Listen to your body, not your brain. That is how you know if a food will work with you, or not work this you. I was so inspired this morning my Geneen Roth. I realized how much of a passion I have to encouraging people to have a Healthy Relationship with food… One I day I want to have an entire Health Coaching practice that is specific to that.
She said this quote that really struck me, because I believe it to be true:
“People don’t gain weight by eating what they want. They gain weight by eating what they don’t want, followed by eating what they want.” -Geneen Roth
I mean, really, this is just skimming the surface of the entire issue of dieting, compulsive eating, bingeing, etc… but it spoke so much to me.. When your body is craving something, it’s craving it for a reason. We have to be nice to our bodies, treat them with respect, and listen to them..
I will post more on this subject as the days go by, and as I study her books. I just ordered some to use in my Health Coaching practice.
Here is how I listened to my body yesterday. Everything I ate was a craving, or a signal from my body
Breakfast
Bran Flakes with almond milk + raisins and coffee with organic half & half
Coffee/Walk with Mom
Coffe with almond milk, honey, and rice milk on my 3 mile walk with Mom
Lunch
For lunch, I peeked in my parents fridge and decided on pasta with tomato sauce and a side salad with blue cheese. The pasta had a little bit of meat in it, and it sounded perfect before I went on my next walk of the day with Jade – which by the way was wonderful! We walked and talked for 5 miles by the beach 
Snack
When I got home 2 hours later, I wanted a little crunchy snack, so I had a handful of pretzels
Dinner
After that, I took my Mom to pick up her car, and we headed to dinner before I had to work. I got a veggie burrito with a whole wheat tortilla packed with deliciousness! I had a few chips, and left the rest. I ate the whole burrito, which may have been more my head than my body 
I probably could have left a few bites, haha!
I hope you all have a wonderful day I have more to post within the next couples days on weighing yourself.
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I love this post. You always seam to say something that I really connect with. For example, “listen to your body, not your brain” has become my main motto for staying healthy and maintaining a positive relationship with food. I can also relate to what you said about having a passion for encouraging others to have a healthy relationship with food too. Because recovery and living a healthy lifestyle has made such a huge impact on my life, one of my main goals has become to inspire others to do the same. It’s almost as if I don’t just want to help others, but I NEED to. Anyway, thank you for yet another inspiring post, and have a wonderful day! ♡
Awe Chenoa thanks for sharing – that blesses me! I love to encourage others as well. I am glad that “listen to your body, not your brain” has become your motto! I am always telling the girls that I health coach the same thing!
Amen! Loving life and enjoying it not stressing about food/calories/exercise. That’s the reason I love your blog. Too many “health” blogs are the latter not the former, yours is refreshing.
I am so glad to hear that! Definitely not worth stressing over “dieting and exercise”
I LOVE Geneen Roth’s writing…have you read the part where she mentioned being disrespectful to yourself when you eat mindlessly standing up? That point hit home for me and now make it a point to check-in before cooking, stay CALM and grounded, and enjoy the FINAL product at the TABLE!
Was this in the book “feeding the hungry heart” ??? I haven’t started it yet, but that’s a great point she makes! I always feel I am being nicer to myself when I sit down and focus on what I’m eating with no distractions