Every day  I battle my food addictions. Today I won the battle. It felt good.

I went to the Red Lobster with a friend of mine and got a breadbowl soup. Since it comes with a salad and grilled shrimp, I can never finish it, so I take what is left of the bread home with me.

When I get home though, I usually eat the bread right away. I don’t keep bread at home because it lures me into overeating. The trigger emotion is usually emptiness, and emotional eating takes over. My food addiction kicks in.

Today was different. I had lunch with a very special friend of mine that I don’t get to see very often. It is the kind of friendship everyone  needs and deserves, someone who is not judgmental and lets you be yourself.

Today, when I got home my mind was saying all the same things, and I heard the same self-talk but no food addict tendencies, no desire to engage in emotional eating, so stuffing down feelings of isolation.

My mind was screaming at me to eat that bread, but my heart was happy. I wasn’t hungry and no argument my mind could muster could change that.

Today I didn’t give in to my food addiction. I just had a really good visit with my dear friend and stuffed myself with the fullness of life.

It was a great day. I hope yours was too.