Andre
05-11-2008, 12:43 PM
This advice comes from Alissa's book. She knows she can only give ideas and pointers and says most of all to follow our instincts first...
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All of our lives people are telling us what to do, what to eat, when to eat it, how much to eat, do this, don't do that...
Then I take a look at society and see that I don't want to become anyone else. Why would I want to be a shaddy copy of someone else when I can be perfectly me? Or imperfectly me. ;)
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I have no plans, no goals, and I do not restrict. This goes for life in general, not just food. I relax and simply follow what my body tells me to do.
Why do I need to know how much vitamin C is in an apple, or how much protein is in greens? The body knows for itself what it needs and it displays this through instinct.
When I go shopping I buy what feels appealing to me at that moment. Do I really need to take out a nutritional chart to do something so simple?
I get very little exercise, and I do not restrict food. I don't like to do that, so I don't. Why push myself? And why deny myself?
When I eat, I eat whatever my body tells me to eat, and I only eat or drink when my body tells me to. There is no aim for health, body weight, strength, endurance... The body doesn't think like this. If I could guess what the body thinks, it would be, what do I want or not want right now, and not in words, but feelings, which it tells us in one way or another.
This body is beyond charts, scales, and special instruments.
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If this feels like something that might go with the framework of the way you operate then sobeit. If not, just continue to do your own thing.
But you cannot want this. You cannot force yourself to live like this; it would defeat the whole purpose. You cannot make it a goal to have no goal. That is a goal. You might as well continue doing what you're doing.
Only when you do not want it. Only when you let go entirely, and go not grab a hold of something else to replace it, will something like this come. Likely it will never happen. It doesn't matter anyways. It's just a different way of living. That's all.
No promises, no expectations.
...
All of our lives people are telling us what to do, what to eat, when to eat it, how much to eat, do this, don't do that...
Then I take a look at society and see that I don't want to become anyone else. Why would I want to be a shaddy copy of someone else when I can be perfectly me? Or imperfectly me. ;)
...
I have no plans, no goals, and I do not restrict. This goes for life in general, not just food. I relax and simply follow what my body tells me to do.
Why do I need to know how much vitamin C is in an apple, or how much protein is in greens? The body knows for itself what it needs and it displays this through instinct.
When I go shopping I buy what feels appealing to me at that moment. Do I really need to take out a nutritional chart to do something so simple?
I get very little exercise, and I do not restrict food. I don't like to do that, so I don't. Why push myself? And why deny myself?
When I eat, I eat whatever my body tells me to eat, and I only eat or drink when my body tells me to. There is no aim for health, body weight, strength, endurance... The body doesn't think like this. If I could guess what the body thinks, it would be, what do I want or not want right now, and not in words, but feelings, which it tells us in one way or another.
This body is beyond charts, scales, and special instruments.
...
If this feels like something that might go with the framework of the way you operate then sobeit. If not, just continue to do your own thing.
But you cannot want this. You cannot force yourself to live like this; it would defeat the whole purpose. You cannot make it a goal to have no goal. That is a goal. You might as well continue doing what you're doing.
Only when you do not want it. Only when you let go entirely, and go not grab a hold of something else to replace it, will something like this come. Likely it will never happen. It doesn't matter anyways. It's just a different way of living. That's all.
No promises, no expectations.