Compassion and Self-Love While Losing Weight

You are transforming your energy and your life. The transformative process takes patience, perseverance and compassion. So, as you embark on a new way of eating (or any new habit), be kind to yourself if you slip into an old habit.

Just acknowledge the awareness that you slipped and explore why. Do not beat yourself up. Instead ask yourself questions like: Was it because I had no food in the house that I went to a fast food restaurant? If so, how can I plan to stock my refrigerator and cabinets to avoid eating fast foods? Was I feeling emotionally vulnerable when I ate that entire box of cookies? What healthier choice can I make to feel better when I am emotionally vulnerable? Then, after you have acknowledged your awareness, learn why you made the mistake and prepare yourself how to do better next time, inhale and exhale to let go of the mistake. Keep in mind that each new moment offers the opportunity to “begin again.”[i] And if you make another mistake, simply begin again, again.

[i] The “begin again” term was coined by one of my favorite mindfulness meditation teachers, Sharon Salzberg.