Food is definitely an addiction for me... having been on the Lighterlife diet for a few months now I look back at some of my behaviours when I have been tempted to lapse... the toddler style tantrums, wanting to throw my food across the room, taking it out on my loved ones... and it feels very familiar to what I saw my boyfriend go through when he gave up smoking. The trouble is, unlike cigarettes, we need food to survive. We have to have a daily intake of food, including (the right types of) fat etc. This means you have to give up your addiction, but tempt yourself/remind yourself everyday of just what you have given up. It can be terribly hard. Most of the addiction though, I think, is psychological, once you get the first few weeks of abstinence and have gone into ketosis. That doesn't make it an easier habit to break... in fact psychological addiction is in some ways harder as it doesn't necessarily wean with every week off your habitual substance (in my case sugar, sugar, sugar). That's why it is important to get to the bottom of the emotional issues behind over eating or unhealthy eating.... why are we falling down where others find it easy?
That said, as it says in the advert slogan for some athletic clothing line... impossible is nothing. We can achieve our goals, andmore, and inspire ourselves beyond our wildest dreams. Here's to that thought! x