It all begins with your mouth
Creating a life that’s blossoming with physical, emotional, and spiritual health has a lot to do with what goes in and comes out of our mouths. You may not have thought about it much, but it’s not only the toxic food we consume too much of that destroys our physical health, it’s also the toxic and negative way that we speak about ourselves, our bodies, and change that can defeat our mental health and our ability to bring about real transformation. Let’s talk for a moment about both of these issues. In my book Encounter Weight Loss, the chapters follow an acronym that spell E.N.C.O.U.N.T.E.R. and the first E is the starting place for lasting change. E=Eat Real food. Jack LaLane who was a pioneer in the fitness movement and who lived to 98 years old, had a very simple saying. “If God made it eat it if man made it don’t”. Or if you are an atheist you might say… only eat foods that come directly from nature. These foods are “one ingredient foods”. For example, an apple has .. one ingredient, a piece of broccoli … one ingredient, rice… one ingredient.… You get the idea. Human’s originally ate, and still thrive on one ingredient foods. When I am working with women in weight loss coaching, they are often more obsessed with weight loss than their health. They are trying to get into a certain size or bodyweight at all costs and so they don’t learn the lessons that lead to a long healthy life. They are pursuing a quick fix, rather than permanent change, and so they often end up eating what I call “Frankenstein foods”. These are man-made diet foods with so many chemicals and additives that they bear little resemblance to real food and although they may help you lose weight, they also poison your body. We had an adorable West Highland Terrier, who was poisoned by melamine being added into the dogwood we purchased. It was a big scandal and many dogs died. Our Westie lived but had kidney damage. It was easy to make the connection between the poison and illness because it happened really fast. It is more subtle when it comes to what we buy in the supermarket, but let’s take a moment here for a reality check. If every added ingredient in the food you buy, was considered a step away from real food, how many steps away from “REAL” are the items in your grocery cart? Pick up a box of kids' cereal or fruit rollup and start counting. You will be up to 30 added ingredients before you know it. So that food is 30 steps away from being real! So my challenge to you is to let go of the number on the scale this year if you are going to pursue real transformation. Most of your “diet” attempts have not worked anyway. I will share some key’s with you in the following weeks about how to trigger lasting weight loss. But this is the starting place, Eat Real Food. Let go of all the diet rules and fears and eat one ingredient real foods for as much of your diet as possible. So that’s what goes into your mouth, but how about what comes out? Do you realize that the person that you believe the most is yourself? I have an interest in and have studied quantum physics over the years. One thing that I learned is that the vibrations and frequencies around us, impact us. Like a tuning fork in music, we tune ourselves to the frequency of what we hear. So when we hear someone speak positively we are inspired and tune into that, and our body and mind will follow. When we speak negatively, we tune to that, and our body and soul align with exactly what they are hearing. “I can never lose weight”, “I have no energy”, “I always fail” and other statements need to STOP! It is time for you to make an important announcement to your body, your soul, and the universe. In 2021 I am making a change. I am taking back my health. I am getting fit and loving it. Start to talk to everyone you know about the change you are making, and your body, soul, and spirit will sit up and take notice! The bible says in the book of Hebrews 11:3 that God framed the world with his words. Now it’s your turn. How are you going to frame your world in 2021? I would love to hear about that in the comments.
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Wow, Wendy. So many of the things you said we say and shouldnt sure come out of my mouth daily. I have no energy. I hurt so much I dont feel like doing anything. No matter what i do to lose weight it never comes off fast enough. I heard on a tv show yesterday that we should live our life to the fullest and it made me stop and think. Today has been the first day that I have stopped feeling sorry for my self because I have so many pains that i use that as an excuse for not getting on with my life as I know my late husband would have wanted me to.
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James Franklin
2/19/2021 09:56:31 am
Like your insight
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Wendy Peter is the North American Director of Events for the Women on the Frontlines Organization.
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