We must see that if food could and would be taken away then something else would take its place. Look back at your latest and greatest diet. See if it went something like this. You hear from a friend or on TV or read something that talks about losing weight - many times there is a person that has lost weight and their life is on fire at the moment. They are oozing everything that you feel you lack. You get completely jazzed about this new "plan". You buy what needs to be bought and then you start. Life is grand until it is not. Something always comes along to sabotage your hard work. Maybe something at work arises or maybe a friend betrays you or you are bored - whatever the stress is that seems to come out of nowhere. I am saying they were probably there all along. Life was not grand while eating life away. You were just living life on medication. "Obsession gives you something to do besides having your heart shattered by heart shattering events. " says the book Women Food and God.
When these moments have come along. I learned to lean into them. Make a list of all the horrible stuff and then some of the good. Ask why. Cry. Hurt, and then see if that craving is still there.
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