You are not your body. You are not your mind. Bold statements, both, I know. So how can I say them with confidence? Easy - you can change both. That means you are something greater than either your body or your mind. You are your awareness, your will, your intention. That's what allows you to change both your body and your mind. This fact, if you're truly willing to accept it, holds enormous power for you.
Changing your mind about what fitness and nutrition means for you is a decision, pure and simple. That doesn't mean it's easy to do. You may have a very strong attachment and years of behavior invested in your previous habits. But nothing has determined what you'll think or do today.
The best advice I can give you about how to view both eating and exercise if you are trying to be more fit and get leaner is to consider how a successful athlete views food and training. He doesn't focus on comfort, expectations of others, social rituals or body image when he thinks about what and how much he'll eat. She doesn't view exercise as a chore to endure or a quick fix or a short-term means to an end.
The athlete considers nutrient-rich food to be the critical, high quality fuel in the machine he treasures. Training is the singular, promising road to a long dreamed of goal. The road is to be embraced and savored every step of the way.
That's the way of it. Honor the journey, deeply and authentically. And the destination will present itself more gloriously than you can imagine.
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