I just started this free program at work, where it creates a personalized plan to help you achieve your goals. Part of that plan for my weight loss goal includes keeping a journal - in which each of the next 7 days - I am supposed to answer a question. I was just going to use this space for a private journal - but decided... nah - I'll go public. So - today's question is about my relationship with food... what does food mean to me.
Food... it's wonderful and terrible all at the same time. It seems to control my schedule and thoughts. I'm constantly figuring out what I'm going to eat next, what groceries I need, what meals am I going to make this week, what am I in the mood for, what can I make that my kids will eat, and so on. Some people say they work to live, or live to work. I think I might live to eat, I don't eat to live. Self-control and willpower are non-existent for me when it comes to food. This is something I need to get past. I have been overweight my entire life, as is the rest of my family. A lifetime of indulging habits is hard to break, but step by step, I will. I have so many other, better, more important, things to live for - rather than food.