My Dear Hard Drive

Often when we set out to loose weight, what ever the method we choose, we use terms like “whipping myself” into it. I think it’s often seen as a punishment to your body for becoming fat. Now it has to pay for it. However, your body never asked to be fat, nor did it ask for that pizza you ate. If you want to blame a body part for your weight, blame your mouth. It can have some pretty counter productive suggestions as to what you should eat.

When you set out to become lean again, (I’d rather you’d want to become lean instead of thin, as that’s a healthier approach) tell your body that you’re going to pay back all the lard you made it store, all the sugars you made it process, for all the high calorie foods that you pushed down your throat never giving your body enough nutrients to maintain itself. Admit you haven’t been a very good friend to your body, that only wants to keep you alive and take your mind/brain to places where it’s needed. Your body is your servant, and you have been a horrible employer to it, paying it with rubbish forcing it to work for pennies. Pennies, in this case, being the poor substitute for nutrition you’ve given it.

If you differentiate yourself from your body, you will not feel quite as hostile towards it as you would if you say “I’m fat”. It’s your body that is fat, not you. You have a fat body. Your servant is fat, because you made it so. You have the power to become a good employer again, and make your body happy to be serving you. And, then, when you grave for that chocolate cake – and who doesn’t – you can have a piece every now and then and your body will clean it up for you – but you have to give it enough to work with! Being healthy and lean doesn’t mean your mouth will never be happy again, in fact, you can retrain your mouth to enjoy healthy food but  you can’t make your body thrive on the unhealthy.

I know you’ve got a lot of love to give – give some of it to your body and treat it fair!