Recently, I was talking with a friend about how much we let food control our lives. I am guilty of snacking on foods when I know I’m not hungry but because I simply feel like I absolutely have to have it. Some of you may already know my weakness is chocolate. It wasn’t until I came to H3 that I realized I was a mild chocoholic. I would get chocolate anything and every time I was sad, happy, stressed, on vacation, thought I needed a vacation and every time in between. I am proud to say that now that I have identified this habit, I have slowly been able to break it.Don’t get me wrong. It was a long and hard road. I thought I would just be able to eat a little here and there but I’m an all or nothing gal, so if I was going to buy a bag of chocolates I was going to eat them until I couldn’t eat anymore… and to make matters worse, I would encourage my friends to eat them with me (as if that would make it okay).
This friend told me that she decided to take charge of her health because she could. Those words resonated with me. Since I wasn’t able to follow my eating plan, did that mean that I couldn’t take charge of my health? No. I think it meant that I wasn’t willing to yet. And if it did, I just wasn't willing to accept that.
