Find out what is the belief behind your relationship with food!

Do you ever feel ashamed or embarrassed about your eating habits? I’ll confess embarrassment for me has been an understatement!! You know those moments when you do your best not to have that slice of cake or ice cream or mithai (which means sweets in Hindi) then willpower gives in and you end up stuffing on the very thing you were trying so hard to avoid.

Let me share the story of one of my clients, let’s call her Simran (name changed to protect identity). When Simran found out what the belief behind her relationship with food was, this was her response:

“I’ve been there, up until recently I have battled with Indian sweets aka mithais in front of me, every time my husband and I went out for a meal he would order a meal that mostly came with a dessert. We decided not to touch it, but even then guess what? We ate it. I knew if I didn’t sort this it would spiral out of control. This next step saved me because I understood about comfort eating. I was taking sessions with my coach Rima and she told me to ask a few questions to myself to find out what is the belief behind my uncontrollable eating habits. I decided to ask myself some of these questions about my actions and I was astounded at what was going on in my head. I began to realise that I was rebelling. What??? I couldn’t understand why until I delved a little deeper and found that I was rebelling against my husband, it’s laughable now, however, it became apparent that I was just proving that “I could eat what I wanted, if I wanted to” even though I was disappointed with myself and hated the thought of it, I was then behaving like a child. I’ll confess this has been dealt with and now I can leave the mithais knowing that now I have nothing to rebel against.”

So, bringing this story back to you, would you mind doing this small exercise? Come on be a sport.. Here are some questions you can ask yourself to find out what your relationship with food is. Please make sure you’re somewhere quiet and that you’ll have at least 10 minutes of undisturbed time.

Questions to ask yourself:

1. Who am I really? You are so much more than a mother, wife, husband, student etc., this will define what you’re about.

2. What am I actually afraid of? This could include things like failure, rejection, feeling unloved or uncared for.

3. What is my obsession with food really all about?

4. What am I avoiding whilst I’m focussing on food?

5. Are the stories and beliefs I hold about myself really true?

Love & Light,

Rima

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