For about six weeks I have been adopting a lifestyle that celebrates eating low glycemic index foods. This choice was fueled by an overall dissatisfaction with the state of my body after two pregnancies, a fear of developing the diabetes that runs on both sides of my family and a deep-seated feeling that even though I “ate well” I was missing a piece of the puzzle. Oh, did I also mention the fact that in a one week span, three different people asked me when my next baby was due. Nothing like the universe speaking to you through complete strangers!
I’ve been working with a lifestyle coach and a small group of two other people going through the process who have helped keep me honest and encourage me in the process. I hope to share a few insights from this with you along with many of the recipes I have found or created.
My most profound insight is that if you frame transforming your body as “weight loss“, then your body, spirit and cells will do everything possible to resist that loss. Who wants to lose anything? Imagine life at the cellular level within our bodies. Each cell is a universe unto itself, with a drive to survive, be it a blood cell, a skin cell or a fat cell. The cells are in constant competition for resources and yet they succeed in coming together in a homeostatic equilibrium to sustain this precious thing called life, or metabolism.
At the end of the day, I reframed the whole process as a creative shift. Instead of focusing on all that I was “losing” – the fat, the food I couldn’t eat, the lost food rituals, the sugar rush – I honed in on what I was creating: a healthy body, a prolonged future with my kids and husband, more energy, more wardrobe options, a better yoga practice and so on. Slowly, over the past six weeks, the fat has been fueling the creative process that is making a lighter, fresher me – full of new energy, glowing and more centered in the truth and light of who I really am. Thank goodness for all those fat cells. 
