I am just returning from a recent binge. I have been off my sensible/healthy eating plan for approximately the last 30 days. I ate some good healthy meals and then I would jump off the cliff (so to speak) and dive into unhealthy eating patterns for several meals.
Is it my intention to eat good clean healthy foods on a consistent basis? Yes it is. I think what I have re-learned on this last eating binge is this: When things do not go my way, I have a tendency to become agitated and then try to force events to go the way I desire. For me, trying to force things to go my way leads to uncomfortable feelings and I then turn to food to quiet these feelings.
If I use my will to conduct my life it leads to a pretty rocky road for me. If I turn my life over to the care of "The God of My Understanding," the road to the peace I am looking for seems to be much more attainable.
If I remain calm, practice acceptance and then ask God to let me know what is his/her will for me, then peace more often than not prevails throughout my body. Subsequently, the desire to self-destruct with food disappears.
I guess to sum up as succinctly as possible, it helps me to:
Get on my knees each day and ask that I remember to serve God and do his/her will for me in each situation that arises during the day
Sounds simple enough (and a much less stressful way for me to live my life).
May we all be abstinent from eating unhealthy foods on this day.
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