Kelowna Ideal Protein Weight Loss Program – Women, Food and God by Geneen Roth

I want to introduce you to a book I’ve read several times, every time I get something new from it. Women, Food and God by Geneen Roth. This is not a religious book but it’s become a bit of a bible to me. This book is about food but it pertains to anything you use in your life to find misplaced comfort.

I highly recommend it if you are needing to find comfort outside yourself. Here are some quotes from Geneen’s writing:

“Our work is not to change what you do, but to witness what you do with enough awareness, enough curiosity, enough tenderness that the lies and old decisions upon which the compulsion is based become apparent and fall away. When you no longer believe that eating will save your life when you feel exhausted or overwhelmed or lonely, you will stop. When you believe in yourself more than you believe in food, you will stop using food as if it were your only chance at not falling apart. When the shape of your body no longer matches the shape of your beliefs, the weight disappears. (p. 80-81)”
― Geneen Roth, Women Food and God: An Unexpected Path to Almost Everything

“For some reason, we are truly convinced that if we criticize ourselves, the criticism will lead to change. If we are harsh, we believe we will end up being kind. If we shame ourselves, we believe we end up loving ourselves. It has never been true, not for a moment, that shame leads to love. Only love leads to love.”
― Geneen Roth

 
Take care of yourself, you deserve the best.