Food. Its necessary for life to be sustainable. For as long as I can remember, eating food was never about sustaining my life; getting the caloric energy needed to carry out daily tasks. Rather, it was the opposite, finding ways to justify what/when/where/how I ate.
I discovered I was addicted to food. All I would do was think about it. When I would get it next. What it would be. How it would taste. How much of it I could eat. I was addicted to the chemical reaction my brain had to the eating. No matter how hard I tried, I could never loose weight and keep it off for a long period of time.
Recently that has all changed. Through my cousin, I discovered a compulsive eating therapy program to help me with my food issues. The change has been wonderfully liberating!
The program Beyond Compulsion is in Portland, OR. I am not so I did the sessions with Mari over the phone. (It was costly, but in my opinion for me, worth every penny!)
It is NOT a diet. There is no calorie counting. In fact the only rule is to eat appropriate foods and appropriate times. The sessions have completely changed my thinking and feelings about food and eating. I exercise not to loose/maintain weight or to compensate for overeating, but because I enjoy it. I now have time and energy that I can devote to other interests in my life. The change with my relationship with food has been such a blessing for me!
(Full disclosure: I will not be compensated in any way for telling you about the Beyond Compulsion program.)
