Re: [fast5] Affirmations/etc. re: Enjoying The Process

Hi, De Vie, you are my FB Friend!  Now I know who you are.

 

By the way, for a French girl, your written English is magnificent.

 

Anyway, on the same note, I want to share a diet prayer that is in the book, "The Prayer Diet."  Supposedly, people saying this prayer aloud lost weight without even following any type of diet plan.  You are supposed to say this prayer aloud before EACH time you eat.  (Whisper it to yourself in a restaurant in a pose like you are saying grace - which people won't find that strange; or maybe say it in the car before you enter the restaurant.) 

 

I haven't tried this, but many people think that overcoming your set point can be done through prayer/meditation/affirmations, etc. - that overcoming your set point can be mental, as much as physical. 

 

Anyway, here is the prayer:

 

 

Dear God:

 

I surrender my body and my weight loss to your divine care and love.

 

I ask that you remove all excess and unnecessary weight from my body.

 

Return my body to its most healthy and balanced state.

 

Give me eating habits that support my health and life energy.

 

And finally, teach me to love my body and to care for it from this day forth.

 

Amen

 

 

 

Steve

-----Original Message-----
From: de Vie <de_vie@post.harvard.edu>
To: fast5@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thu, Mar 18, 2010 11:19 am
Subject: [fast5] Affirmations/etc. re: Enjoying The Process

A bunch of people have requested the Affirmations I mentioned, so I'm forwarding to the list the message (slightly edited) I initially wrote in response to the first request.  ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 10:20 PM Subject: Re: [fast5] Enjoying The Process  Here are the affirmations I currently use.  Some of them I came up with myself and some are from Louise Hay.  Usually what I do is say them aloud for 5 minutes before breakfast and lunch.  If I'm in a setting (for example cafe) that wouldn't appropriately allow for speaking them aloud, I may write them or read them for 3-5 minutes.  "I am satisfied & free." "Miracles happen every day." "I am at peace with my own feelings." "I nourish myself with spiritual food." "I NOURISH MYSELF WITH LOVE." "I deal with food in a relaxed, sane, healthy, enjoyable way." "My food choices strengthen my vitality & well-being." "My food choices strengthen my love & appreciation of my body." "My food choices strengthen my body's lightness & vibrancy." "My digestion functions perfectly." "I have excellent metabolism."  Another practice that I started recently which I'm totally thrilled about, is before I eat, before I drink, before I do yoga, before I dance, before I go to sleep, before I start the day, et cetera, I set the following prayer/intention, by thinking/breathing these statements a few times each: "This _____ strengthens my body's lightness & vibrancy." "This _____ strengthens my love & appreciation of my body." "This _____ strengthens my vitality & well-being." [ ____ is left blank or is filled in with whatever the thing is, "food," "drink," "tea," "dance," "yoga," "night," "day," etc.] I am particularly excited about this practice because it's tapping into the fact that our BELIEFS are incredibly influential on our experience of our reality.  It is SO liberating to let go of negative limiting beliefs ("I can't get this right," "I'm a failure," "Fatty foods make me fat," "I can't trust my instincts with food," etc.) and replace them with empowering, enjoyable beliefs.  (Also, check out "The Slow Down Diet" book by Marc David if possible. I got mine for $7 from a used bookstore -- definitely one of the most important helpful things I've ever done in my life. It is a revolutionary book going to the essence of our culture's eating-disorder.  The whole culture has an eating-disorder, it is definitely not just personal.)  Wishing you vitality & well-being!  . . . de Vie . . .  . music ~ poetry ~ art ~ emerald alchemy . . myspace.com/yourdeVie ~ twitter.com/yourdeVie ~ facebook.com/yourdeVie . . voicemail # 520-495-2005 for song &/or leave message .   On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 6:48 PM, <...> wrote: > > Please send me the list and any prayer/meditation techniques you use with  them.   ------------------------------------  Yahoo! Groups Links  <*> To visit your group on the web, go to:     http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fast5/  <*> Your email settings:     Individual Email | Traditional  <*> To change settings online go to:     http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fast5/join     (Yahoo! ID required)  <*> To change settings via email:     fast5-digest@yahoogroups.com      fast5-fullfeatured@yahoogroups.com  <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:     fast5-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com  <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to:     http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ 

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