Hunger.
Mostly, it isn't about the tummy growls.
It's about the feeling of something 'missing'.
That feeling. Fullness. Contentment. Completeness.
Yet the more we have - big food, big houses, big cars, big 'stuff', there still doesn't seem to be "enough".
Every time I see someone carrying around more weight than they should, I don't see someone who is eating too much - I see a person that just can't get full enough.
Can't get that 'feeling'. And I know it well. Very well ;)
Most days I really have to stop and sit quiet with myself to figure out if I am physically hungry or just missing 'something'. My ability to just shove food in my mouth to stop from saying what I really want to say or to get that 'feeling' is pretty well documented in my bedside journals.
Damn feelings!!! Ugh!
So how do I NOT eat my feelings?? I sit with them. I take the time to belly breathe, tune in to my body...and my heart...and my head. Drink some water. Wait half an hour. Pretty sure I have enough body fat not to die from real hunger in half an hour. I've calculated this out! Ha!
Then I trust. Myself. A big job...and still a work in progress ;)
...with much Love
Linda xo
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