Comments on: Disordered Eating or Eating Disorder? http://venusvision.com/disordered-eating-or-eating-disorder/ Real Women, Real Beauty Fri, 18 May 2012 05:15:25 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Catherine L. Taylor http://venusvision.com/disordered-eating-or-eating-disorder/comment-page-1/#comment-62 Catherine L. Taylor Sat, 18 Jul 2009 16:09:38 +0000 http://venusvision.com/?p=112#comment-62 Wonderful post! Too many women make weight loss and looking perfect a goal which creates endless suffering. Losing weight is never a big enough goal, it is only a starting point, a gateway, to pursue a bigger, healthier and more evolved life. I'm a professional weight loss coach and emotional eating specialist who has 20 years recovery from binge eating disorder. The only true comfort in this world is divine intelligence. When we align ourselves with our higher energies, and learn to support our own evolution, we will suffer far less. A person who aligns with their evolutionary energy will drop the weight much faster and easier, and will begin to tap into their soul purpose, intuition and true motivation, which will propel them forward to a life beyond food and weight obsession. It is only when we address this deeper energy that we experience integration of psyche and soma. This is why diet and exercise alone very seldom leads to permanent weight loss. An inner transformation must occur to keep a person from returning to their old habits. When one experiences integration, the old ways feel and look awfully limiting. When we tap into our evolutionary energy, we experience integration of the mind, body and spirit. We become whole. To lose weight permanently, and put an end to emotional, disordered eating, one needs to become more whole and integrated. Most overeating, and subsequent obesity, is the result of a fragmented state of consciousness. Without spiritual energy or expansion, there can be no real growth. When the divine spark roars into a spiritual bonfire, a person becomes lit from within and can achieve their true potential in life. This is what the human journey was designed for. Life was never meant to be only about survival, mindless pursuit of pleasure, and the accumulation of wealth. The goal is to experience an unfolding of one's true self and discovering one's true appetite and passion for life, thus becoming more integrated and whole. This is the only real diet ever needed. We surrender our old ways of being, which meant separation, to be reborn in our wholeness. We may never be thin or have the perfect body we have dreamed of, yet we fully inhabit our bodies and feel comfortable in our own skin. We find contentment and happiness there and this is enough, for we have truly come home to ourselves. Namaste, Catherine L. Taylor http://www.secretsofaweightlossmaster.com Wonderful post!

Too many women make weight loss and looking perfect a goal which creates endless suffering. Losing weight is never a big enough goal, it is only a starting point, a gateway, to pursue a bigger, healthier and more evolved life.

I’m a professional weight loss coach and emotional eating specialist who has 20 years recovery from binge eating disorder.

The only true comfort in this world is divine intelligence. When we align ourselves with our higher energies, and learn to support our own evolution, we will suffer far less.

A person who aligns with their evolutionary energy will drop the weight much faster and easier, and will begin to tap into their soul purpose, intuition and true motivation, which will propel them forward to a life beyond food and weight obsession.

It is only when we address this deeper energy that we experience integration of psyche and soma. This is why diet and exercise alone very seldom leads to permanent weight loss. An inner transformation must occur to keep a person from returning to their old habits. When one experiences integration, the old ways feel and look awfully limiting.

When we tap into our evolutionary energy, we experience integration of the mind, body and spirit. We become whole. To lose weight permanently, and put an end to emotional, disordered eating, one needs to become more whole and integrated. Most overeating, and subsequent obesity, is the result of a fragmented state of consciousness.

Without spiritual energy or expansion, there can be no real growth. When the divine spark roars into a spiritual bonfire, a person becomes lit from within and can achieve their true potential in life. This is what the human journey was designed for. Life was never meant to be only about survival, mindless pursuit of pleasure, and the accumulation of wealth.

The goal is to experience an unfolding of one’s true self and discovering one’s true appetite and passion for life, thus becoming more integrated and whole. This is the only real diet ever needed.

We surrender our old ways of being, which meant separation, to be reborn in our wholeness. We may never be thin or have the perfect body we have dreamed of, yet we fully inhabit our bodies and feel comfortable in our own skin. We find contentment and happiness there and this is enough, for we have truly come home to ourselves.

Namaste,

Catherine L. Taylor
http://www.secretsofaweightlossmaster.com

]]> By: Michelle Cantrell http://venusvision.com/disordered-eating-or-eating-disorder/comment-page-1/#comment-37 Michelle Cantrell Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:23:46 +0000 http://venusvision.com/?p=112#comment-37 In Michael Pollan's book In Defense of Food, he coins a new term, orthorexia, or the obsession with eating healthfully. For years, I did just that. I never would say "I'm on a diet" or meet with personal trainers and tell them "I want to lose weight". Instead I was just "eating healthfully" and exercising to get in shape. Of course, underneath it all was always the desire to be thin, and so I deprived myself of anything that didn't fit into the definition of healthy except during moments of "weakness" when I would just devour all "sinful" foods in sight. Now that I have given myself permission to eat what I want, I am much more in tune with how certain foods make me feel, and foods that I had a love/hate relationship with before are now no longer desirable because of how they make me feel. Still, knowing that I can eat those foods if I want to, without feeling guilt, is liberating. In Michael Pollan’s book In Defense of Food, he coins a new term, orthorexia, or the obsession with eating healthfully. For years, I did just that. I never would say “I’m on a diet” or meet with personal trainers and tell them “I want to lose weight”. Instead I was just “eating healthfully” and exercising to get in shape. Of course, underneath it all was always the desire to be thin, and so I deprived myself of anything that didn’t fit into the definition of healthy except during moments of “weakness” when I would just devour all “sinful” foods in sight. Now that I have given myself permission to eat what I want, I am much more in tune with how certain foods make me feel, and foods that I had a love/hate relationship with before are now no longer desirable because of how they make me feel. Still, knowing that I can eat those foods if I want to, without feeling guilt, is liberating.

