The relentless urge to binge anything 'naughty' or off-piste is diminishing. It definitely comes in waves - some days good, some days bad - but the fact that there are definite waves means that the compulsion to eat is - therefore - not relentless.
This is important to note - particularly for those of you in the early stages of any stage of the LighterLife programme - Foundation, Development or Route to Management. I remember thinking in those early days of LighterLife that once I started eating again, I might never be able to stop. Food frightened me. And in Route to Management, the urge to eat sugar was overwhelming. There is still a cake from The Hummingbird Cafe in the fridge. There are still LighterLife peanut bars in the cupboard. They have not been demolished in a moment of madness.
These are foods that I didn't think I would be able to have in the house. So this is progress.
I am still VERY much influenced by the see food, eat it urge - that comes on so fast that, before you know it, you've eaten the viewed object! But NOT every minute of the day!
So, this is a post full of hope - there are distinct improvements.
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