How I Lost 30 Pounds
Frustrated with your weight and dislike how you look in the mirror?
Struggling to keep to a diet and exercise routine, but do you find yourself getting nowhere or starting strong and petering out?
Wish someone could just show you what's wrong with you?
This week's video is an intimate look into how I personally lost 30 pounds and kept the weight off.
And no, the it's not about diet OR exercise...
Know this: Weight loss? It's not about pounds on the scale. Never has been, never will be. It's about learning to Love yourself enough to BE your true self. #H2LYS
Back in 2012 I began my weight loss journey. Yes, 2012, the year when the year was supposed to end and all that good stuff! For me, I experienced a shift in my consciousness that catapulted a new relationship with my body.
You see, I have struggled with my weight all my life - it's been up and down and back again. At that time I had been the heaviest I've ever been, 160 pounds on my 5'3" frame, and I was tired, bloated and wondering what's wrong with me.
Spoiler: THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH YOU.
What inspired me to look beyond comparing myself to others (friends, magazines, blah blah blah) was 2 books in particular: "The Care and Feeding of Indigo Children" by Doreen Virtue and "The pH Miracle for Weight Loss" by Robert O. Young.
What Doreen's book helped me realize was that my emotional eating was not just "out of control" or a "problem" but moreover it was an unconscious but calculated habit to deal with being a highly sensitive individual.
Her work showed me how I was using food to shut down my sensitivity so I could cope with empathic overwhelm.
Robert's book continued to build on this, showing me the science of what happens when you put certain things in your body, and how you can communicate better with your body by clearing it out.
So for New Year's 2013, I began a 3-month psyllium husks cleanse, committed to detox from all the negative energy my body was holding so I can receive nutrients better and receive the gut feelings Spirit was sending me with greater clarity. (Email me if you want to know the exact cleanse at senseivictoriawhitfield@gmail.com).
But here's the thing - you need to know WHY I did this, moreso than the HOW.
The how gets boring, old and wears off with time, but if you have a WHY that is bigger than your desire to stay at a certain weight, you can make sustainable and lasting change. So here's why I did it:
I realized that I need to Love myself more.
That's just it.
Love.
I started to see inner self and my body as a defenseless baby crying for attention and in need of help. Rather than stuffing a baconator in her mouth to shut her up because she's to bloated and exhausted to cry any more, I decided to listen to her and tend to her cries.
It's about learning to listen with Love to yourself and your body. That means feeling and learning about how your body responds to different foods, exercise, behaviors, habits, environments and people you have in your life and that you expose it to. And taking action accordingly to protect and nurture her, as you would with a defenseless baby.
So that's how I did it.
The diet, the exercise, the programs, etc. were all an extension of my Big WHY.
Love. Following Love will always bring healing.
This Sunday, we will go more in depth at the Food Energywork: Enlightened Eating for Empaths Retreat.
But I want you to know that all you need to do is start with Loving yourself enough to BE your True Self. Rather than stuffing it down. Leave a comment below or send me an email back at senseivictoriawhitfield@gmail.com with what you think.
In Love and Light,
Victoria.
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Just for Today...
Look at the stories you tell yourself about your body weight.
Ask yourself, "Am I coming from a place of Love when I describe myself... or from someplace else?"
Notice how you feel at that moment - you're already healing!
SHARE THIS! You'd be surprised how many people you know right now are in desperate need of healing. If you can read this, you know someone who needs this Love Letter!
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Greetings Sister,
I was magnetized to this love letter after asking for help in Spirit for my own opportunities to seek better health. Thank you for sharing your journey. I would be interested in knowing the cleanse you participated in. My email is in the comments. Thank you for the work you do in the world 🙂
Much Love + Big Hugs
Sharonda xoxo
Hey Sharonda!
So glad that this love letter spoke to you.
I’m happy to share with you what cleansing product I used, but here’s the thing, if your weight was just about clearing out your colon, it would have already been gone. The fat on our bodies holds spiritual lessons that must be learned before she’s ready to move on. The cleansing products or exercise and weight loss programs are just facilitators and vehicles for you to receive the messages from your Spirit.
That being said, if you’re not focused on learning what your body is trying to tell you, the weight won’t budge, or will even increase. I found this out the hard way myself while on my weight loss and body awareness journey.
Without accountability and guidance, it’s hard to see the forest for the trees – most of the lessons you really need to process from your body, you miss, when you go it alone. I didn’t. I have daily, weekly and monthly accountability for myself, and it’s my commitment to investing in myself by having consistent spiritual accountability that really ensured my success.
So the cleansing product – Yerba Prima Women’s Renew – was only one very small part of what really worked for me. It’s really the spiritual work and environment of open curiosity and active learning I created for myself that has kept the weight off.
And that’s exactly what I do for others here at the dojo. The shifts and successes people experience here are a direct byproduct of committing to consistently working on their energy – it works for me, and it works for my students, too. It’s not about buying another product or trying another diet.
If your body is committed to getting your attention, by holding excess weight and the physical issues that are associated with it,
Then you need to be committed to paying attention and listening for what she’s trying to tell you.
If this speaks to you, give me a call so we can talk about what’s going on with you, and see how I can help. My number is 732-903-8573.
Thank you for the love and hugs! I’m emailing you now.
xoxo,
Victoria
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