Overcome Binge Eating With The Right Attitude
I’m going to let you in on the big secret of overcoming overeating and having a healthy relationship with food… Are you ready? Grab a pen and paper and prepare to write down the magical formula to being the person that you want to be. Being the person that is not consumed with food.
The secret is something that we all have within us. What is it, you ask? It’s YOUR attitude.
It’s your attitude on how you feel about yourself. It’s how you handle your daily activities. It’s how you react to your life. It’s being an active participant in your life.
When I struggled with overeating, my attitude was simply to turn to food because I didn’t care. I didn’t want to actually try to deal with my life (even though it wasn’t bad). I didn’t want to face up to something not being right with me and my relationship with food. I simply wanted to live an existence with food as my best friend… and I was successful in living that kind of life for about 8 years.
One day I decided that I wanted to change. I decided to gain control and deal with circumstances and emotions when they happened instead of drowning myself with Taco Bell, McDonald’s, Arby’s, and whatever else I could find (in one binge, mind you). I made the decision to tell someone about my deep, dark secret so that I could move one step forward to making progress. I realized that I didn’t want to be overweight in my twenties. I realized all of the health problems that could arise due to overeating and gaining weight. I realized that I wanted to fit into many of the clothes that I had in my closet, even though most of my pants couldn’t even fit up one of my legs, let alone both legs and up to my waist. I realized how nice it would be to keep a doctor appointment instead of cancelling because I knew they would weigh me and I didn’t want to have to deal with the scale and numbers, let alone any comments about my weight from the doctor. I realized that I wanted to hang out with my friends and family without having to worry about them commenting on my weight. I realized that I only wanted one life – not a secret life that no one else knew about.
Do you want to change? If you do, stop living in the reality you’ve known for so long and being OK with your situation. Open your eyes and face up to the things that bingeing has limited you to doing. What would you like to be able to do when you overcome overeating?
Striving to have a healthy relationship with food all boils down to a person’s attitude. It is completely unnatural to expect that our problem with food will be fixed overnight. In the times when you fall, but pick yourself right back up, get back on track, eat healthy, exercise, and do whatever makes you feel good about yourself – those are the most important times.
All my success is me being determined enough to not let food control me and my thoughts anymore. I was determined to become a healthier person. So, naturally, I had to start taking action. After all, aren’t we all responsible for our own lives and well-being? I’m not going to lie, there were times when it was really hard. Times when I wanted to drown myself in food. But, I was making progress even if I binged only 10% in the beginning because that still meant that there was 90% of me that was still working towards my goal. If I did give in, I learned to pick myself up and move on. No dwelling on anything that wasn’t going to get me closer to my goal.