![]() “As we mature, we need to find ways to give ourselves those things through a variety of means and interests, not just food.” ![]() Receiving food very often goes with a loving or caring presence, so it is not surprising that we turn to food when we want comfort or love or reassurance," she explains. When you think about it, our very first feelings of safety and comfort and love were experience we had together, when we were fed as babies. “A craving for food can be a craving for comfort and nurturance. Watch: A simple quinoa recipe by Paper Tiger. I think about food during every activity. In my head, people think about lots of different things and only start thinking about food when they are hungry. It’s exhausting. Why can’t food just be food? Why do I think about it so much? I just want to be normal like I imagine everyone else to be. I have never achieved peace when it comes to food and I realise now that while my weight makes it appear as though I have a healthy relationship with food, I definitely don’t. Thoughts of food, what I have eaten, what I’m going to eat, what I should eat, what I shouldn’t eat, what I really want to eat, run through my head constantly. I suffer from silent food anxiety every single second of every single day (and I wish I was exaggerating about that). I’ve been overweight in the past, but for most of my life have been at a healthy weight thanks to food delivery services, portion control at family functions, and regular exercise. On the outside I look like I have myself pretty much sorted.
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