For many people trying to lose weight, the entire process is a journey. For some, it’s a journey that can take years and see a series of fluctuations. Kilos lost and kilos gained can lead to ongoing frustrations and also contribute to a pattern of issues with food. The quest for the perfect body can leave some individuals psychologically battered and bruised, and their relationships with food become the key to them finding peace, not only with their bodies, but also with themselves.
Obesity is at epidemic rates in Australia. Our love/hate relationship with food puts us at odds with the one thing we’ve turned to for enjoyment, comfort, and simple pleasure. Food and eating, which are normal elements of our daily lives, have transformed into “the enemy” – always there to tempt us with delicious release, but also with the threat of impending kilos. But why are those kilos so much of a threat? Shouldn’t enjoying the foods you love be enough to keep you happy? Does the desire for “the perfect body” mean your relationship with food has to border on abusive?
Some doctors link past trauma to response eating as a coping mechanism, and see the need for people to rethink their relationships with food. They stress the importance of reassessing ones spiritual connectedness as the source of one’s motivations, and as an integral aspect of one’s relationship with food. Some people have adopted this approach by simply not allowing their lives to be dominated by the threat of weight gain or calorie counting. For some, a laissez faire attitude to dieting and exercise has been all that was needed to keep them motivated in achieving overall health and a body they love. Removing the stress we associate with food and calories may be the key to loving ourselves thin.
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