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Holiday Eating Enjoyment Without Guilt Over Food

By Pat Matson

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Published: 16Aug2009
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You probably think I should have provided this information BEFORE the 4th of July, but I really wanted your complete attention. I thought that if you went through the holiday per your own norm, you'd now be able to observe hopefully in an objective manner what that norm is, so that when the next holiday, the next baby shower, the next wedding comes along, you'll be more ready for it.

So, here are some questions for you to ask yourself:

* Was your intake of food moderate?

* For the foods you ate, how many of them caused you to think "This is fattening?"

* For the foods you ate, how many of them caused you to think "This is bad for me."

* Did you find yourself throwing caution to the wind in lieu of your food cravings?

I did that kind of behavior and thinking for years. What it did for me ultimately was make me a Diet Slave. Are you truly aware that diets don't work? I know for a fact they just do not. Oh they work temporarily, but not permanently. So when they fail on the permanent side, you go back and do the temporary side over and over and over. It's like a rat running down the same maze over and over and getting no cheese at the end of the run. It began to make less and less sense to me.

How long are you willing to spend your holidays obsessing over food? I have a sister who has informed me that she will be doing Weight Watchers at a family wedding next week. Not me. I'm planning to eat

* Only when I'm hungry;

* Only what I really want;

* Only in moderate amounts.

* Guilt free.

When I eat the foods I choose, I never think " This is fattening or bad for me." I only let myself think "I enjoy this." Because thinking causes what it thinks, "I enjoy this" causes only enjoyment, not weight gain. Wouldn't it be interesting to experiment eating this way every day and not just on holidays?

I find it wonderful never to think things like "calories; quantities; allergies" and the like about the food I eat. I eat what I like in moderation. I eat all my food without guilt. I'm still a big girl but that has nothing to do with food either. I refuse to be a slave to diet and exercise ever again. I am comfortable to be who I am in my skin. I like and accept myself and that is my wish for you as well, regardless of your size.

Pat Matson's passion is spiritual awareness and understanding, acquired in the School of Fat Knocks. Being obese was the catalyst that kept her searching. She shares her novel concepts with other women of size, or women who imagine they are. Her book, workbooks, and teleclasses each more keenly insightful than the next live at The World of Within.

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