The irony here is that I don’t have a weekly blog but was trying…
My intention since the inception of Pursue Self Care is for this blog to be one part aspirational, one part chronicle, and one part accountability. From an academic standpoint, there seems to be a gap in the billion dollar medical weight loss industry in that those struggling with obesity are not contributing much in the discussion of the condition. Most levels of the professional medical community – physical, mental or emotional health providers – though well trained in the evidence based protocols, they do not tend to see patients are people beyond the chart.
While my own surgical team was exceptional, they are part of a system designed to treat a symptom; they do not consistently address core issues like food addiction and an inability to cope with negative emotions. Food is such a comfort. If I’ve learned anything in the last 96 days, it is that the rhythms of shopping for food, prepping meals, cooking meals, and serving meals is woven into the fabric of our lives. Even when necessity to persist in these chores is minimized due to #WLS, it does not change our desire to do complete these food related rituals.
In closing, I have time to blog weekly, but I haven’t. I don’t have time to shop and cook meals I can’t eat, but I do because… it’s ritual. I never found comfort in cooking until I didn’t need to do it.
So when you see that I’m blogging weekly, you can infer I stopped wasting time in the kitchen.
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In Pursuit of Self Care…
Crystal
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