It is a man’s own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways. ~Buddha
What I find so interesting about eating, is we don’t eat what the body needs, we put items into it that do not work with the body, but actually against it.
My backward eating habits reflect my old thoughts and beliefs and now I have to find new eating habits that match my new mindset.
It is interesting that I use sweet treats as something that makes me feel good, yet the outcome has very little goodness IF any. I feel tired, dragged out, lethargic and my body is oversized from the useless calories I consume.
There is a separation between how my tongue tastes the food and how it affects my body, like the two parts of me that don’t intersect.
My head says its good and my mouth likes the taste, but once I swallow all hell breaks loose, my sweet treats wreak havoc once beyond my taste buds.
The sweets are really saboteurs in disguise and I have programmed myself to discount the affects while enjoying the snack.
The separation is critical in not linking the culprit and the feelings together, it is keeping the mind and body separated.
Isn’t it incredible that the mind and body are not aware of each other, and instead of working together; they are fighting with each other, a civil war inside?
Bikram speaks of bringing the mind back to the body for 20 seconds during each yoga pose. What yoga is teaching me is to pay attention to my body.
When I eat I am not paying attention to my body, it is like my head is eating alone…until I swallow and then after my head has had its fun, my body then pays the price.
It is so odd that we can ‘believe’ we are enjoying food that literally isn’t good for us. How is it possible to enjoy something that will cause us harm?
What will it take to flip this around?
I can’t seem to care while eating and enjoying the flavors that the affects after are not enjoyable.
It seems like I am more addicted to the feelings afterward, that my natural state is to be sedative and unfeeling instead of feeling alive and alert and in touch with my feelings.
We don’t even seem to have the feelings of being full or near full or tasting and appreciating the scents, the taste, the texture, let alone the incredible journey some food has taken to get from plant to table or even seed to plant.
This is a new frontier for me to become more aware of what I eat, how I eat, when I eat and how I feel during and after eating and how it all impacts my body.
It is time to stop eating as a head alone and eat with my body, mind and soul.
I M Perfect lady 