I've been having many conversations this spring about weight loss. I guess it goes with the New Year's resolutions that tend to fade out after a month or two. I get it. I really do. Having been a woman who has yo-yoed in weight for many years through fad diets, crazy amounts of exercise, unhealthy amounts of food and two pregnancies I can relate to the mind set of all or nothing.
We all seem to know we need to eat more healthily, we need to be more active but no matter how perfectly logical and smart those choices are we seem unable to motivate ourselves for more than short periods of time. Sometimes it lasts a day, until that 8pm sweet craving arrives or sometimes it goes for a month until we miss a few days of exercise and throw in the towel.
I know I found change that came gradually and has lasted for more than 3 years now arrived with a new mentality that I've never before had. It started slow with not feeling as many cravings. Wanting to actually eat better food when I had two choices before me. Feeling strange if I didn't get out and do something physical each day. It was like the mental and emotional me decided to get on board and deep down inside I couldn't shake the need to eat better and exercise more because I.... hang on for it.... LIKED IT, NEEDED IT and felt the day was INCOMPLETE WITHOUT IT. Now if this was the old me reading this I'd be saying "yeah, sure, I'd love to be like that, but who's kidding who, I hate exercising, I love food". Strange how things can change so completely and so deeply.
Now you're probably wondering how did this change come about. Did I have a spiritual epiphany? Did I find some self-help guru? Did I bang my head a little too hard? No, none of these. The change came when I started to go to a homeopath regularly for monthly visits. Not even for this issue. I went for physical issues, you know... allergies, asthma, migraines, regular stuff. As I continued to go and my physical issues improved I was finding that my motivation to feel healthy grew as well. My homeopath never pushed anything about diet or exercise, not a word. Yet I lost over 45 pounds and 4 dress sizes. I ran in multiple 5 and 10K races and a half-marathon, started swimming laps and road biking FOR FUN! None of which I'd ever done or desired to do before.
So what happened? My educated guess is that since homeopathy trains the body to recognize signs and symptoms that need to be dealt with in order to be the most healthy it can be physically, mentally and emotionally, it provides a wonderful advantage. What is that advantage? It creates a deep seated desire in a body that is learning to become more and more healthy to want to excel at that in all areas. Thus the spill over into getting up and moving more and cravings that include more vegetables and less garbage foods. Not a bad side benefit is it?
Wouldn't it be nice to be the kind of person who doesn't struggle internally with the "should/shouldn't" conversations over food and exercise? I believe homeopathy can provide a strong support for those with any health issue, but especially in the area of weight where the mind-body connection is such a strong one. I've experiences it first hand and I see it in my patients. If you haven't tried regular homeopathic treatment to help in your health struggles you are missing out big time and I know because it's changed my life!
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