Bright Line Living™ - The Official Bright Line Eating Podcast

Surrender to Win


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A new year is underway, and many people are engaging in their Bright journey. Some are here fresh for the first time—welcome to you!—and others are doubling down after years of being here. Thanks to you for your fortitude and unstoppability. I’m so glad to be on this path with you. 

I’ve been thinking about the concept of surrender. We talk about that because we surrender a lot here. We surrender sugar. We surrender flour. We surrender snacking, and eating whatever, whenever. We surrender going to events or places without having to consider our food choices. 

But there’s an orientation to it that makes it more effortless. That has to do with the depth of our surrender—how clear we are that the old way of eating didn’t work for us. Surrender is the shift that gives us the fortitude and commitment to embark on this Bright Line Eating journey in a way that sticks.

It can be hard. We’re taught that you fight to win. You don’t give up. But in this program, we surrender to win. That can feel like defeat. 

So I came up with a little story, an analogy that makes sense in my mind, and I hope it will for you too. Imagine that life is a game. The playing field is a massive playground, holding countless people and much activity. The game happens in two phases.

The first phase is the first part of your life, however many years that is. During that phase, when you make life choices, you migrate to a certain quadrant of the playground. You are just living your life, making choices as you go along, and patterns start to emerge. Your life takes on shape and form. That process moves you to a certain area.

Once you realize you’re there, the second phase begins. During that phase, your job is to notice what the teams are doing and to join the winning team. 

That’s it. 

You may wake up one day and realize that the choices you're making have a lot to do with food and weight. You know you’re like this when, every time the new year comes around, the first thing on your to-do list is to lose weight and get your food under control.

That defines your playground. What you’ve eaten or not eaten has outsized importance. Not everyone is on this playing field, but this is your reality. It’s the playground you’re on.

Now, you need to notice the teams. There are only two on this quadrant of the playground. There’s a team of people who eat whatever they want, whenever they want. They are struggling and feeling less happy; they have low self-esteem. They get to eat a lot, but at a big cost. They’re losing the game.

And then there are those who have surrendered the foods and eating behaviors that caused them difficulty. They have adopted habits that serve them and have banded into supportive communities. They’re happier and more fulfilled. They are winning this game.

In this context, you surrender to join the winning team. You wake up to the reality that there’s one team that is playing this game to win, and they’re doing it together. Surrender to join the winning team.

That’s the game we’re playing here at Bright Line Eating. I’m pretty happy to be here. We fall down sometimes, but we help each other up. It’s a good place. 

If you resonate with that, welcome to the team. Surrender is an elusive thing. In all my years on this journey, I’ve never figured out how to wave a magic wand and give someone the gift of surrender. But maybe this concept will help you—because, truly, surrender is a gift.

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