Restricting Stuff

You already know all about the restrictive approaches to losing weight.

You’ve heard of the clever approaches endorsed by doctors,
the interesting fad ones promoted on television…
and the downright weird ones broadcasted on the radio!

(Shudder!)

The restrictive approaches to weight loss come in many interesting shapes and sizes, and take on many disguises.
However, they usually have a thing or two in common, like:

— a punishing, one-size-fits-all workout regime

— a set-in-stone guide to eating

— an emphasis on restricting a particular foods

— (and perhaps most horrifically) an insistence that your body needs to be controlled

Isn’t that… interesting?!

Losing Stuff

Another fishy thing about restrictive approaches is the coin phrase they often use: l-o-s-i-n-g weight.

Cringe. For heaven’s sake. Who enjoys losing stuff?

(Not any woman I know.)

You may enjoy releasing an excess of what doesn’t serve you.

You may enjoy shedding heavy things you don’t need, like extra pounds.

But you probably don’t enjoy losing anything…

Especially when you really would rather not find it, ever again!

Physiological Stuff 

Losing weight in a restrictive manner breeds a particular biochemistry in your body–-the weight-gaining kind.

The feelings of fret, anxiety and self-punishment that weight loss programs invariably cause beckon your body to produce large amounts of insulin, cortisol and norepinephrine.

These, my friend, are stress hormones.

When these 3 little musketeers are produced in excess amounts…

the exact opposite of slimming down occurs!

Sigh. Moral of the story: restrictive approaches that are imposed on your body are disheartening, prescribed and controlling – and do not work!

Pleasurable Stuff

As you might suspect, there is another way to slimming down –

and it isn’t a restrictive path.

It is a gentler, more pleasurable path.

It’s the path that produces long-lasting results, because it requires, and is centered on, your inherent body wisdom.

It values your physiological intelligence, your emotional input and even your spiritual perspective.

The way to slimming down that I’m talking about is the Pleasurable path – it’s the path that invites you to gain life, on your terms, in order to release extra weight.

Gain Life, Dear Lady!

The pleasurable approach to getting slim isn’t about restrictions, rules and guidelines; it’s about creating an expansive life that reflects your version of abundance, enjoyment and fun.

If you think that fun is too frivolous (i.e. useless) for slimming down…

Think again!

Feelings of enjoyment and fulfillment breed a biochemistry of relaxation in your body. Once your body notices (much to its delight!) all the fun you’re having, then it realizes, phew, it is “safe” to enter the relaxation state.

This is where the metabolic symphony for weight loss is unleashed!

Your digestion occurs beautifully, your circulation improves dramatically and your fat-burning metabolic mechanisms are activated. As a consequence, your cravings are soothed, you feel fuller, longer, and your appetite naturally balances itself.

To make a long physiological story short:

In the relaxation state, your body stores fat in ideally feminine ways, instead of in stressed, primitive, self-protective ways.  

Yeah baby! Your key to getting the results you want is your relaxation-induced body wisdom. It’s all right under your nose, and has been all along.

You with me?

If you’re wondering how on earth to gain some life, I want to see you answering these Q’s in the comments below.

1. What do you want more of?
(Is it more community, more men, more down time, more work time, more friend time, more order, more self expression?)

2. How can you make your life bigger? What can you add to it?
(Could it be more art shows, more rock-climbing, more musical research, more learning, more education, more dancing classes?)

These questions focus on expanding your life, since your expansion naturally breeds your pleasure, relaxation and joy.

(It also breeds your slimming. Wink.)

I’ll see you in the comments below, dear one.

Expansively Living,
xo Jena

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