JoEllen -

thanks for sharing! What a wonderful story about hearing (and listening to) your body's voice

: I noticed something today. Last
: weekend I went on two long
: mountainous bike rides.
: They were lots of fun, exhilarating.
: But it was more mileage and hills
: than I've been
: doing lately. I ate regular big meals
: and packed peanut butter
: sandwiches to eat on the bike.

: Monday I usually rest, but this week
: I had an opportunity to swim, so I
: did. Tuesday I noticed
: I ate way more than I needed-5
: zucchini oat muffins, another
: before bed, extra slice of pizza
: (made it myself, no whites or sugar),
: lots of walnut butter and rice
: cakes. I just observed this
: and went "hmmm-I must have
: overstressed my body. Thank you,
: dear body, for your strength
: and allowing me to do such fun
: activities."

: I woke up today feeling kind of
: gross, since I ate a lot of this
: right before bed. In my pre RR
: life
: I would have had diet head and
: thought I'd better eat less today.
: But instead I cheerfully made
: my big shake for breakfast, had yummy
: lunch on time. My body and spirit
: felt so loved and
: taken care of. It's like a double
: image-I still hear the mean voices
: to cut back or exercise more,
: but now they are small voices, not
: "me."

: What an amazing benefit of this
: program. Also it's a constant
: delight that I'm able to do all
: these
: activities and not run out of energy
: in the middle. As Chloe says,
: Healing is Grand.

: JoEllen