Stressful Food Chatter: How to Deal
Food chatter are the thoughts that loop around and around in our mind when we stop overeating.
They’re distracting and annoying. They’re anxious, insistent and bossy.
They can make us feel 𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘻𝘺.
But they don’t mean that we are crazy. Or that anything is even wrong.
Food chatter is the product of an habituated brain. When we change our habit - the brain has some catching up to do. In the meantime, we’re left with the world’s most irritating AM-radio station crackling through our minds all day.
Once again, we draw on the principles of emotional sobriety: It’s not the chatter that harms or hurts us - It’s our response to it. If we respond with fear and loathing, those thoughts will remain obsessive (and ultimately drive us back to overeating).
What if we allowed food chatter to take up some space for a little while? What if we gave it permission - allowed it to be there? What if we accepted food chatter as part of the journey?
Acceptance in this case is not a behavior - it’s not the act of complying with them. 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘰-𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶.
Notice how you normally feel about those thoughts (clenched, agitated, squirmy?). Now - PAUSE and choose to accept them (relax, release). Welcome them in. Stay true to your ideal eating.
Are you willing to try?
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