Thanks fighting. A good reminder that everyone finds Christmas difficult re healthy eating. A bit like worrying about it on holiday!
I read this Geneen Roth post on FB tonight:
Try this little exercise: Think about how you might be blessed now, no matter what you weigh. Do you feel joy about the little things, like braiding your daughter’s hair; taking time to answer your son’s question about caterpillars becoming butterflies; holding your husband’s hand when you’re at the movies? Do you feel a sense of victory when you aren’t mean to yourself for eating too much or give yourself a pat on the back for passing up the irresistible cinnamon bun that calls to you at the mall?
This seemingly Sisyphean task of weight loss could be your best opportunity to learn how to be your own savior. Now is the time to be kind to yourself when you fail and congratulate yourself when you do the right thing, before you’re as thin as you want to be. Because it’s not going to magically happen when you hit a certain number on the scale. I know this because not one student – not one – has ever, in 30 years, told me that she was kinder to herself when she lost weight. But every single student has told me the opposite; that when she gives herself what she wants most – treating herself with tenderness – no matter what she weighs, she already has what thin will give her.
Ask yourself what the kindest thing you could do for yourself now would be. Something that doesn’t require money or waiting for a result in the future. And when you know what that is, lavish it upon yourself. Because, unlike cars and keys and glasses, once you have it, you will never lose it.
Loved 'what thin will give her'. I like the idea of thinking that I could feel better about myself enough that thin doesn't matter....