{"id":1382,"date":"2018-09-10T06:30:12","date_gmt":"2018-09-10T06:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/docerewellness.com\/?p=1382"},"modified":"2025-02-12T07:24:25","modified_gmt":"2025-02-12T07:24:25","slug":"what-if-it-wasnt-about-the-weight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/docerewellness.com\/?p=1382","title":{"rendered":"What if…it wasn\u2019t about the weight?"},"content":{"rendered":"

While we totally appreciate that carrying extra pounds can be unhealthy, we often find ourselves being curious with clients, and asking, what if it wasn\u2019t about the weight?<\/em> What if your focus wasn\u2019t just<\/em> about the number on the scale? What if it wasn\u2019t about cursing yourself about that cookie you just ate? What if, it wasn\u2019t about looking in the mirror and being unhappy with how you look? What if we didn\u2019t beat ourselves up for simply honouring one of our most basic and fundamental needs: eating.<\/p>\n

What if we shifted our focus from losing weight to making intentional and consistent choices that support our overall health – mind, body, and soul?<\/p>\n

\"\"Mind<\/strong> – Decrease stress and increase fulfillment.<\/p>\n

What if we treated ourselves in a loving and accepting manner, channeling our energy away from frustration about the number on the scale towards healthy curiosity? In this moment, what do you want less of? What things are draining you? Ask yourself, am I making this choice because I think I should\/could\/__wants me to<\/em>? Or am I making this choice because I want<\/em> to? Stress shows up in so many ways, and takes up so much space in our minds. What if you shifted your energy from those things that drain you, to those things that fill you up? If losing weight is just one more thing on your \u201cto-do\u201d list, it likely feels draining. What happens if you shift the focus?<\/p>\n

Body<\/strong> – Fuel your body with good nutrition and supplements, and move your body.<\/p>\n

What we eat and how much we exercise are only small pieces of the larger puzzle which, quite literally, shape us. Our weight and body type have so much more at play than simply calories in and calories out. Understanding a little bit more about the basic science of how our bodies work, and how they work for<\/em> us, can take us leaps and bounds further.<\/p>\n