| The hardest part about dieting and trying to lose | | | | your thoughts can make you fat? How do you |
| weight is constantly thinking about food! If you're | | | | stop the thoughts? - Through the practice of |
| on a diet program like Weight Watchers, | | | | meditation. |
| NutriSystem, Jenny Craig, etc., it's all that | | | | When we struggle with our weight, we can be |
| consumes your brain - what am I going to eat | | | | extremely hard on ourselves. Meditation is a way |
| today? How many calories have I eaten, points, | | | | to be gentle and take time to escape from the |
| shares, protein, carbs, the thoughts go on. Add to | | | | busy, demanding world. If you have never |
| the record keeping the other thoughts like - "I | | | | practiced meditation, a guided recording would be |
| really want to lose weight this time!" Or, "I want | | | | the best choice. From it, you'll receive step by |
| to eat that hot, fresh, Krispy Kreme donut that | | | | step instructions to help give you the most |
| my co-worker offered to me now!" | | | | benefits from your meditation practice. There is |
| It's documented that we have upwards of 50,000 | | | | no right way or wrong way to practice |
| thoughts per day. Many of those thoughts are | | | | meditation. It's very helpful to have guidance. |
| recurring ones. It wasn't until I started practicing | | | | Think of it as a meditation coach! |
| yoga and meditation that I finally lost the weight | | | | By clearing these compulsive, negative thoughts, |
| that I struggled with for four decades! When you | | | | you will make room for peaceful, loving thoughts. |
| weigh too much, being overweight is almost all | | | | Over time, you will be calmer and will think more |
| that you think about. I don't know who said this | | | | clearly. This can ultimately translate to food being |
| phrase, but I say it as a daily mantra - | | | | sustenance not an obsessive, compulsive thing. |
| "Comparison is the thief of joy." Women, in | | | | Can you see how your thoughts can make you |
| particular, compare themselves to all of the | | | | fat? Food is one of the greatest pleasures in life. |
| unrealistic models and images that the media | | | | But when food becomes all we think about, that |
| bombards us with (and they are crazy, unrealistic | | | | steals our joy from living. Don't think about trying |
| images). We interpret the message as, "I'm not | | | | meditation. Put meditation into practice and stop |
| good enough." This message then becomes, | | | | those negative thoughts that could be making you |
| "What's the use of dieting?" Can you see how | | | | fat. |