Wow, I’m listening to Joe Vitale’s Attractor Factor and he is talking about hungry ghosts. This describes my relationship with food. Even though I’m full, I still want more. Why?
I know that the reason why I eat is because there is something inside of me that feels hollow, empty, and unloved. Eating food feels like I am loving myself. It is cheap, it is easy to obtain, and it gives me immediate gratification. As I go without food today, I remind myself that I am doing this because I love myself. Not eating is triggering a cascade of changes in my genes and hormones, turning on thousands of years of evolutionary circuits that are designed to make me healthier and happier. What better could I do for myself?
What are the reasons you eat? What does food do for you? Asking yourself this question is the start of your journey. This one question is the domino that will eventually cause all of the others to fall.
