I used to think the
desert was barren and lonely. I didnโt understand the appeal. My parents would
haul me out there to camp amid the cactus and dry wind with my bickering siblings.
Teenage torture.
This morning? I am
gazing out at the Southern California desert feeling a deep sense of peace, a
fullness from the lovely landscape. I am relishing time alone with all this
beauty.
Why is my response to
the desert so different now? I am curious. Yes, our perspective changes over a
lifetime, and Iโve had quite a bit of lifetime since I was a teenager. But,
still. Why such a dramatic turnaround?
If I figure this out,
then where else could my life use a dramatic turnaround? So many options,
right? Letโs stick with weight loss right now, since my brain thinks that is so
important and interestingโฆโฆ..and painful.
With my weight, I used
to think I overate becauseโฆ
๐ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ,
๐๐บ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฎ,
๐ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ,
๐๐ช๐ฆ๐ต๐ด ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ,
๐ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐จ๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ช๐ต,
๐ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ข๐น ๐ข๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ,
๐๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ-๐ง๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ,
๐โ๐ฎ ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ง๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ.
Grownup torture.
Today? I have some
clarity. I see it doesnโt really have anything to do with food. Or my body. Or
my weight. Itโs all managing my mind around those things. When I lost 60 pounds
in 6 months, it was all through getting wise to my brain, and then my body
sorted itself out.
Dramatic turnarounds?
Itโs all within my own power. I can use it wherever I want to. I can teach you
to do it, too. What do you want to turnaround?
We have the power.
๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐โ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ ๐ถ๐๐๐ก๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฟ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐โ๐ก ๐ถ๐๐๐โ. ๐โ๐โ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ข๐ก ๐ก๐๐๐โ๐๐๐ ๐ค๐๐๐๐ ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ 50 ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ข๐๐๐ โฆ.๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐ฆ. ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐. ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ก๐๐ข๐๐๐๐.