[spoiler title=’Click for video transcript’ style=’default’ collapse_link=’true’] intermittent fasting has vastly improved my relationship with food I wanted to address a fear that gets expressed from time to time in the comments section and it’s a valid question which is basically aren’t you afraid that intermittent fasting will basically lead to you starving yourself to death you start skipping breakfast and then it’s lunch and then all the sudden you’re just never eating well first of all I love food way too much for that to ever happen to me but I do understand the concern there and here’s what I’ve found and again this is just my own individual experience before I started intermittent fasting I had a horrible relationship with food there was tons of guilt there I overindulged all the time I would eat until I was absolutely miserable and hated myself I would eat for every reason Under the Sun I’m bored I’m tired I’m scared I’m stressed I’m happy I’m sad I’m lonely I’m with friends or for no reason at all you know I felt guilty constantly because every day I had to eat multiple times you know and so every time I was putting stuff in my mouth I kept thinking I’m making the problem worse I’m making the problem worse and I felt angry you know I felt angry with myself I feel angry and food and there’s a great book out there that I read and it’s called Boundaries it’s written by Dr. Henry Cloud just so you know it’s written from a Christian perspective so beware there’s Scripture in there it and it talks about if you ever feel anger in a relationship it signals a need for a boundary and really that was the problem I didn’t have any boundaries with my food and intermittent fasting gave me a way to have boundaries with food it was a time boundary it wasn’t boundaries as far as you know the types of foods or the amount of food even it was just time it was really empowering because it really just gave me a framework you know some rules that I can abide by and you know it just helped me control my eating I found that I stopped over indulging all the time it’s rare now that I ate to the point of misery and I don’t feel guilty when I eat either even when I’m eating you know cake or cookies or anything and it’s like food just doesn’t have the power over me that it used to it used to be the most exciting part of my day what am I gonna eat so now I just I think about it a lot less and I just it doesn’t affect me emotionally like it used to and I still enjoy food I think intermittent fasting has given me just a healthier perspective and it’s allowed me to focus on other things in my hobbies and interests and things like that it’s certainly also really educated me as to when am i actually hungry versus when am I just feeling bored or stressed or tired and intermittent fasting has also made it so that I deal with those things in a healthier way because now when I’m stressed and it’s within my fasting window whereas I used to go and eat now I go from a walk or I talk it out with somebody or I write about it and so share in the comments below like have you tried intermittent fasting and do you think it’s improved your relationship with food and if it hasn’t leave that in the comments below too – I always like to hear all the different perspectives out there okay thank you for watching be sure to LIKE comment and subscribe down below [/spoiler]
Video Recap
A concern that people express from time to time about intermittent fasting is that they’re afraid it will eventually lead to someone starving themselves.
My own experience with intermittent fasting has been the complete opposite. In fact, it has vastly improved my relationship with food.
Before intermittent fasting I:
- Was an emotional eater
- Felt angry towards food
- Felt guilty while eating
- Overindulged on an almost daily basis
Intermittent Fasting helped me to:
- Learn how to stop when I was full
- Deal with my emotions in healthier ways, like taking a walk, talking to someone, or journaling about it
- Get rid of my guilt
- Establish boundaries with food
The book I mentioned in the video was Boundaries by Drs. Henry Cloud and John Townsend: https://amzn.to/2K7oO8d You can also listen to it for free when you sign up for a free 30 day trial of Audible by clicking here: https://amzn.to/2M8mcVb