The Truth About Overeating

There was a recent meme I saw on Instagram that said

“The bottom is just the point where you begin to tell yourself the truth” -

and I felt that.

I was so invested in my overeating - I had defended it and justified it to keep it for so long - that I had no idea what a huge lie it all was.

Overeating didn’t bring me relief at parties – it made me high when I didn’t want to feel self-conscious. 

Overeating didn’t give me a break in my day – it helped me tolerate saying YES to too many people, places, and things that drained me.

Overeating didn’t relieve my loneliness in the evenings after work – it kept me just zombified enough to avoid the vulnerability of dating, meeting new people, and doing healing work on my relationships.

 Telling myself these truths didn’t stop me from overeating. But I became more willing to release the toxic relationship with food that I had been protecting and perpetuating.