Food Is Not My Friend. Food Is My Fuel.
𝑰’𝒎 𝒇𝒖𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒚 𝒉𝒂𝒃𝒊𝒕𝒔, 𝒈𝒐𝒂𝒍𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒎𝒔 
It hasn’t always been that way.
You know that feeling of relief that comes when you finally put down a super-heavy backpack that you’ve been carrying all day? So light! So free! Look how easily I can move through space!
Moving food and food choices from the seat of power in my life and into their proper places is like that. I can breathe deeper, move about life more freely, and finally get to the fun stuff!
For most of my life, though, I fueled my emotions, doubts, fears, and negativity. I was coping. I was surviving. I was doing the best I could at the time. I told myself that I was “treating myself” and that I needed to destress.
I literally treated food like a friend. I guess it was easier to reach for it than to reach out for support. Pick an emotion, good or bad, and I numbed and dumbed it with food!
Life was ponderous…even the everyday things felt so HARD. The journey to something better starts with a single step and mine started with a clear YES to my health journey and a firm commitment to myself to never, ever hide from my coach.
Participating in the Atomic Habits Challenge this past week has been like pouring gasoline on the fire of my passion for for lifestyle design 
The best time to join the challenge was last week…the next best time is NOW! You can keep watching, doing the best you can with what you’ve got…or you could do something different and reach out for support.
