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Eat on Time to Ward Off Food Addictions

Jan8

I started a new job today. I was scheduled for five hours but ended up working seven hours. That doesn’t sound like a big deal but it was.

For someone with a food addiction, it is critical to eat the right foods at the right time and to eat on time. I had brought enough food for five hours but not for seven hours.

By the time I got home it had been over four hours since I had eaten. I made a turkey sandwich and left immediately to buy a box of Pure Protein bars so I won’t have the same challenge tomorrow and Sunday.

I know I’ve talked about this before, but I feel it is worth another reminder. Once the edginess starts, the starving feeling is right on its heels.

Next comes grabbing whatever is convenient, usually foods you don’t really want or need. By that time, you don’t know what you’re hungry for, and the hunger doesn’t seem to want to go away.

For instance, I’m still hungry, even though there is no reason why I should be. Had I eaten the same sandwich just ninety minutes earlier, it would be a whole other story.

So, eat on time. If you have to eat every 2 to 3 hours, you’ll be hungry at that time. Heed your body’s calling and eat when you’re hungry. It’s one of the best things you can do to ward off  food addictions and keep that energy blasting through.

Fear and Food Addiction

Jan5

Fear has a way of getting in your head and drawing you to the things you want most to avoid. When you focus too strongly on your fears,  what you fear comes to control you.

If you’re a food addict, you might fear food because of the power it can wield over you at moments of emotional vulnerability. If you do fear food, you’re in a rough spot.

We have to eat in order to live so this is one time when you have no choice but to overcome your fear of food. The more you fear something, the more you draw it to you. It’s the Law of Attraction in the worst way.

There’s a lot you can say about fear, but I just want to say this: You either come from your heart or your mind. If you’re heart-centered, you’re in the love and trust zone. If you’re letting your mind rule the roost, you will be saddled with fear and doubt.

Since food addictions are linked to unresolved emotional trauma, there is usually an injured heart involved. Where there is not enough love, fear steps in and fills the void.

The rescue remedy for today is to fill your heart with love whenever you feel afraid. Let the mind be, and feel the love. Capture a happy moment, a memory, a sunset, a time when you felt free and alive.

Close your eyes, take some deep breaths, and feel the moment. Fully experience that moment of happiness when fear was nowhere to be found.

Use this simple exercise to fill your heart with love. Go within where there is no fear. Trust your inner being, which is the source of true power.

Food addiction cannot stand against love because it is powered by fear. Fear and love do not co-exist.

Corny as it may sound, if  you practice choosing love, the habit of doing so will help you overcome your food cravings and bring you the greater gift of peace of mind.