MY OPINION AROUND WEIGHT GAIN… TRUE OR FALSE?
Am I a trained psychologist? No…
But having working with 100’s of men and women on weight loss,
I see a theme…
𝐍𝐨 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐲 𝐂𝐇𝐎𝐎𝐒𝐄𝐒 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭
We don’t say, ‘𝘩𝘦𝘺, 𝘐’𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝟸𝟶𝘬𝘨 𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦’
It just kinda happens,
Slowly and gradually and then gets out of control
𝐌𝐲 𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝
So, when our mind is in a tough place,
That ‘place’ is represented on the body physically
Anyone that’s ever said ‘𝘐 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘥’ 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥, 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵?
𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐨, 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐮𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬
𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 – we have so much on our plate and health just falls off as we struggle day to day
𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐮𝐦𝐚 – something in our past causes us shame or guilt and binge eating or drinking is a way to express that guilt
If that is true for most of us,
𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝗪𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨 𝐨𝐧 𝐚 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭-𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝
Like eating healthier or working out
If we don’t go to the root of the weight gain,
Looking at our life priorities or addressing the trauma,
𝗪𝐞’𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟-𝐬𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞
It’s a way to prove to ourselves we don’t deserve to be healthy
𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐰𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝟏𝟓 𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝟏𝟑 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦
It’s the next step after you’ve made some changes to your nutrition and training in Better Body Academy
I can’t wait to share some of the wins from this program soon
𝐁𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲 - 𝐃𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐫 𝐧𝐨𝐭?
PS. This photo has nothing to do with the post, other than to say Oshyn and I got matching sunnies