High on Food
Have you ever had a food high? Do you recall a time when you were eating something that was just so good you couldn’t stop even though you were way past full? The need to feed just wouldn’t go away. Food was so instantly gratifying you wanted the feeling to go on and on, so you continued to eat. Most overweight people have felt that loss of control. When you were finally lulled, back into reality what did you feel? Probably guilt and lots of it.Once again, you allowed yourself to go overboard; you relinquished your control and self-esteem to the goddess of goodies. We all have the ability to pull ourselves out of the food basket, we just don’t know it. In some cases, we don’t want to. We don’t want to because living in the food basket is comfortable, we know what to expect there. Even though we know the detriments of living there, of setting ourselves up for debilitating health conditions, we remain, hoping that the miracles of modern technology will provide us with a quick and easy way out. That is precisely where the $30 billion a year weight loss industry wants us to stay. Overweight and in search of a quick fix.Put it into context, say it aloud, ask this question as many times as you need to: DOES THE FOOD YOU OVEREAT TASTE THAT GOOD?? Does it taste better than feeling good, physically and emotionally? Some of us don’t have anything else to compare it to, because we’ve lived in the food basket all of our lives. Could it be that we are hiding inside the basket? We don’t know what it’s like to be healthy, we don’t know what will happen to use or we’re afraid of what might be expected of us should we be successful in our weight loss and fitness goals. There’s a part of us that is afraid to reach our goals and this doesn’t just apply to weight loss. How much better are we expected to perform in all areas of life if we succeed? That is part of the reason we sabotage our success. Take ownership of your fitness.
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