But I Can't Stop Thinking About Food - Life After Diets Episode 16

BUT I CAN'T STOP THINKING ABOUT FOOD - LIFE AFTER DIETS EPISODE 16
Do you feel obsessed with thoughts of food? In this episode, Stef & Sarah talk about the reasons this may be happening for you -- none of which include being selfish, addicted, or gluttonous! We cover:
The role of restriction in food obsession (including the role of ghrelin, the hunger hormone)
Food obsession driven by feelings of food guilt, including guilt about not eating “clean” enough
Is it food obsession or anxiety?
Thinking about food as a way of escaping your thoughts or reality
The role of emotional suppression to think about food, and how to access groundedness
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[@lorriredmon7531]

This was a lot to take in. I'm all over the place with this conversation. I'll come back to it. THEN you Sarah, said something about for you, it was about how you wanted to feel. And peace was your goal. I remember you said that in one of the first videos I watched of yours and I grabbed onto that. I had forgotten it, because I let back in the old focus on food. I remember peace again...❤

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[@mjgenualdi22]

"If you didn't think of food - what would you think about?" I have a difficult time picturing what an alternative would look like. Successful - not sure how I would define it. Happier - life has ups & downs, so I would say, more up than down. Being Healthier - if I am not thinking about food does that mean I am in recovery and am working towards a healthier lifestyle?
I "do" food everyday - I don't have to work to imagine it. Also, if I dated someone right now - when I don't respect myself - how could I respect him?
I am watching these podcasts back-to-back. In one of them, one of you mentioned trauma and vigilance around food or making sure everyone around has what they need. Could you speak more to that? It was an ah/ha moment for me, but then I lost the trail.

[@lifeafterdietspodcast4229]

Do you have zero respect for anyone else because you can’t respect yourself? I (Sarah) don’t buy into the whole if you don’t love yourself you can’t love anyone else. Can a parent not love their child if they don’t love themselves? Too often people are waiting until they ‘sort themselves out’ before they will date or invest in relationships. Food/body issues can become a scapegoat, a good reason for avoiding vulnerability.
We’ll put trauma on the list and see if we can come back to it in a future episode.
You ask ‘if I am not thinking about food does that mean I’m in recovery?’ You get to define what recovery means to you. I don’t think anyone else can tell you where you are with it