Gentle Permissions

I recently had a friend of mine tell me that she's not ready to give up comfort eating. I really had to respect her for that. She's working through so many issues right now and that's just not one of them. I think this is a huge sticking point for people - especially women. We berate ourselves because we're not doing enough. There are some that truly aren't, but what if you're one of the ones that is busting your ass to take care of your family, working, participating in social events, AND trying to work on yourself. Maybe just one issue at a time is all you can do. Maybe just one piece of the puzzle is all you can work on.

If you can't be gentle with yourself on your own journey, you'll never be able to heal. Healing only happens through an admission of gentleness.

Note: Capitalized recipes are my own.

Day 63

• Chocolate-Banana-Hazelnut Smoothie (frozen bananas, hazelnuts, spring water, honey, cacao powder, mesquite powder, maca powder, sea salt)
  
• 1 c. hot rooibos tea with stevia
  
• 1 slice of White Chocolate Pear Pie (crust was walnuts, Brazil nuts, pecans, dates, sea salt; filling was cacao butter, coconut oil, honey, pear, cacao nibs, water, sea salt)
• 1 c. hot rooibos tea with stevia
  
• 2c. Sweet 'n' Spicy Cabbage Slaw (cabbage, olives, scallions, sunflower seeds, goji berries, balsamic vinegar, olive oil, garlic, dill weed, parsley, chili pepper flakes)
• 1/2 of this recipe, Superfood IceScream (2 trays of ice, 3/4 c. goji berry juice, 1/2 c. Brazil nuts, 2 T. soaked goji berries, 3 T. lucuma, 3 T. honey, 1 T. soaked goji berries, 1 T. mulberries, 1/2 tsp. fo-ti powder, 1/2 tsp. sea salt)
• dinner out at Saeng Thai: some fried sweet potato thingies for an appetizer and vegetable and tofu Pad Thai, hot Thai tea

Today's Observations
Today's lesson? Smoothies on my stomach first thing in the morning don't work. Let's just go back to the tea, shall we? And the fried sweet potato thingies... not too bad, but definitely am glad that I hardly ever eat fried food. Man, I remember eating fried food daily while I was in college. I lived on Diet Coke, pizza, and fries. Guess that begs the question of the quality of that living, doesn't it?