When You Feel Like You Need a Break…Stop and Take Stock

Last week I said that I’d delve next into "Food-Styles". But as I was writing, this struck me like a ton of bricks. So I wanted to share.

I feel like a rest...but I can’t. I’m too busy so I keep going and going and going and all I can think about is eating!! I say no and I keep working. BUT I keep thinking about eating. 

I’m conflicted. What I really need is a break! And I know if I don’t take a break I will break down and eat.  So, I don't take a break—I keep going.

I really don’t trust myself.  I know that if I stop I will re-start my work or what ever I approach compulsively. 

I stop.

I breathe.

I choose to re-connect to me, to my being-ness.

I will stop now and come back in 15 minutes just to prove to you and me that I can give myself what I need and that this is a break—a little rest that will bring the emotional relief that the food used to give to me. My brain will now automatically release those lovely opioids and dopamine that my body, mind and spirit need RIGHT NOW!

See, I am now back and refreshed ready to have my proper lunch and not a binge! Yippee!

When you feel like you need a break, stop and take stock.

Step One

Repeat after me: 95% of why we eat/drink/take drugs/gamble is in our mind. The other 5% is in that pizza, doughnut, burrito…you get the point.

Step Two

Now step back. Re-choose a different path right this minute and take stock.

I know I did. Can YOU relate?

Next week: What Looks Right and Feels Wrong versus What Looks Wrong and Feels Right!