Emotional Eating - Did Cinderella Have A Good Press Officer?

Emotional Eating - Did Cinderella Have A Good Press Officer?
I've always been biased against Cinderella. Mainly because
I have large feet and would never have fitted into that
glass slipper. But also because I feel that if she were
treated that badly by her sisters she should have left home
and set up a cleaning business (which we know she was
skilled at) or done something a bit more enterprising than
sit in the cinders.

She was obviously a girl who, once she got into the posh
frock, simpered a lot, played on her looks and got the man.
Of course being that petite, her bone mass would have been
at risk of slow decline after the menopause, but the fairy
story doesn't go that far. And with a penchant for glass
slippers, you can tell she'd cost the Prince a fortune in
Manolo Blahniks.

Not that I begrudge her the fantastic night out, I'm sure
she worked hard and deserved it. But the story does seem
to tell me that women with large feet a) can't be nice and
b) don't get the prince.

Many of my clients feel like the ugly sister and it's so
unfair. They are all lovely. And it's so easy to feel that
loveliness only comes about if you are slim.

It doesn't. You are lovely and lovable now. Every inch of
you. Even if you do wish there were fewer inches. And
feeling lovely on the inside is one of the key strategies
for successful weight loss.

Often this puzzles my clients at first, they feel that if
they are at ease with themselves it will make them totally
accepting of their shape and then they'll sink into the
sofa and eat until the burst.

But the opposite happens. Feeling lovely on the inside
gives you a new energy and a desire to treat yourself well.
"Treat" in this case means good nutritional food not the
naughty treats that lured you before. You can accept your
current shape but also know that this is not the best you
can be. And you deserve the best.

Once you start believing and feeling lovely inside several
things will happen:

1. You'll have more energy.

2. You'll blossom - you're loveliness will start to show on
the outside.

3. You'll feel fantastic.

4. You'll want to do other things than think about food.

5. You'll want to feed your inner loveliness. So if at each
meal you are choosing foods to feed your inner loveliness
don't you think you'll make the right food choices?

Go on. Try it. Be lovely for a day, be gorgeous, and be
fantastic! Don't tell anyone you're doing this, just take
action and see what happens.

Weight loss begins in the mind, not in the mouth, so change
your mind and you can change your shape.

Happy (and healthy) eating.

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