What do you expect food to do for you?

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I found this question a really good thing to focus on - it was surprising how

unrealistic my honest answers were - and for me that was a lightbulb moment.

Some of the things I was thinking that food would do:

* take away my anxiety about my husband's lack of job security

* distract me from my boredom

* help me avoid the housework

* make the loneliness go away

* fill up the empty feeling inside

Of course it's obvious that the food won't do any of these things and in fact

will just make me feel worse about myself in the long run. I don't even enjoy

the food when I'm in 'stuff it all in' mode.

So now I'm working on acknowledging the feelings and trying to do something with

them....and trying to choose the food that my body is actually asking to eat.

It's been interesting - and now the food tastes so much better....

Baby steps

What do you expect food to do for you?