Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places
You can’t find love in the refrigerator, but how many of us have gone there looking for comfort, soothing, and a sense of wellbeing—only to be met with a lot of cold. There is nothing warm about a refrigerator.
Valentine’s Day is often associated with boxes of chocolate, but it is really about intimacy. One of our most intimate relationships is with food. Many of us have been taught that food is the enemy, so we need to reframe that thinking. We need to work toward developing a positive relationship with food, nurturing ourselves with enjoyable, nutritious, and satisfying meals.
Three Tips to Build A More Loving Relationship with Food and Your Body
· Before putting something in your mouth, ask yourself, if you are hungry, what are you hungry for, and can you stop eating this food when you are full? If the food is something that you are likely to overeat, causing guilt and self-hatred, allow yourself to nurture your body by choosing something else.
· Overeating, undereating, and purging are not loving ways to feed ourselves. On this day of love, we want to move at least one step further toward allowing ourselves to enjoy eating, which is one of the pleasures of life. We want to work toward giving our bodies enough food to feel full, but stopping when we still feel light enough to walk away from the table
feeling good about ourselves.
· Let go of the perfectionism – On Valentine’s Day you can move toward a kinder and more accepting relationship with food and your body. If your attitude toward food and body image has improved by 80%, you’ve reached the top of the mountain.