I had sort of an AH-HA moment the other day. I struggle with overeating and binging. I've 'allowed' it to happen way too much over the Summer and as a result, I've been starting and REstarting for about a month now to get the extra weight off! But I was listening to a podcast the other day (inside out weight loss) and she said something that really hit home. She was comparing being healthy to the trees shedding their leaves. She said something like, "you have to let GO to let IN". In orer to get in the habit of doing something (in my case, eating with CONTROL), you have to let GO of the something...you have to SHED the bad behavior and attitude and mentality and be willing to accept being 'bare' in order to start new. The trees shed their leaves, in order to grow new ones in the Spring.

And it was with that comment that it came to me.....this, for me, is NOT about the weight loss. It's not about losing the extra weight that creeped back on. For me, it's about regaining and exercising the control that I KNOW I have.....but I have to let go of the bad stuff, shed my behavior for the whole world to see, in order for me to get back into control of my eating.

so............

I really like this podcast and I'm glad I took the suggestion to subscribe.

Gayle