Hi Cheryl and welcome!

Yes, I have used food to feel safe too! And it's not necessarily food that I have struggled with over the years, but what I like to call the sugar monster. I felt like there was a daily battle with that monster, and it was exhausting! But this program has just been amazing. I can eat, enjoy meals, feel full and satisfied, and I no longer struggle with the sugar monster.

Glad you have decided to just focus on step 1. It really does help our minds and our bodies to slow down and take some time with each step.

Have you found something you enjoy for breakfast? I have some lentils in my crock pot on a timer, and will enjoy lentils, chicken, and some spice tomorrow for breakfast.

Colette

: Hi All,
: I'm new to RR having purchased
: Potatoes not prozac a couple
: months ago. I've had a gut feeling
: for some time now that in order to
: get my life on track I first need
: to address my eating. I've been
: fighting that knowledge with
: gusto, despite desperately wanting
: to move my life forward into the
: place I know it can get to (ie a
: great, positive place where I am
: living nearer to my true
: potential)
: Food is so safe - it keeps me where
: I'm used to being! I hate it and
: love it all at the same time but
: it plagues pretty much most of my
: waking moments. Is this part of
: sugar sensitivity?

: I'm trying to focus just on step one
: as the book suggests - my style is
: more rush rush rush, then wonder
: why it's not working, then give
: up. I think I rush stuff so it
: won't work so I can safely go back
: to what I know whilst being able
: to cry and moan about the fact
: that I try and it doesn't work.
: Victim mode welcomes me back with
: open arms every time!

: I think doing step one slowly will
: mean facing the 'stuff' that i've
: been successfully hiding from for
: all these years. And that's vital
: if i'm gonna move forward.
: Is this familiar to anyone else? x