Am I controlling my food?
Is my food controlling me?
One way to find out is testing whether we have the freedom to abstain or, at least, to improve it.
Taking a habit, and making it better, is an excellent baby-step on our way to reaching and maintaining goal weight. For example: If you eat dessert nightly and have swapped your 200 Calorie ice cream habit for 10 Calories of sugar-free gelatin, that's an excellent step. Are you controlling your food? I'd say yes in part, because you were able to change it. Is your food controlling you? I'd say yes in part, if you still are strongly compelled eat dessert nightly.
Not entirely in control? Don't sweat it. Thinking that we must win entirely or it doesn't count is all-or-nothing thinking. We want to accept and even celebrate small, partial wins over those habits that were setting us back. Even if we can't totally end a habit right now, we have some power if we can reduce its impact.
I'd like to invite you to share your own experiences in recognizing, and either eliminating or changing or planning to change your food habits in furtherance of your weight-management goals. I'll list some of my own in a reply below.
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