Alignment of the Head and the Heart

This morning I listened to a free webinar organized by Adventures in Weight Loss by Annie Barkl, the psychologist who has worked closely with Graham Park as she too went on her own adventure.

It was amazing what she was saying was exactly how I was feeling! One of my previous entries about having a skewed perspective about myself was discussed and even Graham admitted that he too felt the same way when he had lost 40+kg as he looked at himself in the mirror.

Listening to this webinar has really given me more resolve to continue my adventure and not to let my head overrule my heart. This is an excerpt of the conversation my heart and my head has from time to time:

Head: "Man, sticking to this diet is tough. Are you sure it's worth it giving up the pizza, ice cream and fries?"

Heart: "I'm doing this for me. I am choosing to be healthy."

Head: "Healthy? Life is too short to start eliminating all the food that can make you feel good!"

Heart: "Life is not all about food! I am choosing to be in charge of my life and not let food dictate how I should feel!"

Head: "Yeah but you're like cringing at all the attention you're getting now that you have started losing all this weight. It makes you feel uncomfortable! And some people have said they preferred you fat! You were so much cuter when you were just chubby!"

Heart: "They are NOT living MY LIFE! I know you're trying to push my buttons. You're just old programming that needs to be altered! You have to understand, this is the beginning of the REST of MY LIFE!"

Head: "Man, I sure can see that you're really adamant about this thing."

Heart: "Yup, I am. And you know, I would really like you to be a part of this. You're really important to me. What say we work together?"

Head: "How?"

Heart: "I will keep the intention strong in my heart and you can help keep me focused using the head. How does that sound?"

Head: "You know, it sounds like you really know me well. That's my strength!"

Heart: "I have known you for a long time. I'm just getting to understand you better that's all. You and I have a deal?"

Head: "You bet! Let's see how this is going to turn out on 1 January!"

Heart: "Why 1 January?"

Head: "It's nice to look forward to something positive..."

Heart: "I can see you and I are going to make a GREAT team when we're aligned!"

I had intentionally put in some key things that I had picked out from listening to the webinar.

I really liked it when Annie said that next time, when sitting at a dinner table or any other meal for that matter is to sit there smiling to yourself like you have a secret. The secret is, the same time next year, it's going to be a slimmer, healthier and sexier you sitting at that table. Waaah... I can sure imagine that! The adventure continues!

It's all worth it because I'm worth it!