3 Signs It's Time to Heal Your Relationship with Food
The thought has probably crossed your mind once or twice (especially after that last pre-bedtime binge), YOU ARE TIRED of fighting with food. You wish you could be like “normal” people and just eat! Without the emotional attachments, without fear, without the rules. Why do some people seem to be able to eat so effortlessly, while you’re trapped in the same binge/restrict cycle?
If you don’t know what your next step is and need some clarity, here are three signs you’re ready to make some BIG changes with your relationship to food:
1. Food is getting in the way of how you engage with life.
It’s not uncommon to be preoccupied with food at inconvenient times or feel your thoughts drifting to dinner & dessert during your afternoon meeting. But when we’re in the midst of a struggle with food and are overeating one night and undereating the next day, our bodies crave some sort of stability. It still wants (and needs!) to eat the next day, but there’s a part of you that is hesitant. Then our thoughts become fixated on food: guilt and shame because of the binge, cravings because our bodies still need fuel.
2. You start and end your day thinking about what you ate/what you’re going to eat.
Do your first and last thoughts of the day revolve around food instead of what you’re going to be doing or how much fun you had with your family? Instead of immediately planning out your meals or adding up the calories from the day, you deserve to be in a place where the things you love to do are the things that occupy your mind. You might not even realize just how much mental space these thoughts are taking up, so for the next 24 hours, try to become aware of how often your mind is slipping from the present moment.
3. The cycle of binging and restricting feels like it will never end.
As much as you tell yourself “today will be different!”, you end yet another night reaching the bottom of the chocolate chip bag and feeling overwhelmingly guilty for everything you just ate. It seems to be a part of your nightly routine and as much as you wish it could just STOP, you fall into the cycle again and again.
Now that you’ve established it’s time to make some changes, you might be wondering how on earth this is even possible. The good news is that you can retrain your brain and create NEW & POSITIVE habits. After you engage in these new habits for a while, they will become your new normal. Instead of polishing off the last of your kid’s Halloween Candy in secrecy (Been there. Done that.), you’ll find yourself spending more time ENJOYING life again.
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