Re: Being Aware of What and Why You're Eating

[Guest guest]

Hi Helene,

Can I just say ME TOO to what you said below. I'm not one of those

people who eats something and then gets mad at myself. I am just very

good at the avoidance game, just telling myself I want it and then

not thinking about it, for a while anyway. That lasts as long as I

eat the crap.

Like the previous post said, maybe asking myself why is not the right

thing to ask and I need to start asking myself is it worth it. Of

course 99% of the time the answer would be no, but my usual way would

then just say oh the hell with it. I need to get a grip. I certainly

don't want to gain any more weight back and really need and want to

at least lose the regain I've had.

Have to start really looking at my priorities and trying to come to

terms with just why eating the junk is so important and necessary to

me at the moment I want it. Again, I know what to do. It's doing it

that I need to do!

> I did have an " AHA " moment last week. I have a young relative who

has not

> been able to hold a job, and can not seem to find himself. I was

thinking

> about him, and wondering why he has such a poor work ethic (his

parent worked

> hard all their lives), and thought that he has a weird sense of

entitlement -

> it's like he feels he deserves money without having to work for it.

> Suddenly, I felt an AHA - because I realized that is exactly how I

feel about

> food. I have a warped sense of entitlement... - I think about a

food. I

> want the food. I am entitled to the food. Even though I know it's

bad for

> me, I'm going to have the food.

>

> I don't know where this comes from, but I am trying to be aware of

it now,

> and work through the feelings.

>

> Helene