Do you ask food to do something it isn’t capable of doing?
My clients tell me that food comforts them.
That food is their friend.
That food makes them feel better.
Of course, when I question them, they come to realize that food can’t do any of these things.
Food is really just a bunch of molecules bonded together in different ways.
It can’t hug you, or talk to you, or tell you it loves you.
It really doesn’t. Ever. Impossible.
During coaching, we work to fire food from these jobs,
And restore it to its rightful responsibility: to nourish and fuel our bodies.
This is essential work if you want to lose weight permanently without dieting or deprivation
But here’s a job that I recently realized I had hired food for:
I have required food to thrill me.
Delight me.
I talked about food in these terms: “heavenly” “orgasmic” “beyond spectacular”.
I’ve always been a self-proclaimed foodie
And proudly declared that I don’t eat mediocre food.
I’ll drive across the city for the best chocolate,
And I won’t join my family if they go to restaurants that don’t serve thrilling food.
Requiring food to thrill me takes a lot of time, mental energy, and money.
And can also lead to overeating.
Because if there’s a food available that I think will thrill me, I’m more likely to ignore my body’s hunger signals, and eat because my mind tells me it will be worth it.
Lately, I’ve been experimenting with a new eating protocol designed specifically for perimenopausal/menopausal women who want to lose weight.
I’ve found a few meals that I love, and I eat largely the same meals every day
(It’s not part of the protocol that I do this, it’s just worked out that way).
Yesterday, I was eating a salad, and it wasn’t great,
with a dressing, that I wasn’t crazy about.
Based on my old thinking that food must thrill me, I would have stopped eating and taken time to find something I love to eat.
But instead, I decided to eat it.
The food was appropriate fuel for me, and would sustain me until dinner.
It was fine.
This decision saved me about an hour, so I was able to finish my work for the day, and enjoy a stunning walk in the ravine with a good friend.
I felt liberated!
I realized that I have fired food from the job of thrilling me
AND
That enabled me to create a day that thrilled me!
Yes, food can be delicious, and it’s so wonderful when it is.
And I definitely recommend that you eat foods you love.
AND
I also recommend that you put food where it belongs in your life:
As a vehicle to nourish and sustain you
And give you energy to create a thrilling life.
What job do you give food?
Is this leading you to overeat and gain weight?
I can help you fire food from this job.
Email me now to find out if the last spot left in The Hunger Games has your name on it!
It’s my brand new group class that starts in two weeks.
This class is going to be more advanced and more expanding than any work I have done before, so it’s only open to my clients/past clients and coaches or students who are familiar with the eating tools and thought work that I use in my practice. It’s the culmination of everything I’ve learned over the past five years of coaching women and experimenting with myself.
My goal is that you will leave with an eating plan that you love, that feels nourishing, sustaining and liberating AND enables you to reach your natural weight with ease. We’ll do that by playing with different theories and protocols of eating, and by digging for all your fat-causing thoughts! By the end of this 3 month class, you’ll have shone a spotlight on all your limiting, diet mentality beliefs, and developed new, healthy ways of thinking about food and eating. As you know, when you do this work, the bonus is that this more spacious way of thinking spills over into your life, so that you become more awake and mindful in general – now that’s what I call thrilling!!!