A new journey

[octoberbabye]

Taking a look at eating and food issues is a new journey of spirit and body. (I'm for a much larger spirit and a much smaller body).

New beginnings take courage, mostly because we remember all those other times, and having to start again and again.

I don't think of starting again because that brings to mind doing things the same way. A new beginning makes me think of looking in new directions.

This time, when I started a new beginning to face and deal with my eating and food issues, I decided to begin again each new day as I continue on my journey.

[Pony]

I think you have the right idea. You have to think of this time as being a start of a life change. It is in changing those things that you got you to this point that is going to bring about the path that you want. Does that make sense? lol

Anyway, we'll be glad to be here and share in your journey with you.

[octoberbabye]

Being terrified of being fat made my efforts at getting thin ultimately fail and almost always spiral into bulimia. I would start the "right" way, choosing a diet, shopping for all the food, and vowing that 'this time I will do it'. And when the results didn't come fast enough I would start to purge. And then binge and purge.
Thinness for the sake of thinness is a thin motive. Acknowledging this make it easier for me to admit that I'm powerless over my relationship with food and my life is unmanageable.
Today I don't diet. I make choices so that I am healthier. I ask for help, give encouragement where I can. I can't do this alone.

[Pony]

None of us can do it alone.....we all need support, the encouragement to keep going when it gets tough, and the hugs. It is a change in habits.....making healthier choices, not just staying away from foods that are trigger foods but choosing those that are just better for you. Starving is never they way!!!!!!!!!!!!!!