Power in Surrender

[thebusyblonde]

"Nothing tastes as good as abstinence feels". I get up on Holidays and surrender to HP and say, "This is just another day" nothing special. Another day of abstinence. no big deal."
Today I don't make big deals out of anything.
If I find myself in a tight situation, I think the first bite through. I think about the guilt and remorse I will feel waking up tomorrow, running after one day of abstinence---again! I don't want to "chip" away at my food plan. Stay "squeekly clean" is my motto.
If push come to shove, I will beg God to remove my obsession. You always encounter that one person at a gathering who keeps forcing you to taste this or have a piece of that. When I find myself in a situation like that, I excuse myself quickly. "I have to run to the ladies room for a minute" is always an escape clause no one can argue with. Then I close and lock the door and surrender to the food plan and God begging for another minute, hour, day of abstinence.
Love and Service,
Kelley






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[susgrigs62]

Doesn't it seem odd that there is power in surrender? Surrender for me conjures images of defeat, when in fact it's almost the opposite. Rather than me fighting my cravings, fighting myself, and more significantly losing the battle and the war, I've surrendered my health to FAA's food plan. No longer am I going to be held hostage by sugar, wheat or flour or the chemical insanity wrought by them. By surrendering to the food plan (indeed precisely measuring and weighing), I've been freed of the responsibility to police myself, to see foods as "good" or "bad," and I've been freed of the feelings of deprivation or want. Because of the food plan, I can appreciate the body that I'm in, accept my bulges, assist my body to heal. I've been on many diets before and have yo-yo-ed up and down, up and down. FAA's food plan has fundamentally changed my thinking about food and its purpose. To sustain health and life. For that, I'm willing to work the plan for ever and ever. If I need comfort, I will ask my husband for a hug, not sip a cup of hot chocolate. If I am stressed, I will pet the dog or take her for a walk. If I am worried, I will write out my problems. If I can change the problem, I will do that. If I can't do anything about the problem, I will let it go. I realize now that I had been starving my body, feeding it empty or harmful calories. No wonder I put on weight. Now that it's being truly FED, it's letting go of the weight, releasing it as it TRUSTS me to continue to feed it well. Surrender allows me to earn that trust.