Remember Finding Nemo? The sharks' support group would say, "Fish are friends, not food!" I was reminded of this at my last weight loss class. A few of the participants had complaints about the taste and variety of the prepared meals. Despite the fact that these folks could add fruits and vegetables whereas I cannot, they still found something to complain about. Granted, this is not pre-packaged Maestro's or Morton's or mama's home cooking. It is prepackaged food for a weight loss program.
So I thought about this for a while afterwards, of course. And of course, I have some thoughts.
We are there in that meeting, in that program because of our love of food. We love the way it tastes, the memories it brings back, the memories it makes. Our whole life has revolved around food. Birthdays, holidays, anniversaries, etc. has been centered around food. The joy of cooking it ourselves, preparing it, seasoning it. So we have developed an addiction. We are here because we need to break off the love affair and use food as fuel to live and nothing else. We must approach it as fuel for our next activity and nothing else.
Food provides calories for our bodies to burn in its activities. It is intended to keep us alive. For some they can enjoy large amounts of it and not have a problem with weight gain. Although, I must say that cases of thin, in shape people suffering from high cholesterol is on the rise. So that may not be wholly true.
We are not as fortunate. We love food and food loves us. Therefore we must reprogram our brains..our bodies, our spirits. This will be hard. But for the next 12 weeks we eat to lose weight, we eat to take the next step, the next step towards a longer life.
We have been alive to food for too long. We must bury that person and resurrect as one who is alive to a whole new life...a life not revolved around food. A life revolved around others and not food.
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