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Following the dietary and exercise recommendations as reported here, in recent Wellness Pathways
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I have lost about 20 pounds in the past two months and am now, again,
approaching my optimal weight. My experience has been remarkable because
the weight has come off so quickly while I have enjoyed delicious foods and
abundant portions.
Lately, however, as my weight has gotten closer to optimal, I have become more aware of an internal coaching conversation
that goes beyond the levels of thinking and feeling to the deeper level of being. As part of that conversation, I
hear my fat talking back
to me.
How does fat talk? Recent studies indicate that fat is an active organ for
weight maintenance rather than a passive storage container for calories. It
communicates through hormones, proteins, and other biodynamic compounds and it controls far more than
scientists have heretofore realized.
If women lose too
much weight, for example, their remaining fat sends out signals which stave off pregnancy.
For most of us, weight loss becomes
increasingly difficult as our fat cells, together with our stomach, change our body chemistry to make sure
we start eating again.
This should come as no surprise, since weight loss asks our fat cells to shrink and, in some instances, to die. Are they willing to
make that sacrifice? Not without a little coaxing and understanding along the
way. It's not in their nature to shrink and die. They want to go right
on expanding and multiplying, and they usually get what they want by flooding
our bodies with increasingly intense biochemical signals to eat again.
Early on, of course, even fat cells rejoice in their diminishment. If we are
obese, there is literally no place left to put our fat. Our
bodies end up like a cluttered garage or an overflowing closet, with stuff piled
up everywhere. Fat cells can then invade our internal organs, marble our
muscles, and even float around in our blood. Getting rid of such excess fat makes everyone happy.
But optimal weight can be difficult to achieve and maintain. As our weight goes
down, fat cells gradually turn up the volume, hanging on for their very existence.
And that's where
the internal coaching conversation comes into play. By hearing, feeling,
acknowledging, visualizing, recognizing, intuiting, and embracing what our fat
cells have to say -- by listening deeply and responding lovingly -- we can tip the
balance in favor of optimal wellness. We can reorient ourselves, including our
fat cells, around health.
Coaching Inquiries: Do you have weight that you want to lose? What are your fat
cells trying to tell you? Have they turned up the volume? How could you pay more
attention? How could you coax them to decrease so that other parts of you can
increase?
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May you be filled with goodness, peace, and joy.
Bob Tschannen-Moran
LifeTrek Coaching International
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Williamsburg, VA 23185-5043
U.S.A.
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