]]> By: the fat nutritionist http://venusvision.com/disordered-eating-or-eating-disorder/comment-page-1/#comment-36 the fat nutritionist Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:12:22 +0000 http://venusvision.com/?p=112#comment-36 This is fabulous. I completely identify with what it's like to struggle with disordered eating, as I was also there at one point. The ironic thing is, much of what passes for "healthy eating" these days is basically restrained, or disordered eating. Ellyn Satter really puts it best in her definition of normal eating. This is fabulous. I completely identify with what it’s like to struggle with disordered eating, as I was also there at one point. The ironic thing is, much of what passes for “healthy eating” these days is basically restrained, or disordered eating. Ellyn Satter really puts it best in her definition of normal eating.

]]> By: Michelle Cantrell http://venusvision.com/disordered-eating-or-eating-disorder/comment-page-1/#comment-35 Michelle Cantrell Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:54:41 +0000 http://venusvision.com/?p=112#comment-35 Thanks Elizabeth. I am indeed shocked at how much time and energy I wasted on my negative relationship with food and my body. If only I had dedicated half that energy to something worthwhile. Of course, now that I DON'T waste my energy on those things, I can focus on the more important stuff, like getting the word out and helping other women break the cycle. Thanks Elizabeth. I am indeed shocked at how much time and energy I wasted on my negative relationship with food and my body. If only I had dedicated half that energy to something worthwhile. Of course, now that I DON’T waste my energy on those things, I can focus on the more important stuff, like getting the word out and helping other women break the cycle.

]]> By: elizabeth patch http://venusvision.com/disordered-eating-or-eating-disorder/comment-page-1/#comment-34 elizabeth patch Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:50:23 +0000 http://venusvision.com/?p=112#comment-34 This is a great post. As women we focus so very much of our socialization on conversations and behavior about food, eating/not eating, I'm so fat/no,you're not, oh yummy/now I hate myself. it is a dangerous and slippery slope, and I've watched in horror as my female students slipped away into this abyss. I suffered myself for many many years, back & forth from disordered eating to full blown anorexia and realize now how very much of my life I wasted on this. We need as many voices as possible to bring this "little problem" into the light. Think of how much we could all accomplish if we spent our time, money and energy on something other than dieting! This is a great post. As women we focus so very much of our socialization on conversations and behavior about food, eating/not eating, I’m so fat/no,you’re not, oh yummy/now I hate myself. it is a dangerous and slippery slope, and I’ve watched in horror as my female students slipped away into this abyss. I suffered myself for many many years, back & forth from disordered eating to full blown anorexia and realize now how very much of my life I wasted on this.
We need as many voices as possible to bring this “little problem” into the light.
Think of how much we could all accomplish if we spent our time, money and energy on something other than dieting!

]]> By: Michelle Cantrell http://venusvision.com/disordered-eating-or-eating-disorder/comment-page-1/#comment-33 Michelle Cantrell Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:43:16 +0000 http://venusvision.com/?p=112#comment-33 Thank you for the thoughtful comment Andrea. I totally agree that the obsession robs one of so many of life's pleasures. For so long I thought my disordered eating habits were normal and didn't merit help. Once I got that help, I realized how many other women are in the exact same situation. I wish more women wouldn't wait to get help. Thank you for the thoughtful comment Andrea. I totally agree that the obsession robs one of so many of life’s pleasures. For so long I thought my disordered eating habits were normal and didn’t merit help. Once I got that help, I realized how many other women are in the exact same situation. I wish more women wouldn’t wait to get help.

]]> By: Andrea Owen http://venusvision.com/disordered-eating-or-eating-disorder/comment-page-1/#comment-32 Andrea Owen Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:33:46 +0000 http://venusvision.com/?p=112#comment-32 Thank you, thank you, thank you for this post. This is so tremendously important. There is such a misconception that someone is only in danger if she has a full blown eating disorder and/or needs to be hospitalized and put in treatment. Not only do the physical implications of disordered eating harm the body, but the obsession robs so much from ones life. I also have teetered on the edge of ED for years, and crossed the line a few times during times of crisis in my life. It's so important to get this message out! Love your body, because she loves you. Thank you, thank you, thank you for this post. This is so tremendously important. There is such a misconception that someone is only in danger if she has a full blown eating disorder and/or needs to be hospitalized and put in treatment. Not only do the physical implications of disordered eating harm the body, but the obsession robs so much from ones life.
I also have teetered on the edge of ED for years, and crossed the line a few times during times of crisis in my life.
It’s so important to get this message out!
Love your body, because she loves you.

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