ConsciouS Eating

We are the experts of our own bodies.

We have the responsibility of taking care of our bodies.

We treat our bodies with respect and acknowledge that there is no perfect size or body type.

Our bodies change continually, with the biggest changes occurring during adolescence, pregnancy, and menopause.

We believe that no one has the right to comment on our bodies.

We trust that our bodies will give us cues about what it needs.
With many years of dieting, most of us have lost touch with our bodies so it will take time to learn how to listen and differentiate the different cues. In the past you may have responded to all body cues with food. The food gives temporary relief but does not really satisfy the need. Eventually the pounds start adding up because food has been used as the answer for everything. Bodies have needs for food, drink, rest, activity, movement, relaxation, sex, and sleep.

Throughout the program you will learn how to recognize your body's needs and discover how you can respond more accurately to them. When this happens food will no longer be used to satisfy nonphysical hungers, you will eat more consciously and the weight will come off and stay off.

It is hard for many women to look at their whole bodies. Touching their bodies is the last thing they want to do. We know that it is important to look at the whole body and to touch the body because it helps us to connect with our bodies.

Lasting change cannot happen in a hostile environment. If you hate or despise your body, you will not care about your body. Caring about your body is an essential part of Conscious Eating™. If you do not care how your body feels, you will not make the necessary changes in your behaviors, thoughts, and feelings toward your body to support change. It won't matter what you feed it or how much you feed it. You will just continue to ignore your body and eat unconsciously which leads to more weight gain.

Creating a loving environment in your body focuses on respect and appreciation for what your body does for you, in spite of what you do to it.

Critical to the success in this program is the connection you will make with your body allowing you to assess how your body feels at any given moment.

Being aware of how your body feels requires that you to BE IN YOUR BODY. Being in your body takes practice so we will begin each session with a few minutes of quieting the mind and being in your body.

We believe that trusting the body is an important key to permanent weight loss.

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