Food Addicts Unite! Cheers to our new mantra!

Woo hoo! Spring is here!

If you read my last post you know that we've established that my relationship with food is an addiction. That's heavy right? Perhaps about 100lbs heavy? Every talk show expert, every doctor, every therapist asks why do you do it? Why do you drink? Why do you gamble? Why do you eat? "They" (whoever they is) say you can't stop the behavior until you figure out the why.

Over the years I figured out the why. I pretty much summed it up in my last blog entry... I'm addicted to food based on the learned behavior of eating for every reason other than sustanance. Celebration, mourning, entertainment, recreation, comfort, reward, among others are all reasons to eat in my family, my circle of friends, in my African (American) culture and in my American culture. Well guess what? Now brace yourself because this may be an eye opener for a lot of people including those who aren't addicted to food but maybe struggle with other things in their life...

...if I learned this it's not mine! It never was! And guess what else I can unlearn it! If it's not mine and never was than it's my choice to choose the road less traveled! I'm an intelligent person. I can make my own decision to change. WOW the weight is literally lifted because I am no longer defined by this!

Let me break it down for you so it truly resonates:
- I learned this so it's NOT MINE!
- It never was mine!
- I can choose to unlearn it!
- This NO LONGER defines me!

Let this be my new mantra. You can borrow it if you like. It's incredibly freeing. Not a sermon! Just a thought!