What is your pleasure??

Weight Loss Surgery Support:
Daily Inspiration for April 1, 2010 Katie Jay, MSW

Use all five senses. 

Many people who have WLS focus primarily on the sense of taste for pleasure and soothing. Maybe you know, in theory, other things would feel good, but food is such an easy and familiar source of comfort. Finding a new source of pleasure, and getting as much pleasure from it as you do from eating, will take time, effort, and open mindedness. 

When you accept that food cannot be your only source of comfort, you make room for other pleasurable experiences. You can enjoy a delicious massage, listen to motivating music, appreciate a beautiful painting, or relax with aroma therapies. 

Action for the day: Today, think about other pleasures in life besides food. Try something enjoyable that involves a sense other than taste. Don't be afraid to take a risk. 
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  Molly

Thanks for the inspiration.  My pleasure is relaxing with a good book in the whirlpool.  Every night on vacations this is my morning and/or evening pleasure. I would like to endulge more often than when on vacation but for me it can be more addictive than food.

I am working on adding more exertive forms of pleasure to my lifestyle.  We use to dance, bowl and play tennis.  I would like to start bowling again, we still dance (just not enough) and tennis is out.  I'm open to some new things just need to make time.
Z

My pleasure is to ride horsees...My whole purpose was to not look huge on a horse...Lost 100 ish #'s and then decided I was too un-cordinated to ride a tall horse regardless of weight, had to get a pony...and I still look huge....Will try to post a pict on my profile, but this new profile is hard to get around in at first...Thanks for the invite to this group...I wanted to bond with people who did'nt look at them selves as a failure rgardless where they were in the WLS story..LLC