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Is this you?

How many mornings do you promise “today I’m going to start eating smaller portions!!!!”

But when you sit down at your computer after lunch, you wonder how the waistband of your trousers got so darn tight!

Here’s something I want you to ponder next time you’re tempted to eat a portion size larger than your body requires.

Ponder this…

There’s PLENTY of food.
There is more than ENOUGH food.
There’s an ABUNDANCE of food.

Obviously, there are food shortages in certain countries around the world, and that’s a tragedy.

But if you’re living NZ, Australia, UK, USA Europe – there’s oodles and oodles of food.

So …. all we have to do is remember that truth when we sit down at the table.

When we remember…

Because when you remember that there’s enough food – you’ll eat the perfect amount for your body.

Scarcity and anxiety…

But when we forget there’s enough food, we feel anxious and our scarcity-mindset kicks in, and we eat far more than we our body needs.

We eat to excess to compensate for the feeling of not-enoughness.

So, remember this ….

There is enough food.

And while we’re at it, let’s go a layer deeper….

There’s enough food, AND you too are enough.

Remind yourself of your enoughness before, during and after every single meal.

OK, lovely?

If you struggle remembering there’s enough food, and the truth that you too are enough, you might like to join the 100s of happy women who’ve made peace with food in Lighten Up. Next round starts in July.

If this is you, I feel your frustration!

I got an email recently from a lady asking what she should do as she had plateaued.

Since we’re all unique human beings, it can be difficult to pinpoint one single cause of weight retention.

And since she’s not a client, I don’t know her specifics.

But generally speaking…. the most common cause for a plateau is that you’re doing too much mindless eating.

Probably more than you realise.

It’s a real trickster.

If you think about it, what makes us overweight in the first place, is that sneaky combination of eating while our attention is taken up with something else.

What is mindless eating?

Mindless eating is scoffing dinner in front of the TV.

It’s snacking on nuts while driving.

It’s chips and dips and wine while watching the game.

Here’s the deeply upsetting fact….

Mindless eaters overeat.

When we eat, while doing something else, we eat more than our body needs, which is why we plateau.

Makes sense, right?

So what can you do?

How to be more mindful.

Here’s what that looks like:

Sit down at the table to eat your dinner.

While you’re driving, drive.

While you’re watching the game, support your team.

Stop multitasking, ladies!!! Just because we can multitask, doesn’t mean we should!

Without mindful eating in your life, moving from that plateau is nearly impossible.

But with a little mindfulness,  that frustrating plateau will soon be in the rear-view mirror.

Yay!!!

If you’d like help moving off that plateau – hypnosis can help – Lighten Up might be for you.