Short reflection: What your food says about you
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Originally shared as part of Inbox Reflections - my honest, heartfelt emails to support your binge eating recovery as a highly sensitive woman.
I’ve attached myself to multiple identities when it comes to food.
“The Clean Eater” and “The Vegan Activist” were probably the main ones…
Badges I wore, even if subtly, whilst secretly binge eating.
But I’ve found that -
The less we attach importance and a sense of self to what we eat, and the more in tune with our bodies and connected to food we are, the happier and healthier we tend to be.
If you see yourself in this, it’s hard to skip to the “in tune and connected” bit without looking at the “sense of self” part.
Because when we look at our desire to be enough - to prove our worth, it’s easy to see why food identities can have such a lure.
Perhaps on some level, you want to be seen as “good” or disciplined.
Maybe aligning yourself with the current food trend helps you to feel a part of something.
And all of this is okay and very human!
Especially when you’re highly sensitive and deeply processing all of these messages around worth.
And so instead of asking yourself “In what ways can I be more in tune with my body?” - which is a beautiful question.
A more supportive place to start reflecting might be:
“What am I believing about the food I eat and who I am?”
And then looking at the beliefs one by one, asking:
“In what ways might this belief not be true?”
Because as you begin to loosen those beliefs -
It’s not only easier to tune into your body and connect to food in a deeper way, but doing so doesn’t feel so loaded.
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