Post by caressa on Feb 23, 2011 22:47:50 GMT -5
From Food For Thought
In the past, we used excess food as a crutch, and we developed a false dependency on it. We turned to unnecessary food to calm us down, to cheer us up, and to avoid facing our problems. As a cure-all, food let us down. Rather than solving our problems, overeating multiplied them.
As human beings, there are many times when we are weak and dependent. If we say we can go it alone, we are whistling in the dark and deluding ourselves. We need to rely on a Power greater than ourselves, but food is not that Power. What we need to find is the Power strong enough to sustain our dependency.
Over the years, I have had 'comfort' foods, or things that I do to make me feel comfortable. It is good to do things that make you feel good as long as they don't hurt you. Garlic mashed potatoes are equivalent to Souther Comfort, they make me think more.
When I eat sweets, which are especially forbidden now that I am a type 2 diabetic. I can have dark chocolate. Even fruits, which are a natural sugar can put my blood sugar up. They give you a 'high' that makes you feel good but it is not long lasting and I always feel like I need more or I eat more because I want to maintain that high.
I can remember searching for that "aaaahhhh" feeling and it kept taking more and more to reach that place and even when I reached it, I couldn't stop there, I always wanted or felt like I needed more.
I need to turn my food thoughts as well as my daily living thoughts over to my Higher Power. I sometimes don't want to eat out of fear. I need to change that fear into faith.
In the past, we used excess food as a crutch, and we developed a false dependency on it. We turned to unnecessary food to calm us down, to cheer us up, and to avoid facing our problems. As a cure-all, food let us down. Rather than solving our problems, overeating multiplied them.
As human beings, there are many times when we are weak and dependent. If we say we can go it alone, we are whistling in the dark and deluding ourselves. We need to rely on a Power greater than ourselves, but food is not that Power. What we need to find is the Power strong enough to sustain our dependency.
Over the years, I have had 'comfort' foods, or things that I do to make me feel comfortable. It is good to do things that make you feel good as long as they don't hurt you. Garlic mashed potatoes are equivalent to Souther Comfort, they make me think more.
When I eat sweets, which are especially forbidden now that I am a type 2 diabetic. I can have dark chocolate. Even fruits, which are a natural sugar can put my blood sugar up. They give you a 'high' that makes you feel good but it is not long lasting and I always feel like I need more or I eat more because I want to maintain that high.
I can remember searching for that "aaaahhhh" feeling and it kept taking more and more to reach that place and even when I reached it, I couldn't stop there, I always wanted or felt like I needed more.
I need to turn my food thoughts as well as my daily living thoughts over to my Higher Power. I sometimes don't want to eat out of fear. I need to change that fear into faith.