06/03/2024
I see a lot of fat-loss coaches telling their followers that when you restrict certain foods, you put them up on a pedestal and end up feeling like all you want is that thing. So, the answer is to keep that food around. When itâs not scarce, you learn to exist peacefully around it. While I would love that to be true for everyone, it was never the solution for me. And it may not work for you either. đââď¸
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See, itâs ok to limit yourself. Itâs ok to say no to yourself. In fact, itâs necessary that we start learning that what we are doing is looking for dopamine hits ⨠all over place with our bites, licks and tastes of things. We could be avoiding uncomfortable emotions, filling time and solving problems that were never meant to be solved by food.
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We donât need to exist peacefully around sour patch kids if having one means the bag is gone an hour later and now youâre too tired to make dinner and youâve missed out on good nutrition.
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One of my favorite things I learned in the book about sober life called âQuit Like a Girlâ was that if youâre managing your alcohol intake even a little bit, like saying, âI only have one glass a weekâ, you may have a problem with alcohol. Sugar, my friends, is the same. Itâs an addictive substance and some may not have the capacity to moderate it.
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Restricting foods that donât make me feel good is my superpower. It gives me freedom. It doesnât enslave me. In fact, with time, itâs not a challenge to avoid those foods. I simply never want to go back to how I felt on them. Whatâs more restrictive is the way they made me feel; bloated, with joint pain and like nutrient-dense food was simply not enough to satisfy me.
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