Welcome back, happy sojourners!

Either my scales are playing tricks on me or I did notice another slight downturn trend- not as dramatic as the stock market- but a nod in the right direction. I've said this experiment is not about the numbers but as Geneen Roth says in her book Women Food and God which I was reading past midnight last night: "It's not about the weight but it's not not about the weight." The times I was my thinnest were not my happiest times but the times I was my fatest were (are) also not my happiest times. This morning I took off my magic refrigerator the "skinniest I've ever been photo" (when I was going through my 3rd divorce) and replaced it with my wedding picture of me and Mike. I was not as thin but wow was I happy!

SPIRITUAL thought/action: Eating when we are not hungry is using food as a drug to make ourselves numb. Rather than face our feelings of loss, loneliness, boredom, or fear, we race away from our feelings thinking they are bigger than we are. "Staying where you are with what you are feeling or seeing is the first step in ending the obsession with food." Geneen Roth  Today I trust God's strength more than my own.

PHYSICAL thought/action: Too much sugar and not enough protein and SLEEP puts me one step away from being a serial killer. Why do we push ourselves so much and so hard while ignoring our bodies' needs?It's usually when I'm tired that I want to pop a piece of chocolate in my mouth. Now I carry about almonds and a little bottle of an energy drink to counter that 3pm blood-sugar drop. Sleeping Beauty was a beauty because of sleep......

MENTAL thought/action: "More important that learning how to recall things is finding ways to forget things that are cluttering the mind." Eric Butterworth     Suggested film: "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" about ELLE magazine editor who lost everything but his mind.

EMOTIONAL thought/action: "1. Get enough food to eat, and eat it. 2. Find a place to sleep where it is quiet, and sleep there. 3. Reduce intellectual and emotional noise until you arrive at the silence of yourself, and listen to it. 4.            "  Richard Brautigan

See you tomorrow. Thank you for being with me.  Lolly