Celebrate!

 

Here are some reasons to celebrate. . .

. . . It’s fun!

. . . Every step you take in the direction of your desires deserves celebration!

. . . It’ll help you keep going when you don’t feel like it!

. . . It beats beating ourselves up over food!

Food is an integral part of celebration.   It seems we celebrate everything in our life with food.  We celebrate graduations and birthdays and weddings and anniversaries with cake.  We celebrate the Independence Day with hot dogs, potato salad, chips, and apple pie.  We celebrate major accomplishments in our lives with a fabulous dinner.  Food is a prominent part celebrating milestones, major events, and significant achievements in our lives.  Food is important.

In releasing weight through pleasure, and in getting what I wanted for my body, it became important for me to celebrate myself and every weight-release accomplishment in non-food ways.  And I got some help in this regard from a friend who loves earrings.  She determined, as she was beginning her weight-release adventure, that she needed to find non-food ways to celebrate every five-pound increment she reached.  And she decided to celebrate through earrings.  She loved earrings, and the prospect of getting new ones when she hit a weight-release goal kept her motivated.  Those earrings kept her interested, and focused on what her true desires were for her body.

As I was releasing weight, I decided to adopt a similar strategy.  I knew I was in it for the long haul, and I knew I had to find a way to keep it fun.  So, for the first five pounds I released, I treated myself to a fun box of decorative notecards.  For ten pounds, I indulged in a high-end facial moisturizer.  And on and on. . .  by the time I reached 45 pounds, I time skiing down a mountain in Colorado!

As you’re moving through your weight-release journey, how can you celebrate and recognize every milestone you reach in non-food ways?  What are some pleasures you can indulge in that are free of food?

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