I’ve written before about the Diets Don’t Work practices that I’ve used to lose over fifty pounds and keep it off for eight years. They form the core of the Conscious Eating Discover journey.
A primary tool for the journey is the food journal. I know, I know. It brings back all the memories of tracking and counting and calories and fat grams and points that we want to leave behind.
This will be different. Think of it as a travel journal to jot down what you’re noticing, what you’re learning, what you’re discovering. If you have a regular journaling practice, you can incorporate it there. If not, you can use any notebook or scrap of paper you have handy.
We start this first week with the third practice:
I eat and enjoy each bite consciously.
What comes to mind when you read those words? Say them aloud. What feelings or sensations do you notice? Say it aloud in front of a mirror? How is that different?
Hi Moira! I’m in! The 20th was my 57th birthday and I went and bought myself a nice red covered big new journal. My idea with this was to “call myself to account” every day in a very softly structured way. The idea was to sit down at the end of each day and write whatever kind of narative that seemed to be called for, to include what I got accomplished and perhaps what I wanted to accomplish the next day. Or not. I also started to keep track of what I have been eating in a little pocket notebook. It seems serindipitous that I have bought my brand new shiny journal and finally followed you from facebook to here.
Comment by Nona Wright — May 22, 2010 @ 3:07 pm
Nona, love the synchronicities! Curious about what you’re noticing.
Moira
Comment by Moira — May 24, 2010 @ 12:42 pm
Hi Nona,
I just discovered this site – I love it.
I have been an intuitive eater for 4 years ad the way that I used journals was to write positive affirmations – like:
I am now a normal eater
I now eat what I want when I want
I am free of all eating disorders
And I don’t know whether it was that specifically, but it worked. I used a lot of creative visualization as well – seeing myself as an intuitive eater
Nina
Comment by Nina — February 24, 2011 @ 3:50 pm
Sorry I meant to call you Moira!
I got confused with the comment above!
Nina
Comment by Nina — February 24, 2011 @ 3:51 pm