Not in disobedience, rather in opposition to things that are the norm - yet not good for us.
Dr. Marla Friedman spoke for one and half hours and I do believe we could have listened to more. Always the way you want it to end - wanting more. The night was the second meeting of the Big Long Island Million Pound Challenge, orchestrated by Alex Lubarsky of NAVEL Expo. To sum up that time in a short blog would not do justice to the impact she had on the participants.
Divorce from sugar - was repeated over and over. We are a society loaded with sugar and junk food - we are not junk?!!! Dr. Friedman gave reference to a few books - of course the names escape me - "Fast Food Nation" by Eric Schlosser may have been one of them! Not carrying a pen and paper does not do well for me!
One of the most positive points that Dr. Friedman made to all of us, is that although we may not have the skills to achieve what we want - at this moment- these skills can be learned.
Another point, well received, is that so many of us eat to fill a void, or emptiness and what we should be doing is embracing it! Afterall there are religions that honor the void or emptiness. "Zen is an approach to religion, arising from Buddhism, that seeks religious enlightenment by meditation in which there is no consciousness of self."
"Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will."
Mahatma Gandhi
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