Episode #015: If Hunger is Not the Problem, Eating is Not the Solution. Healthy Ways to Improve Your Relationship to Food
You have one constant address – the house you live in – your body. Your body is the tool through which you do your life’s work. How well are you keeping up on your “house work” and how are you taking care of your most important “tool”? Heather and Deb explore the reasons we all know more than we do when it comes to caring for our bodies. Eating was planned to be one of life’s sublime simple pleasures. But if hunger is not the problem, eating is not the solution. Hear some strategies for small changes that will help you eat when hungry, sleep when tired, and nurture yourself in healthy, fun ways that an M n M couldn’t hope to do for you!
Challenge: Make small healthy changes and add new ones each week. A power nap, drinking 6 glasses of water/day, switch to butter spray, try a new healthy food like quinoa or Greek yogurt, join a club that calls to you, take a class you’ve always wanted to try.
Chocolate Recipe: Painted Apricots
½ cup finely chopped pistachios
6 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips
24 dried apricots
Melt the chocolate in a glass bowl. Hold apricots from one end and dip them one at a time into the chocolate, coating about ¾ of the apricot. Dip the tip of the apricot into the chopped pistachios. Place on a waxed paper coated cookie sheet and let set about 1 hour. Can be stored in a container separated by waxed paper about 2 weeks in the fridge.
Resources:
Weight Watchers International 1-800-651-6000
www.awakensoulpurpose.com
Simple Abundance, Sarah Ban Breathnach
