The Quiet Rise

Patterns, there are patterns in everything we do. The chronic bloating is also a pattern. We just need to understand it, study it without judgment… Quietly observe what we do every day.

Patterns:

• I don’t know limits. I want to eat all the time. When I am finished eating, even a large meal, I want to eat more.
• I am a snacker. I would rather “graze” all day than eat a few well portioned and balanced meals.
• If I start snacking, it is hard for me to stop.
• When I cook, I try everything and when it is time to eat, I am already stuffed.
• When I come home from work I want to eat everything in my sight.
• I love nuts and seeds.
• I need to chew all the time. ALL THE TIME! When I am stressed, when I need to focus, when I read, when I write, when I clean, when I wash dishes.
• I chew gum. A pack of gum a day sometimes.
• I stand like a question mark. With my pelvis protruded forward. I catch myself standing like that all the time.
• I want sweets at night, even a little bit. I try to be strong, but more often than not, I reach for something sweet. 

Are these patterns you are dealing with daily? Any other you are struggling with to add to the list?

Well, all the above makes me a human. I am a human who has issues digesting certain foods. I’ve learned coping mechanisms to get through stress and, let’s be honest, through life. I am a person who’s scoliosis, prolonged periods of sitting, pregnancies, and carrying the kids contributed to poor posture. I am a project that touches the most tender subject. It encompasses the way I’ve been my whole life. It reflects the way I cope. It signifies the way I survive.

The project will have to be touchy. It will have to be humbling. It must break my patterns, which is very uncomfortable. This is because life and stress don’t slow down. Are you so frustrated and tired of looking at a “pregnant” belly every night? Come with me to plan, and execute, and take this project live into a “flatter’ future!