Food, numbing, politics

Dear friends!  

I’m so sorry to have been out of touch! I made it through a vacation without a feeling of EAT EAT EAT and I’ll start on Monday. I’ve promised myself no more new programs. No new diets. 

It’s a revelation because there’s no room or way to rationalize overeating in the present. It’s about my health. It’s about being present and healthy for myself and my family. Sometimes it’s about no more lies to myself. Being real. 

I’ve been taking my supplements (see Julia Ross, The Diet Cure), apple cider vinegar, and fiber supplements. I haven’t been hungry. It’s made it easy to isolate my emotional, stress eating. 

How’s everyone else feeling these days? Coronavirus. Politics. 

It’s a part of me to want to know what’s going on. What’s the latest? For my sanity, I have to turn it off more often. Too many distortions. Too much hate. Makes me sad and that drives me to food to numb. 

How are you handling it all? 

Amino acids

So how are things with you?

I’m feeling free right now!

I do have to constantly rein myself in from thinking about weight loss. 

Have you had times when it really wasn’t on your mind?

I receive so many emails and Facebook ads about it, it’s hard to escape. It’s a complete mind shift, isn’t it? To think of health and joy rather than deprivation and punishment. Have you made that shift?

I have so far to go. Friends who are foodies were talking about all of their favorite restaurants and meals. Such an innocuous conversation to them. So loaded for me. That talk, for me, would be loaded with guilt and shame and regret. 

I’ve never managed to give up my addiction to dieting for very long. It’s truly an addiction. I’m not addicted to food, but to the way I use it. Dieting is part of the cycle.

If you are like me and your emotions with food seem out of control, I hope you check out Julia Ross, The Diet Cure. Along with amino acid supplements, I’ve added in fiber and apple cider vinegar supplements. Yes, it’s a bit of a drag making sure I take my supplements throughout the day, but it’s working. Emotions are normal (for me) and hunger is under control.

I believe amino acid therapy is a stunning revelation. What if much of what I’ve struggled with my entire life has always been about this? 

Remember, I’m not a doctor and you, as adults, are responsible for checking with your doctors and being careful about what you put into your bodies. 

I’m on a hunt now for a doctor who knows amino acid therapy so I can refine this approach. Standard medicine has just wanted to give drugs that, in the end, affect much of the same brain chemistry (but with side effects).

What has your experience been?