It is really hard to be around people who want us to eat the way they do. In OA I've learned to stop thinking of my trigger foods as a treat for celebrations, a reward I deserve or a temptation I sometimes give in to. With a daily commitment to a healthy food plan, OA phone calls or online contacts and other OA tools, it's harder to con myself into thinking I really should have just a little ... (fill in the blank.) It isn't the 10th bite that gets me in trouble, it's that 1st compulsive bite that leads to the 2nd, etc.

I overeat because I get pleasure form the texture, smell and taste of the foods that I don't feel I'm getting from my life. If I am doing something that I really enjoy, like reading a book that I can't put down or designing a new outfit food becomes less of an issue during that time. I have never stopped doing something really fun thinking I just have to have a ________(insert trigger food).