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No Food Addiction Triggers on Thanksgiving Day

Nov25

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving Day, so I thought I’d serve up a little food for thought today in preparation for tomorrow’s feast.

Hopefully all feelings will be joyful and kind whether you’re enjoying the day with friends and family, or curled up with a good book or movie.

So no thoughts about food addiction for one whole day. Enjoy everything the day brings and every morsel of food you put in your mouth.  Remember, we always have something to be thankful for.

I wish I knew who wrote this list of thankful things, but the e-mail I received it in didn’t mention the author. If you know who penned it, perhaps you could let me know so I can credit the author.

I Am Thankful!

For the wife
who says it’s hot dogs tonight,
because she is home with me,
and not out with someone else.

For the husband
who is on the sofa
being a couch potato,
because he is home with me
and not out at the bars.

For the teenager
who is complaining about doing dishes
because it means she is at home, not on the streets.

For the taxes I pay
because it means I am employed.

For the mess to clean after a party
because it means I have been surrounded by friends.

For the clothes that fit a little too snug
because it means I have enough to eat.

For my shadow that watches me work
because it means I am out in the sunshine

For a lawn that needs mowing,
windows that need cleaning,
and gutters that need fixing
because it means I have a home.

For all the complaining
I hear about the government
because it means we have freedom of speech.

For the parking spot
I find at the far end of the parking lot
because it means I am capable of walking
and I have been blessed with transportation.

For my huge heating bill
because it means I am warm.

For the lady behind me in church
who sings off key because it means
I can hear.

For the pile of laundry and ironing
because it means I have clothes to wear.

For weariness and aching muscles at the end of the day
because it means I have been capable of working hard.

For the alarm that goes off
in the early morning hours
because it means I am alive.

And finally, for too much e-mail
because it means I have friends who are thinking of me.

Live well, laugh often, & love with all of your heart!

Happy Thanksgiving Day!

Food For Thought

Nov4

Today was a very long day, and not as productive as I would have liked. I felt more fatigued than usual, even though I slept no more or less than I do most nights.

I seemed more easily agitated than I normally am. There was too much activity with few opportunities to rest.

I was less hungry but ate more of the foods I usually avoid. While I got all 22 items on my “to do” list completed, none of them seemed relevant to the accomplishment of my goals.

In reflection, today I had no feelings about food addictions yet I embraced mine feeling nothing. How can something so powerfully overwhelming one day feel like nothing the next?

Perhaps the answer will come to me during sleep when my body has a chance to realign itself and regain its state of balance.

So much goes on beneath the surface and yet we have all the answers inside. It is up to us to ask the questions that will allow us to sidestep the conscious mind and reveal the truth in our hearts.