A new approach that might help
Hi all,
I'm working now on curbing my binge eating habit and I came across something quite unexpected that I'm finding is helping me.
I was watching the documentary Food Matters, which is mostly about the food industry and the way it makes us addicted to bad foods. While the documentary itself wasn't to my taste (they really push the detox/juicing/green smoothies thing), one of the experts there made a comment that struck me. He talked about how people immediately think of diets in terms of restriction and deprivation and how they carry the message, "I want that, but I can't have it." (I know I do). He then suggested changing the message around to "I can have that but I don't want it." That then puts the choice in your hands and empowers you to decide to make better choices.
So I as I was going shopping today and facing a bunch of junk food that I love, I kept telling myself, "I can have that, but I don't want it" and it helped me. I saw that I was in control of my choices and that I was making the decision not to have that ice cream or those cookies, rather than them having control over me to say "uh uh - you can't have us."
Tam
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