freedom march : my story
Wild & Free: my Story
6.11.22
I’m Cherie Marie. Here’s my story and I’m stickin’ to it.
I’ve always been drawn to the philosophical, spiritual, psychological why’s in life. I’ve always wanted to contribute in a big way. I’ve always wanted to be - useful.
And, I’ve always wanted to feel wild and free, like my little girl self, above, w/ her knickers unabashedly visible.
But… I wasn’t. I spent 4 decades trapped in body hatred and dysfunctional food relationship purgatory. The majority of my life was spent embarrassed and ashamed of me, my body, my inability to manage food. No matter what I did I couldn’t seem to break out permanently. Progress was always followed by whiplash contraction back into my sad habits/mindset as soon as the pot holes got wider on the road.
There’s nothing ugly with food that I haven’t done. I have stolen food from roommates & school kitchens, purged, spent my last dime on food and had to beg gas money from others, gone through multiple drive thrus in 15 minutes. I have eaten entire cartons of ice cream, whole packs of cookies, 3/4lb of fudge in one sitting, and finished someone else’s birthday cake :-( I have gotten up in the night to eat more. I was a devout closet eater, lying and hiding.
I have literally eaten out of the trash - pulling cupcakes back out that I was trying to avoid. Suffice it to say, you can’t scare me with any bonkers food behavior you might have.
I busted out. There is nothing like liberating yourself from misery! It has become my mission to share what I’ve earned the bloody awful, hard way, hoping I can shorten the struggle for others. I would LOVE to assist you on the food/body freedom journey. My greatest desire is for everyone to stop obsessing over what they eat/don’t eat, how they look, and channel that big energy toward fun and productive means.
My freedom march was two-pronged. One, I finally learned to stop binge and chronic overeating through positive mindset renovation & sensually rich, spiritually (not religion!) nourished living and two, I reclaimed my love of sports & fitness. Through these I learned to deeply connect to my body in a new, respectful, pleasurable, entertaining way and I gained peace around food - in any situation (even travel, holidays, parties). I became aligned to my highest level self, to my true nature, unencumbered by traumatic negative thought patterns and dramatic food behaviors. Amazing! I never thought I’d get here. I want you to as well.
I became a fitness instructor in the BodyBarre & Silver Sneakers methods. I started skiing again, I paddle board, I hike and lift weights. Tennis will happen. I love being strong and active. I love the feeling of physical action. Just like when I was a kid. I’m not a slug. I move with ease. I feel sexy again. I feel…ALIVE.
This journey led me to one major truth - no other weight loss method adequately re-trained my whole thinking & behavior. I tried every diet on EARTH. No method addressed my entire #heartmindbodysoulspirt . Nothing brought me deeper into relationship with SELF, deeper into contentment, satiety. Nothing philosophically, spiritually, psychologically shifted anything.
Nothing had changed my HEAD. {Until I created my own method, The High Satiety Method.}
Sure, I could lose weight, but it would come back. Over and over and over. I could change diet, but…I still lived in my brain, and my brain was screwed up about food. My body was disconnected from me. Every diet did one thing only -
FOCUS ON FOOD!
This is not enough. You can’t separate one part of life, albeit a big part, food, out of everything, change it and expect the rest of you to completely STICK with the program. Food behavior can’t be isolated.
Permanent change comes through integrating the new mindset/habits/behaviors into your body - embodying your new thinking deeply into your CELLS. It is, absolutely CELLULAR. Change must be absorbed into your soul, your spirit, your heart. Your energy. Everything.
You have to become at HOME in your body, deeply connected to her.
SO - over 4 years of study & training I developed the method I had always needed - The High Satiety Method:-) Satiety = satisfaction. The HSM is comprehensive attention to #heartmindbodysoulspirit:
a way to learn to manage high intensity emotions (so we don’t eat for relief!),
find the sensual joy & pleasure we crave more than chocolate,
discover our deeply spiritual nature,
lose weight if desired, and
become more satisfied with self and all of life
It works! Stick around. I’m going to teach you how to do this. It’s quite simple - but fair warning - it is effort; sustained devotion. It requires you dig deep, spelunk the caves of self, like really DIVE. Dive headlong, into the process of committing to you, devoting your entire being to the upleveling of who you ARE. You will nourish yourself, your whole self. You will reinvent your behavior with food. You will design a new self image. You will become a stronger, braver, more self-aware and confident you.
And, bonus! you’ll be thinner. You’ll feel better in every single way. You will be FREE. Maybe even wild…
Sensually Rich Living. Spiritually Nourished Living. The High Satiety Method.
Cheers,
Cherie Marie