Hey everyone–Happy 2015! Today begins our 30-day PWF challenge, so let’s get started!
If we were to sum up Peace with Food in a word or phrase it would be this:
But if you’re new to pursuing peace that may be too abstract. You may be wondering, “What exactly does Follow Peace mean? What does peace look like? What does it feel like?”
We’ve come up with a tool, a “peace gauge” if you will, to help you rate your level of peace. Our inspiration came from Lara taking her daughter to the ER where she was shown a chart consisting of different facial expressions, ranging from happy to sad, and numbers to rate her pain.
Below is a similar assessment to help identify your level of peace. Throughout the 30-Day PWF Challenge we will be asking you to rate your peace in different areas: food, exercise, your body, the scale, etc. At first it may be challenging to pin point where you fall on the chart, however, you will find that as you continue to practice, you will eventually master this skill.
We were thrilled to find the peace chart doesn’t just work in the area of food, exercise, and your body, but in other areas of life as well. For example, when Lara becomes overwhelmed with her schedule she stops and asks herself to rate her peace on each of her committments. By identifying what activities are lacking peace she may decide to decline them in the future, or make changes so her peace level goes up.
Believe it or not, learning to follow peace in the area of food will actually help you follow peace in other areas of your life too. That’s right, Peace with Food is transferable, which is why we continue to say that it has literally changed our lives in SO MANY ways!
So let’s begin by rating our peace today…
Posse Discussion: Using the chart above, what #peace would you rate your current relationship with food? (Write the date and your answer in a notebook b/c we will be referring back to this number later)
Peace with Food 
Peace 4 – because I have been out of town and ate what others prepared. I ask for half and she gave me a huge half. But she gVe others HUGE amounts. So we will see on weigh-in day. Been drinking lots of water. Gave away candy leftovers- I didn’t want it anymore. Wow! Now there’s a miracle!
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Way to go Deborah! A 4 is awesome!
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somewhere between a 0 and a 1.
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Before Robynn and I started this concept 3 years ago, I would say I was around a “1””. I can now say I am at a solid 4-4.5! I would have never thought I could have so much peace in my life, and with food! Do I have days where I eat more than I should–of course–I’m human But PWF has allowed me to be more in tune to the decisions I make and how I feel so I can make adjustments to make sure my peace gauge is at a good level. You can get there too! ~Lara
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Now that I am playing catch-up on this, I am probably between a .5 and 1.
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Way to get your benchmark. Now you know where you’re at. That is the first step to finding peace: know yourself. Kudos! 🙂
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