Food Addicts: Take Back Your Life! :

WHY do you behave the way you do? Why do you look at food as both best friend and worst enemy? Why do you believe that after today's binge, you will follow the food plan? Why do you put off exercising even 10 minutes a day? Why do you resist planning your meals? Why do you challenge the importance of keeping a journal? Why do you not consider professional help when your way is not working?

Denial keeps you free from pain. Or does it? Denial keeps people in relationships and jobs that test your confidence daily. Denial keeps you in all kinds of self-destructive relationship. Why? Most people with disordered eating are pretty smart. They often manage to take care of everything -- except themselves. Denial is great because it is familiar and nothing is as comforting as the familiar, no matter how much pain is involved. Denial feeds into disordered eating. Food keeps you calm -- it's the primary drug of choice for numbing feelings.

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If you are willing to work on your health, make a list of the things that are keeping you stuck. Now let us assume that you have identified at least one "why.” What are you going to do? You can blame another person, a horrendous past, unrequited love, a medical illness, a work situation or a loss through death. You can do that and keep doing what you do. You can stay just where you are today. That's one choice and it must be pretty easy because those who read articles like this have typically been battling food issues for years.

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