Finding the balance between feast and famine: Perfectionism, Procrastination, and Paralysis

Monday, April 26, 2010

Perfectionism, Procrastination, and Paralysis

I can't tell you how many mornings I have started out saying........"I'll stop procrastinating....tomorrow."

Perfectionism: A disposition to feel that anything less than perfect is unacceptable. The persistence of will in obtaining the optimal quality of spiritual, mental, physical, and material being. A person who is displeased by anything that does not meet very high standards.

Procrastination: The deferment or avoidance of an action or task to a later time and is often linked to perfectionism. Psychologists often cite this human behavior as a mechanism for coping with the anxiety associated with starting and/or completing any task or decision.

Paralysis: Loss of the ability to move a body part. Impairment of movement.

"The only task that I can pretend to perform perfectly is the one that I have left entirely undone."
- Courage To Change

I'm tired of my own excuses.....I'm done being a "victim" of my own negative thinking and I'm through with self sabotage. No more woe is me mentality and wallowing in my sorrows. My body and mind are in harmony again to take action towards making some major positive changes. The past can't be undone all we can do is learn from our mistakes. The future is not here yet and all we can do is plan for it. What I do have is this moment.....right now. NOW is the time to act....NO MORE PROCRASTINATION!!! I am no longer going to enable myself to put off until tomorrow what I'm capable of doing today. I'm not going to let life pass me by anymore! I would rather be remembered for the positive things I did and not just for the positive things I said. I am taking action right now and I am starting a mind/body Spring cleaning if you will. I am turning my house into a sort of spa retreat and I am going to do a total body cleanse. After doing tons of research on going vegetarian...I'm all about fresh organic juices, raw fruits, veggies, sprouts, nuts and seeds. I will go into more detail later....I don't have time to elaborate I have stuff to get done......It feels so good to finally get some things accomplished and not just talk about it!!! ;)

My philosophy about food is one of moderation. Good quality food, and the majority being whole nutrient dense high fiber foods both raw & cooked, enjoyment of that food and the occasional indulgence. It is my goal to be balanced in all aspects of my life and to live vibrantly. I had a breakthrough last week. It occurred to me that I need to treat myself with the same love and respect that I treat others with. I deserve to be healthy....and I deserve to treat my body with the utmost care. I have been abusing my body for so many years by overeating and a severe lack of exercise. This journey I'm on is about so much more than just releasing weight. I really do see that now. It's time to come out of my protective shell and starting living life again. :)

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The 10 Principles of Intuitive Eating

1. ~Reject the Diet Mentality~

Throw out the diet books and magazine articles that offer you false hope of losing weight quickly, easily, and permanently. Get angry at the lies that have led you to feel as if you were a failure every time a new diet stopped working and you gained back all of the weight. If you allow even one small hope to linger that a new and better diet might be lurking around the corner, it will prevent you from being free to rediscover Intuitive Eating.

2. ~Honor Your Hunger~

Keep your body biologically fed with adequate energy and carbohydrates. Otherwise you can trigger a primal drive to overeat. Once you reach the moment of excessive hunger, all intentions of moderate, conscious eating are fleeting and irrelevant. Learning to honor this first biological signal sets the stage for re-building trust with yourself and food.

3. ~Make Peace with Food Call a truce, stop the food fight!~

Give yourself unconditional permission to eat. If you tell yourself that you can't or shouldn't have a particular food, it can lead to intense feelings of deprivation that build into uncontrollable cravings and, often, bingeing When you finally “give-in” to your forbidden food, eating will be experienced with such intensity, it usually results in Last Supper overeating, and overwhelming guilt.

4. ~Challenge the Food Police~

Scream a loud "NO" to thoughts in your head that declare you're "good" for eating under 1000 calories or "bad" because you ate a piece of chocolate cake. The Food Police monitor the unreasonable rules that dieting has created . The police station is housed deep in your psyche, and its loud speaker shouts negative barbs, hopeless phrases, and guilt-provoking indictments. Chasing the Food Police away is a critical step in returning to Intuitive Eating.

5. ~Respect Your Fullness~

Listen for the body signals that tell you that you are no longer hungry. Observe the signs that show that you're comfortably full. Pause in the middle of a meal or food and ask yourself how the food tastes, and what is your current fullness level?

6. ~Discover the Satisfaction Factor~

The Japanese have the wisdom to promote pleasure as one of their goals of healthy living In our fury to be thin and healthy, we often overlook one of the most basic gifts of existence--the pleasure and satisfaction that can be found in the eating experience. When you eat what you really want, in an environment that is inviting and conducive, the pleasure you derive will be a powerful force in helping you feel satisfied and content. By providing this experience for yourself, you will find that it takes much less food to decide you've had "enough".

7. ~Honor Your Feelings Without Using Food~

Find ways to comfort , nurture, distract, and resolve your issues without using food. Anxiety, loneliness, boredom, anger are emotions we all experience throughout life. Each has its own trigger, and each has its own appeasement. Food won't fix any of these feelings. It may comfort for the short term, distract from the pain, or even numb you into a food hangover. But food won't solve the problem. If anything, eating for an emotional hunger will only make you feel worse in the long run. You'll ultimately have to deal with the source of the emotion, as well as the discomfort of overeating.

8. ~Respect Your Body Accept your genetic blueprint~

Just as a person with a shoe size of eight would not expect to realistically squeeze into a size six, it is equally as futile (and uncomfortable) to have the same expectation with body size. But mostly, respect your body, so you can feel better about who you are. It's hard to reject the diet mentality if you are unrealistic and overly critical about your body shape.

9. ~Exercise--Feel the Difference~

Forget militant exercise. Just get active and feel the difference. Shift your focus to how it feels to move your body, rather than the calorie burning effect of exercise. If you focus on how you feel from working out, such as energized, it can make the difference between rolling out of bed for a brisk morning walk or hitting the snooze alarm. If when you wake up, your only goal is to lose weight, it's usually not a motivating factor in that moment of time.

10 ~Honor Your Health - Gentle Nutrition~

Make food choices that honor your health and tastebuds while making you feel well. Remember that you don't have to eat a perfect diet to be healthy. You will not suddenly get a nutrient deficiency or gain weight from one snack, one meal, or one day of eating. It's what you eat consistently over time that matters, progress not perfection is what counts.

Finding the balance between feast and famine

Monday, April 26, 2010

Perfectionism, Procrastination, and Paralysis

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