{"id":7873,"date":"2019-07-01T15:44:05","date_gmt":"2019-07-01T15:44:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lindseyfishernc.com\/?p=7873"},"modified":"2019-07-01T15:44:05","modified_gmt":"2019-07-01T15:44:05","slug":"emotions-food-struggles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/odez.com\/lindsey\/emotions-food-struggles\/","title":{"rendered":"Emotions & Food Struggles"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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  • Food choices consuming your daily thoughts.<\/li>
  • Days, months, years of roller coaster dieting. <\/li>
  • Eating tied to emotions – sad, happy, angry, depressed, excited, stressed.<\/li>
  • Intense fear of weight gain. <\/li>
  • Negative self talk and “beating yourself up” after eating.<\/li>
  • Macronutrient restriction. <\/li>
  • Scale infatuation.<\/li>
  • Inability to control cravings. <\/li>
  • Allowing food to control social settings.<\/li>
  • Hiding food or eating in secret.
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    These are all very real struggles. I see them in 90% of my clients. I have seen several in myself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    But here is the reality, friends…
    ALL of these unhealthy behaviors focus on food or food-related behaviors, but the food is not the real issue. Food is the vehicle<\/em>. Food is what we use to get to a place that we think we want to be. Food is what we use to control<\/em> our situation when we feel out of control<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    I can share this with you all now because not only do I spend quite a bit of time counseling and helping my clients overcome these exact battles, but I have been there myself. I have struggled. And the struggle is real. Tt is hard, overwhelming, draining and time-consuming. But it is also changeable and there is a light at the end of the tunnel if you are willing to go through it!
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    I have spent A LOT of time focusing on the WHY.
    Why was I infatuated with the scale?
    Why was I restricting vital nutrients?
    Why was I eating or drinking whenever I felt sad, stressed, angry or overwhelmed?
    Why was I covering up what life was handing me by putting food or drink in my mouth OR the complete opposite with food restriction?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    WHY is it that we use food as a vehicle (or coping mechanism) to cover up what we are really feeling? Instead of allowing ourselves to FEEL<\/em>. Allowing the experience of emotion and feeling is life. Living with faith that those feelings are part of the journey. To realize from within that this is a season and getting through it is means possibly embracing emotions<\/em>; being present and aware that we do not need to falsely cover them up with our food choices. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The truth. This journey has nothing to do with the food. But for me and so many of my clients, I felt “in control” when I had “control” over what I put in my mouth.

    I wanted to change. I was tired of allowing this obsession to steal so much of my valuable energy that could be spent on something else. I was tired.
    Ready for change and to finally put a stop to allowing food to control me or my every thought, I had to become keenly aware of my choices and behaviors. I had to face the underlying BEHAVIOR to be able to confront and face my unhealthy struggles with food. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    I am sharing this with you because I know too many people with these same struggles. They are real but they can be changed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    If this person is you, I would love to help. It’s time to spend your precious life and energy on enjoying the journey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    Much love and many blessings, my friends \ud83d\ude42 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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