Do You Have a Bad Relationship with Food?
Like relationships with people your relationship with food has needs. It requires a good foundation, effort and ongoing attention identifying where areas need to be improved in order for it to serve you with everlasting happiness. There's plenty of cases of past baggage, broken trust and incompatibility which for a lot of people with a bad relationship with food seal the deal as a daily battle.
In this article we are going to assist in identifying whether you have fallen victim to a bad relationship with food and how you can better that.
Our Equalution client Aileen aged 51 with a total loss of 15kgs showing age is no barrier and you don't need to forgo your lifestyle. Aileen has still been able to enjoy dine out events on a weekly basis, her favourite alcoholic beverages all in amongst a balanced diet with no missing out.
As in heart racing, sweaty palms, thoughts at a million miles an hour, stress after stress, worst case scenario after worst case scenario type of anxiety! Is food the cause of this? If food is making you next level freak out this is a strong indication of a bad and broken relationship with food that needs repair.
Do you have no faith in food or dieting to either 1) serve you any sort of content or 2) get you to your goals? There's a very strong correlation between people that have been 'burnt' in the past by food and not being able to instil any faith in it in the future. An example of this is a clean eating diet plan that is highly restrictive and requires a lot of dedication to adhere to but lacks a science basis of which results are not always seen. If a dieter has stuck to a restrictive plan such as this and sees no results then they're more likely to doubt food and it's ability to act as a vehicle to results.
If you're looking at food deeming it as good or bad and dubbing certain types of food as off limits then this is another strong indicator of a bad relationship with food. This practice of food categorisation is also a very powerful cause for your whole life to be ruled by food. From a scientific perspective, the body doesn't recognise food in this way so neither should you.
If social plans or work events that revolve around food cause instant panic and a thigh thought process of thinking up a million and one excuses then your relationship with food might be in a poor state.
Do you feel as though you can't be around your favourite foods like chocolate, cakes, icecream, cheeses, chip and dip etc without it potentially leading into a full blown eating fest? This lack of faith in yourself around certain foods and understanding your susceptibility to binge or lack control is a good indicator that you may not have a great relationship with food.
If you just can't seem to get it right with your diet and are constantly on and off making promises to start tomorrow this practice is one that isn't considered normal or sustainable and questions your relationship with food.
Eating till sickness and/or not being able to recognise and respond to body cues can be drawn back to your relationship with food. While the intention of food is that it either satisfies a hunger, provides fuel or is to be enjoyed for taste and/ or satisfaction in and out of social scenes some people with a poor relationship with food either know two states of being: they can either not know when they're hungry and eat mindlessly or eat to the point of illness and self loathing.
Do you find yourself having days where you eat the world and feel a truck load of guilt or just not eat at all and feel like you've succeeded? If every day is constantly up and down in not only caloric intake but attitude to dieting then reassessment of your relationship with food may very well be necessary.
Are you forever thinking about food? While it's so normal to love meal times and look forward to particular foods if you're thinking about food all day every day (literally) then this alone could speak volumes for your relationship with food. For a lot of people with a poor relationship with food they can find it extremely difficult to be at peace in a situation that does or even doesn't involve food given it consumes all their thoughts. This overconsumption of thoughts can demonstrate a relationship with food that needs work.
Then you may be fitting for requiring a deeper look and fixing your relationship with food.
How does Flexible Dieting help to build a better relationship with food?
If you feel like you keep failing the issue may very well be a poor relationship with food. Our team are industry leaders in flexible dieting for body transformation success. Ask us today how you can better your relationship with food while giving your body the intake it needs, enjoying good you love and reaching your body goals.