Am I the first person to ever ask you that question?
It’s almost irreverent.
With 90% of women dissatisfied with their bodies and nearly half of all adults in the United States having tried to lose weight in the past year, weight loss is serious business (and a massive money making industry).
When I start working with a new client, they share with me their own desire to lose weight. They know they want a different relationship with food and their body, AND, they’ve always wanted to lose weight.
It’s always been in the back of their mind. I know. I was the same way. I first started to diet at the age of 12. On the Hungry podcast, I share why taking a break from weight loss may be hard, and the impact of holding onto weight loss may be having on you and the rest of your life. Take a listen.
You may be wondering, can you even give yourself permission to take a break from weight loss?
If you live in a big body, have gained weight or know you “should” drop some weight, you may not even believe you deserve a respite from trying to lose weight.
After all, we live in a culture that tells us that trying to lose weight is what overweight people do.
We are also told that not trying to lose weight means we must be unhealthy, or worse, that we don’t even care about ourselves or our health.
Yikes. It’s complicated, isn’t it?
Taking a break from weight loss isn’t just about turning your focus away from calorie counting and portion control, it’s really about taking yourself off the gerbil wheel of off and on dieting and beating yourself up when you can’t get the diet to work long term.
It may feel like a rebellious act, even like you’re giving the middle finger to everyone and anyone that’s told you you need to be smaller and thinner.
So, are you willing to take a break from weight loss?
Wouldn't it be better to explore giving up weight loss so you can create a more loving connection with your body and change your relationship with food with a group of like minded women?
And maybe, you’re not sure if you can shake your mind completely of your desire for weight loss, and that's okay. You may really want to be in that place sometime soon.
I’m leading a 6 week group coaching experience that is designed just for you if you’d like some support around shifting your relationship with food away from restriction and dieting.
It offers the right mix of community support and teaching (with weekly 75 minute group calls) and individual support (with a weekly office hour where you can ask me questions and receive laser coaching and 2 one one one sessions).
I understand it’s a big step, and a really important one. Why? Well, I explain more in this video that I shared on my Facebook. Bottomline, dieting is designed to fix your body weight. We can’t separate what we think about ourselves with what we think about our body (I’ve yet to find an example of this).
Trying to fix your body with weight loss is essentially trying to fix yourself. But, you don’t need fixing. You’re not broken.
If weight loss is always on your mind, there is a good chance, a few layers down, you are persistently feeling broken and believing that something is wrong with you.
This is REALLY why taking a break from trying to lose weight is so important.
How would it feel to no longer believe there is something wrong with you?
What would it be like to not keep trying to fix yourself, over and over again?
It’s not about letting go of weight loss. It’s about journeying back to a place when you know that there is nothing to fix, because you and your body are not broken.
Essentially, you are as whole and complete as you were the day you were born. You’ve just traveled away from that inner knowing.
If you’re curious around how to receive some support around this, let’s chat by booking time on my calendar. I can share with you the details of the upcoming group coaching program and even offer you other alternatives to support you.