Some Thanksgiving Thoughts

Twinkle

As we approach Thanksgiving my thoughts have frequently turned to the things that I am thankful for. There are many. I am blessed.

I'm thankful for my husband and his love and support. I am thankful for my parents who raised me to be compassionate and caring. I am thankful for my nieces and nephews and am hopeful that I have passed on to them some of the qualities my parents instilled in me. I am thankful for good friends, for the bond of friendship that makes me feel connected rather than separate. I am thankful for my business, and for the fact that I get to do work that I LOVE doing. I'm thankful for the kids I mentor. I'm thankful for the richness, diversity, and excitement that they bring to my life. I'm thankful for my home and for my cats Addy and Twinkle. I'm thankful for the affection of Twinkle which is shared widely with everyone she meets. Twinkle has never ever met a stranger. I am thankful for Addy who is more timid with her affection and am thankful that she is gradually learning to trust us more and as she does she is more affectionate with us.



I'm also very thankful for the intuitive eating/no-diet approach and for the changes that the approach has brought into my life.



I am thankful that I can look forward to the holidays without worrying about what I will or won't eat and how much weight I will gain. I am really thankful that I can give up worrying about food and weight...that my thoughts no longer need to be consumed with thoughts of losing weight because I know that if I eat when I am hungry and stop when I am satisfied the weight will take care of itself.



I am thankful that I can enjoy the holidays, that I can enjoy special holiday foods without bingeing on them. I'm thankful that I can relax this holiday season and enjoy good food and good times with friends and family without food (not eating "bad" things) occupying most of my focus. I'm thankful that I no longer count calories, weigh food, and that there are no longer forbidden foods.



Most of all I am thankful for sanity -- for peace with food. I am thankful for the ability to simply eat when I am hungry, stop when I am satisfied...and I'm thankful that I know that that is really all that is required. I am thankful for the simplicity...for something so natural...so intuitive that I was doing it naturally when I was a baby.