When I started this blog, I was tired. Much of my time was spent thinking about how and when I would lose weight. Like many of you, I would spend my time reading up on the latest diet fad or fantasize about when I would lose those extra 5 pounds. As time has gone by, my thoughts about dieting have decreased immensely.
Now that I have freed up my time and energy, I have been doing lots of research on why we are obsessed with dieting. Reading and rereading these books has given me a lot of support and new ideas to think about. All of these books are available at my Book Store.
One book in particular that I am reading is When Food Is Love, by Geneen Roth. In this book, Roth explores the idea that diets distract us from real problems we have in our lives that we don't want to face. If we have an unsatisfying job and/or had a traumatic childhood experience, dieting can help us forget about it.
Planning a new diet is exciting and fills us with hope. We become sure that this time will be different. But, it's not and the cycle of dieting continues as we search for a different diet. It is easier to feel bad about a failed diet than to face the real issues that make us feel unsatisfied.
Currently, I am dealing with some real issues and it is hard. Slipping into old thought patterns is very easy. Reading books like these and working on this blog have been a tremendous affirmation of my goal: Not Dieting For One Year!
Why?
14 April 2008
What Is Your Diet Distracting You From?
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wow. i stumbled on your blog, and really, i'm inspired. i'm going to be 30 this year, am engaged to be married in June of next year. i feel much better about myself than i did say, 2 years ago, but i'm still watching what i eat. i know what i really have to do is get off my lazy ass and be more active; i'm a gamer chick, and so end up spending alot of my free time on the puter. last summer i was biking to work, doing aerobics and freewieghts, and swimming almost every evening after work. i weighed maybe 10 lbs less than what i do now, but i was much more toned, so i looked a lot slimmer. and i felt awesome! i had so much energy. i want to get back to that! good luck to you... i still have issues to work with before i'll feel comfortable completely not-dieting in some form or another. but i'll get there. meanwhile, i shall continue to read this blog :)
I love your blog! Have you read Intuitive Eating? It's the book that helped me to stop dieting, or, rather, to begin the journey.
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