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Mind Games
By blogadmin | November 19, 2007
The truth is that for most of us with weight issues, there is an emotional issue/issues causing it – we just don’t want to admit it.
There are some real medical reasons for weight gain etc, but I’m not a doctor, so I’m not here to discuss those. Ok, I’m not a shrink either, but I have read my own body weight of books on topics such as weight loss / self help / motivation / goal setting etc etc and I’ve picked up a few things that are helping me. I also see a psychiatrist who is helping me break the cycle that I have been in. I’m not here to lecture you on how the mind works, I’m here to share what I have and am discovering.
I crutch is a funny thing. It helps and supports you – eases your pain, but only ever in the short term. In the long term, most things you lean on like food, drugs or alcohol will lead to all sorts of problems.
Food is my crutch. Alcohol probably would be if I let it, but I have always been fearful of that, so over the years have made myself not drink for months at a time, just to show myself I could.
These habits, I guess you could call them are generally learnt from those around us. In my family when we were celebrating we ate and drank, when we were sad we ate and drank, when we were angry we ate and drank – I’m guessing you can see the pattern. This is one pattern I do not want to teach my daughter.
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