Halloween: Haunted by the Shadows of Myself
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Halloween: Haunted by the Shadows of Myself

I Was Not Broken, and I Am Not Fixed.

This message is important for me to remember today, a day when my former size feels palpable and when addictive foods beckon me with their wicked wiles.

Halloween has haunted me as far back as I can remember. Halloween highlights all my shadows of struggling with food addiction. And, there are many shadows in my story.

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Choosing My Language Carefully: Uprooting Social Stigma
My Weight Loss Story, Weight Loss, Wellness, Health, Name My Shadows, Face My Shadows, Fight My Shadows, Understand My Shadows, Reframe My Shadows, Transcend My Shadows, Success, Failure, Epic Struggles, Everyday Actions, Shadow Boxing, Find Your Power, Lifestyle Change, My Hunger Drive, The Way Hunger Works in Me, Language Matters, Uprooting Social Stigma, Hunger Is a Physical Process, Advice Tania Lyon My Weight Loss Story, Weight Loss, Wellness, Health, Name My Shadows, Face My Shadows, Fight My Shadows, Understand My Shadows, Reframe My Shadows, Transcend My Shadows, Success, Failure, Epic Struggles, Everyday Actions, Shadow Boxing, Find Your Power, Lifestyle Change, My Hunger Drive, The Way Hunger Works in Me, Language Matters, Uprooting Social Stigma, Hunger Is a Physical Process, Advice Tania Lyon

Choosing My Language Carefully: Uprooting Social Stigma

Language Matters: Choosing How to Speak about My Hunger Drive

My story centers around drilling into a deep understanding of my hunger drive, so I could lose more than half my weight – a number well into triple digits.

I frequently talk about my hunger drive and the way hunger works in me. I have deliberately chosen these to help me speak as I break my silence about transforming my shadows around weight.

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Take One Small, Short Step at a Time
My Weight Loss Story, Weight Loss, Taking Action, Decision to Change, Avoiding All-or-Nothing Thinking, Small Steps to Change, Short Steps, Blog, Tenets of Transform Shadows, Short Trials Tania Lyon My Weight Loss Story, Weight Loss, Taking Action, Decision to Change, Avoiding All-or-Nothing Thinking, Small Steps to Change, Short Steps, Blog, Tenets of Transform Shadows, Short Trials Tania Lyon

Take One Small, Short Step at a Time

I have been thinking about the purpose of Transform Shadows and where to go with it now that I have this endeavor up and running.

When I first made my story and website public, I had decided on two seemingly contradictory timelines to guide myself through breaking my silence.

These timelines show my ongoing learning around making changes in small, short steps.

I can shut this down at any time.

Even though I no longer see my weight as a character flaw, I worried about how social stigmas around weight, obesity, and disordered eating patterns would impact me.

Giving myself a way out helps me push publish – every single time I share something.

So far, so good. My world has not collapsed. And, there are people who have shared that my words and story are resonating with them.

Thank you to those who have liked or commented publicly or privately on any of the ideas. Your support takes me to my second timeline.

I will try this for a year.

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Shadow Boxing: Fighting Myself for Myself
Success, Improving Health, My Weight Loss Story, Weight Loss, Failure, Food Addiction, Self-Reflection, Start Where I Am Now, Speaking Up, Personal Truths, Personal Empowerment, Shadow Selves, Struggle, Shadow Boxing, Shadow Boxes, Taking Action, Routine Action Tania Lyon Success, Improving Health, My Weight Loss Story, Weight Loss, Failure, Food Addiction, Self-Reflection, Start Where I Am Now, Speaking Up, Personal Truths, Personal Empowerment, Shadow Selves, Struggle, Shadow Boxing, Shadow Boxes, Taking Action, Routine Action Tania Lyon

Shadow Boxing: Fighting Myself for Myself

Last weekend, I had a failure around food. Failures around food always expose my shadow selves. This time, it was a trigger food for overeating.

But, this post is more about failure than food. Failures happen, and I have gotten used to them. I have also gotten used to getting out of them, which I did.

But, sharing these failures in a public way is new ground for me, and I haven’t known how to talk about my failures in meaningful ways.

My failures around food feel epic and so do the struggles to turn them around. But, the solutions themselves are unremarkably boring.

Talking about the solutions may be more boring than the solutions. I ate clean unprocessed plants. I worked out. I shopped for groceries. I prepared food for the next day.

Transforming my shadows occurs in the boring routines of daily life. But, there is tremendous value in talking about these mundane details to learn and grow.

Still, I had been asking myself: How will I talk about my failures in ways that go beyond summarizing meaningless details?

The answer materialized out of nowhere.

SHADOW BOXING

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