- Comfort/emotionally centered?
- Love/Hate-mentally centered?
- Fuel/physically centered?
Emotionally Centered
- Using food for comfort
- Generally adopted at an early age
- Where you generally turn when chaos kicks in
- Associated with sadness and apathy
Mentally Centered
- In your head about eating
- Concerned every “dirty” bite will add lbs to the scale
- Associated with guilt and shame
Physically Centered
- Transactional
- Food = fuel
- Common beliefs:
○ Dirty food is bad
○ It has to be hard
- Associated with anger and resentment
Food & Parts of You
- Your relationship with your food is generally the result of a “primary” part of you
- Can be either be leveraged as feedback for growth or leveraged as Self Sabotage to stay stuck
Food & Parts of You
- When the part of you inside gets loud, making you feel bad about your efforts know that its Self Sabotage kicking in and that its totally normal.
- The louder this internal voice gets, the more likely you are on track.
Food & Parts of You
- Next time you find yourself stuck in an old pattern or behavior that reflects your primary relationship with food, ask yourself:
○ What part of me is this right now?
○ Treat that part of you like you would a kid crying for attention, be emphatic and curious.
○ Aim for objectivity NOT judgement.
○ Remember, this is a process.
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