This morning as I watch my friends the birds and squirrels, I realized how lucky I am to have such a beautiful view from my office window. The sun is shinning and the leaves and backs of the squirrels are shimmering from the sun light.
Thinking about the beauty surrounding me, I started to think of all the miracles in my life. Some of the miracles I have in my life are as follows:
• Today I am in recovery from my food addiction.
• Great friends who support me.
• Alfie, my cat, is sitting next to me as I work on the computer.
• Exercised this morning.
• Beautiful day planned with many unsuspected golden moments.
As I read my miracles, I realized that being in recovery from my food addiction enables me to live a vibrant life. Thinking back over eight years ago, weighing close to 200 lbs. the only thing on my mind was how am I going to lose the weight. If I was thin everything would be different and I could start enjoying my life.
One day I made a decision that I was going to stop taking diet supplements, reading all diet books and get the support I needed. I found a nutritionist, therapist that specialized in addictions and went to an OA meeting. These first steps on my new journey supported me in designing and living a new healthy lifestyle free from food obsession. Eight years later I am still on the same journey and weighing 70 lbs. less. Some of the small steps I take are as follows:
• Eating Healthy using quantity control.
• Exercising
• Receiving and giving support to my friends
• Working with a coach so that I continue living a vibrant life.
If your deepest desire is to get off the diet merry-go-round and into a vibrant life, I am here to support you. How vibrant do you want your life to be?
About Helen
I am the founder of Love Yourself Coaching. I have been leading support circles and mastermind groups specializing in helping individuals who are working toward their ICF Certification and need support building a successful coaching practice. Together with my clients, we quickly design smart strategies for them to find ideal clients, strengthen their coaching skills, while feeding their confidence, spirit and motivation to build a successful business. To receive tips about how to build your practice, visit http://www.loveyourselfcoaching.com/ to sign up for your complimentary monthly newsletter from Love Yourself Coaching!
2 comments:
Helen,
You are inspiration to many people. You have taken the correct actions and have realized the results and continue to see impact with the changes which you made. I think that it is important to note that you reached out for help and embraced that help to acheive your goals. Our ego often gets in the way of seeking help, we tend to believe that we should be able to do it all on our own.
You are a shining example of a person who wanted to change and took the actions to make that change a reality. Bravo, Helen, bravo!
Hi Mark:
Thank you so very much for your beautiful acknowledgement. I pringed it and read it often.
Helen
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