood OF appreciating your body, workout. Exercise releases stress hormones, raises endorphin levels FOR energy, keeps you IN THE moment AND speeds up metabolism. If you strength train, you will feel as though you can accomplish anything. As you weight train AND stretch beyond your usual range, you will discover movements that matter. You won't BE using momentum; movements will BE slow AND purposeful. Notice THE spring IN your step, improved posture as you move beyond personal doubts AND fears. Try this Qi-Gong walking meditation TO help you conceive, believe, achieve. First take four purposeful steps gracefully pointing your toe, landing lightly on your heel. Second, take four steps envisioning a number rising from THE ground AND place your feet on number one, two, three AND four. Third, instead OF imaging numbers, see THE words: I can, I will, I do, ! Affirmation TO implementation. Erich Fromm said, "Man's main task IN life is TO give birth TO himself." 7568
Animals HAVE it easier because they don't buy clothes. They don't look at their thighs AND think-- too big. We need TO strip away THE superficialities, seeing ourselves within THE context OF mind AND body, not just body. While we need TO BE reflected IN others' eyes FOR reality, we also need TO cultivate self-reliance TO track our personal path. Too often we dress TO please others AND say what others want TO hear. We become accommodating losing our true identity. We suppress our needs, hungry FOR self-expression, we eat. 3148
Break free into light AND awakening; release all THE nonproductive diets. THE ultimate diet involves balance -- not just IN food but also IN life. Every day balance THE physical, emotional, intellectual AND spiritual. Participate as a whole person, a mindbody (without THE hyphen). Fill up on loving kindness. Shed stress AND anger. Every day find original recipes FOR living, not eating. Nourish your life force, exercise your creativity AND serve others instead OF yourself. Live more fully!