Forgiveness and Eating for Pleasure

Today I am going to talk about a subject that is near and dear to my heart because it's something I have struggled with most of my life.

I am talking about emotional eating. Most of us have done it at one point in our lives or another.  I always felt that somehow after I ate, I would feel better, but was it really about the food I thought I needed?

Allow me to ask you this: Have you ever downed an entire package of chips, crackers, or cookies? Ate pizza or cake until you felt sick? Drank more coffee or wine than your body wanted?

Do you remember how you were feeling at the time?

I ask because sometimes we overeat to help distract us from that deep emotional pain or discomfort.

So for a moment think about it—have you noticed that sometimes when you overeat you’re not really hungry at all? Maybe you were lonely, angry, sad, resentful or totally frustrated.

Maybe you felt something else you couldn't quite put a feeling too.

So what hurt is it that YOU are holding on to? 

It's time to get in touch with your power of forgiveness....

Imagine confronting your uncomfortable feelings instead of eating because of all the emotion? 

The most divinely perfect way to do that is forgiveness.

4 Steps to Your Peace  of mind and weight loss

If you’ve been suffering because of past hurts, I ask that you first try forgiving whoever or whatever it is by trying just one of these 4 simple yet powerful steps. 

You may find that not only your soul begins it's healing process but that food will be something you actually enjoy and don't need as often for comfort.

• Talk to sympathetic friends and family about your desire to forgive. Talking with others is tremendously comforting and you may find they are supportive in what you want to do. 

• Write a letter to the person you’d like to forgive. You can decide whether or not you send it later, but by  putting it on paper, it makes it real and affirms how you feel and why. 

• Don’t forget to forgive yourself. Sometimes we can be harshest with ourselves. We do so much better when we feel better, so don't shame or put blame on yourself. Take the situation for what it is...you can only change now!

• Understand that you are responsible for your own attitude. Don’t let holding a grudge keep you from feeling free, open, and powerful in your own life.

Remember when you forgive, you release yourself from a painful burden. Forgiveness doesn't mean that what happened was OK, or that if someone hurt you, they are welcome back into your precious life.  It just means that you made peace with the pain and are ready to let it go and move on to a new way of living. 

It also means that your relationship with eating just became less complicated.

Wishing you Good Health and Happiness Always, Nancy XO

Even though our family is all about healthy eating, it doesn't mean we don't go thru times where we learn about what our bodies need and don't need.

This was one of those times, so allow me to share it with you.

Sadie was so tired all the time in spite of all the organic meat, vegetables, fruits and unprocessed foods we were eating. She was on a dose of daily super vitamins and I thought I was giving her everything she needed to thrive as a little 4 year old girl.

She was getting 11-12 hours a sleep every night but in the morning she would wake up so tired. To add to the mix, a red rash surfaced on her face and I had no idea why. I had tried everything from taking out certain foods, to trying creams, and something was just not right!

What was I missing?

After much looking into and alot of thought, I decided to take her to a naturopath to get some allergy testing done. Everything I have been learning in nutriton school pointed to testing as the first step in taking the guessing out of allergies and what was going on.

So we went for testing and after the first set of blood test results were in, we went back to the naturopath for another visit "gulp and double gulp".

What would she say, would it be serious and could it be treated?

You can imagine how I was feeling as a mother, and so many things were going through my mind. 

The naturopath looked at me and said, I am sorry to tell you that Sadie is anemic, has a gluten allergy and also has a low thyroid.

Whaat? Why & how?? The guilt set in, how could I not know this? ? I knew she ate enough iron but maybe somehow her body wasn't absorbing it?

The naturopath prescribed a double dose of Iron for her, said she could no longer have gluten and that when those two things were resolved, the low thyroid should go away.

I was now on a mission, I did alot of research and here is what I found:

Iron: Because my sweet girl could no longer have gluten I had to be very careful about everything that went into her mouth.  I found a gluten and yeast free Iron made of fruits, vegetables and herbs by Flora called FloraVital Iron & Herbs. It is rich in B & C vitamins as well and non-constipating.  Click Here

For those who don't eat alot of meat and want to eat more plant based foods rich in iron, I found a great website that lists all the iron rich foods and more

 Click Here

Vitamin C and B: If you don't have enough C and B vitamins in your body, it doesn't matter how much iron you take, your body will not absorb it. We don't  take alot of C vitamins, so here it was I bought: A Truly Natural Vitamin C, Powder by Healthforce which is not synthetic and which the body can absorb Click Here  

Gluten Free: Sadie's world  has now change and every little thing we eat has to be read thoroughly. I say we because I too am recovering from anemia, I am also allergic to Gluten and to top it all off, I have dairy & egg allergies. So I am aware of everything I put in my mouth, what's in it and what it will do to me if I eat it.

Now I need to be completely present and aware of Sadie's diet.

So being the mother that I am, I did alot of research and have been cooking all types of delicious gluten free foods for Sadie and I. It's actually not that bad, and we even found a little store by our house that is all Gluten Free.

I am happy to say that, that was a few weeks ago and Sadie and I are on our way back to great health. With the iron rich foods and supplements we have been taking, we have energy again, think more clearly and we are in a good place.

So my advice to you is, if you or your little one are suffering from chronic symptoms, are unusually tierd, or you think something is just not right, question everything, don't just take it for what it is, do research, do testing, do whatever you can to get them and you back to great health again. 

Smiles, Hugs & Health, Nancy & Sadie too

Some Gluten Links I found Helpful♥

Gluten Intolerance Group www.gluten.net

Gluten Free Easily www.glutenfreeeasily.com

The Gluten Free Nutrition Guide  www.glutenfreedietitian.com

Gluten Free Kids http://www.celiaccentral.org/kids/recipes/

Whole Life Nutrition

http://www.nourishingmeals.com/p/going-gluten-free.html

Raising Glten Free Kids:

 http://www.sheletthemeatcake.com/2010/07/raising-gluten-free-kids/

It all started about a year ago...

I felt empty, not in a spiritual sense but there was something missing, something I was suppose to be doing?

 Don't get me wrong, I adore my life, I love being a stay at home mom & wife but when my sweet Husband and 4 year are away, I felt like I was meant to do something amazing.

Like every stay at home mom, I love the cleaning, cooking, laundry ect...it's theraputic in a way, and I love it when things get done, but could that truly be it for me? There had to be more, right??

.....Yes, Yes there had to be, so I searched and searched!

Most of my adult life, I have been the one who always seemed to fit out (instead of fit in). I think it might have been due to the fact that I loved living a really healthy life style, being crazy active & just loving anything and everything to do with health, wellness and fitness.

Then last Janurary it hit me ..KAPOWW! There it was, a light shined down, the stars aligned, things came together perfectly and so I am so happy to say that I began my holistic health coaching career with the Institue of Intergrative Nurtrion.

I am so excited to say, that I am on my way to further learning how insprie & help people not only love their life  & who they are, but also help them obtain the great health and balanced lifestyle they have always wanted.

Now I am 3 months into my year long journey of becomeing Certified. So far I have learned so many amazing things, and so much more than I could have ever imagined. I love everything about the school, what it teaches & how it teaches. In fact I am enjoying it so much so, that my husband has commented more than once lately "what you're studying again?"  Can't seem to get enough☺

So it's back to Studying for me, and as I go through the course I will share the wealth of knowledge that I learn with you.  I look forward to the rest of my journey & hope you join me as I aspire to inspire Health & Wellbeing in your lives.

Much Love & Smiles, Nancy