Sensory Pleasure
Dec. 26th, 2010 11:08 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sabrinamariSomething else I've been thinking about---all the internal changes I've been making are having interesting external consequences. Over the last few months, I've been steadily losing weight. Some of it is about the stress of change---when I'm nervous, it's harder for me to eat.
Some of it, though, has been about something else. Historically, I've always loved refined sugar and sugary treats. I mean, they're yummy and delicious---and who am I to turn down sensory pleasure? OK, I have no ability to turn down sensual pleasure unless I'm feeling cautious and threatened. And sweets certainly qualify as sensual pleasure!
But strangely, the transformational process has changed my craving for sugar. I don't feel the need for it anymore, at least not in the way I did only a few months ago. Now, I can walk away from it for days at a time.
This week, I stopped eating it entirely when my body demanded that I do so (to be fair, my body hates sugar as much as I love it, and that helps me walk away).
Consequently, I dropped even more weight this week and felt better than I have in ages.
So...I think this is my body's way of saying, "Hey girl, you go right ahead and experience more pleasure. But sugar isn't what you really want, so don't be fooled. Go and get the sensual and emotional pleasures you're really after, and leave the sugar alone."
The more I think about it, the more I'm interested in listening to my body/mind when it speaks to me.
Some of it, though, has been about something else. Historically, I've always loved refined sugar and sugary treats. I mean, they're yummy and delicious---and who am I to turn down sensory pleasure? OK, I have no ability to turn down sensual pleasure unless I'm feeling cautious and threatened. And sweets certainly qualify as sensual pleasure!
But strangely, the transformational process has changed my craving for sugar. I don't feel the need for it anymore, at least not in the way I did only a few months ago. Now, I can walk away from it for days at a time.
This week, I stopped eating it entirely when my body demanded that I do so (to be fair, my body hates sugar as much as I love it, and that helps me walk away).
Consequently, I dropped even more weight this week and felt better than I have in ages.
So...I think this is my body's way of saying, "Hey girl, you go right ahead and experience more pleasure. But sugar isn't what you really want, so don't be fooled. Go and get the sensual and emotional pleasures you're really after, and leave the sugar alone."
The more I think about it, the more I'm interested in listening to my body/mind when it speaks to me.
