Everyday Practices for Weight Wellness

The Everyday Practices of Weight Wellness
I use the acronym MMIGGLS.  I really like the way it sounds!

2 Ms- Mindset and Meditation, we've talked about these previously.

I is for following your inner light. 

Each of us has an inner light (or guide or voice or truth) that guides us…

It is calling us all the time, even when we don’t hear it…

It’s the little voice that knows the right thing to do…

There are many paths to your destination…

Don’t worry about not getting there or how to, you will…

Like GPS your inner light will show you where to go…

It’s OK if you get lost or off track, just like with GPS, your inner guide will keep re-routing you…

All that you need to do is call on your inner light for guidance and then listen and pay attention to what feels good to you, to what feels worthy of you… 

Your inner light can lead you in healing your relationship with your body and to choose worthiness for yourself.  It offers you beautiful relief.  It is there all the time.  It always has been.

The first G is for Being gentle with yourself.

• Think of a child learning to walk
  • You wouldn’t criticize them for falling down
  • We know it is part of the process
  • Treat yourself as you would the child
• Build your own soft place to fall
  • Inside of you
  • Keep getting up, keep showing up, just don’t give up
• Be nice to you! You’ve worked so hard!

 
The last G is for Gratitude

• A Practice that works for you
• May have heard of Gratitude Journals
  • Add the why
• Visualize your desired future, feel it deeply, sit in gratitude for them

 
Next is L, for Love and choosing it over fear.

• In relation to food:  Eat out of love, not fear
• If we are afraid of eating something, of gaining weight, it puts us out of alignment
• Eating all “good” foods out of fear of being unhealthy or fat, doesn’t make sense
  • Think of how our bodies react when we are anxious or stressed versus when we are relaxed and happy

S is for Show up and Shine
This is the reminder to practice our tools, show up for ourselves and keep choosing what is worthy of what you truly want for yourself.  Just like with any sport or musical instrument or even math instruction, you wouldn't go straight to the game, concert or final exam without practice.  We need to practice our happily ever after tools too, so we can go into the big game of life.