It’s Not About the Food

 

Welcome to Funky About Food, Nutrition Therapy! I’m Lynn Penrose, RD, here to help you dissolve your food funk!

Today, I’m going to talk about exactly what is getting in the way of being normal with food because deep down, we all know, it’s not about the food. So, if you find yourself compulsively under or overeating and just can’t seem to stop, if it’s not about the food, then what is it all about?

Today, I want to talk about what is getting in the way of a balanced relationship with food.

It’s the underlying belief of not having enough. Either you are not enough, there is not enough love, not enough safety or attention, not enough of whatever is most important to you in this world.

This belief goes for the over and under eater, the under eater expresses this belief by depriving themselves before anyone or anything can deprive them of their needs, and the overeater expresses this belief through “storing up” before it “all runs out.”

So, the solution is all about taking contrary action. For the under eater, it’s about eating food when you really don’t want to, and for the overeater, it’s about not eating, even when you really, really want to. It’s sitting is this discomfort you begin to discover that there is enough of everything you need!

Stay tuned for more free nutrition therapy, so together we can dissolve your food funk!