Pity Punch

Recipe:

2 cups of self-doubt

3 negative nay-sayers

pinch of low Vitamin D

1 flippin’ New England winter

20 hours overanalyzing website and book sale metrics

It’s officially been three weeks since I launched http://www.thefoodthatfits.com/ website and announced to my family, friends, clients and colleagues that I published a book and it is available for sale.  There have been glimmers of a sales response, great feedback on the cover and a splash of “that’s a clever concept.”  More than anything, I can sum up the last three weeks as underwhelming.  Perhaps I have read too many stories about overnight success.  While I did not expect Oprah to invite me to dinner, I expected things to “go viral” a bit more than they have. 

So, on this freezing rain Monday morning, I am dumping the remains of this recipe and getting back to my steady diet of “if I build it, they will continue to come……just give them time.”

Amore!

What if I invited you to spend the rest of your life married to someone you hate, sleep on a bed of nails, wear a fabric that makes your skin itch and sit in a freezer without a coat?   Have I conjured up enough imagery of you not enjoying yourself?  Let me add one more….eat food you dislike. 

During a counseling session, I asked a man what he attributed his weight loss success to and his response was “I eat foods I dislike so that I don’t want to eat too much of them.”  It sounds as though there is a thread of rationale woven into his approach yet, this would not be my antidote for a healthy long-term relationship with anyone or anything, including food.

Do you wear clothes that you hate?  things that are too small?  fabrics that make your skin crawl?  styles that don’t flatter you?  I don’t think so.  In fact, my standards have gotten more finicky with age.  I consign, donate or pitch anything I don’t love.

We can hear the illogic in my opening examples of an unhappy marriage or sleeping on nails, yet, when it comes to food we can often find ourselves using twisted logic.  While it is true that you don’t want to overindulge in excessive quantities of food you love, loving what you eat can help you feel satisfied and feeling satisfied is an important component to achieving serenity with food.

Are you eating foods you love?  If you are, is it nurturing your relationship with food?



Read my comment on Martha Stewart's article @ the Huffington Post

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Lori_Reamer/food-is-the-new-fashion_1_b_821078_77074663.html

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