Comments on: Holding On To Positivity http://rebecca.smokebrush.com/2009/02/holding-on-to-positivity/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=holding-on-to-positivity It's always sunny when it rains... Mon, 26 Jul 2010 08:24:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Rebecca http://rebecca.smokebrush.com/2009/02/holding-on-to-positivity/comment-page-1/#comment-1229 Rebecca Fri, 13 Feb 2009 17:15:26 +0000 http://rebecca.smokebrush.com/?p=90#comment-1229 <a href="#comment-52" rel="nofollow">@JH</a> WOW... JH, THANK YOU SO MUCH for your reply. I've never looked at it that way. You are so right in how we too easily associate <em>eating</em> with a 'negative'. It should be something to enjoy - but controlled. Or, is over-focusing on the 'control' a negative? That if we focused on enjoying the food, we wouldn't need to control - because we'd eat just enough and not too much... You really got me thinking!!! :) Thank you so much. :D <a href="#comment-60" rel="nofollow">@Mikki</a> Thank you for your support Mikki! It feels good to know someone understands and knows how I'm feeling :) @JH
WOW… JH, THANK YOU SO MUCH for your reply. I’ve never looked at it that way. You are so right in how we too easily associate eating with a ‘negative’. It should be something to enjoy – but controlled. Or, is over-focusing on the ‘control’ a negative? That if we focused on enjoying the food, we wouldn’t need to control – because we’d eat just enough and not too much… You really got me thinking!!! :)

Thank you so much. :D

@Mikki
Thank you for your support Mikki! It feels good to know someone understands and knows how I’m feeling :)

]]> By: Mikki http://rebecca.smokebrush.com/2009/02/holding-on-to-positivity/comment-page-1/#comment-1228 Mikki Thu, 12 Feb 2009 04:34:46 +0000 http://rebecca.smokebrush.com/?p=90#comment-1228 Just keep holding on to that positivity Rebecca. I know it's so hard. I have so far to go myself, and it's really discouraging sometimes. Especially when the junk food beckons. Just keep holding on to that positivity Rebecca. I know it’s so hard. I have so far to go myself, and it’s really discouraging sometimes. Especially when the junk food beckons.

]]> By: JH http://rebecca.smokebrush.com/2009/02/holding-on-to-positivity/comment-page-1/#comment-1227 JH Wed, 11 Feb 2009 03:44:04 +0000 http://rebecca.smokebrush.com/?p=90#comment-1227 One thing that amazes me about the whole "weight" issue is the emotional balance we humans attach to it. Really, the number on the tag shouldn't have any correlation with self esteem... yet, it does. I'm baffled sometimes as well with the complicated approach people take to the body, which actually operates on a level, consistent formula. Intake + Output = Physique. Not misery + abstinence = beauty or indulgence + sloveliness = worthlessness. The last two formulas are the contorted, emotionally based reasoning that makes the whole process of fueling the body so DEPRESSING and complicated. Eating should never be laced with guilt - we should be thrilled to have the means to satisfy our need for nourishment, and take the energy consumed and burn it brightly in activities we actually enjoy. I have watched people punish themselves at gyms and punish themselves again over the table. Why? Why is there so much negativity in something that is so right and natural? Anyway... Rebecca, I get the impression that your husband adores you, and I think you're probably pretty dang cute. I hope you give yourself some credit for everything you do right for your body, and wish you the best on your journey. One thing that amazes me about the whole “weight” issue is the emotional balance we humans attach to it. Really, the number on the tag shouldn’t have any correlation with self esteem… yet, it does.

I’m baffled sometimes as well with the complicated approach people take to the body, which actually operates on a level, consistent formula.

Intake + Output = Physique.

Not misery + abstinence = beauty
or
indulgence + sloveliness = worthlessness.

The last two formulas are the contorted, emotionally based reasoning that makes the whole process of fueling the body so DEPRESSING and complicated.

Eating should never be laced with guilt – we should be thrilled to have the means to satisfy our need for nourishment, and take the energy consumed and burn it brightly in activities we actually enjoy. I have watched people punish themselves at gyms and punish themselves again over the table. Why? Why is there so much negativity in something that is so right and natural?

Anyway… Rebecca, I get the impression that your husband adores you, and I think you’re probably pretty dang cute. I hope you give yourself some credit for everything you do right for your body, and wish you the best on your journey.

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