Love affair...

Oprah Winfrey has a love affair with food, as stated in an interview by arguably the first lady of media. Millions of men and women embraced this statement, and there is a reason. Most people have a love affair with food.

Well, let me take that back (some of you know me well enough to know I do not like generalizing, so restated…); there are those of us who are absolutely in love with food. Is this a problem? For many of us it is. When this “love” interferes with the ability to implement self-control, then problems arise.

Good news for those of you who are “in love”, you are not alone. Take stock in the fact that you have a mass of fellow lovers that battle with their need for food versus their need to be healthy and fit. Unfortunately, women make up a good percentage of the lovers. Moreover, there is an industry that takes advantage of your professed love, the diet industry.

If you are one of the love army soldiers, then I suggest that you rethink your emotional values. I make the point that women make up a good percentage because you are more likely to be emotional eaters. Meaning, you eat when you are happy. You eat when you are sad. You eat when you are girlfriend is either. If you are able to address this habit, then you will have a decent chance at going AWOL from the love army.

Observing your habits and acknowledging them is the first step. From here, we can then create a strategy to help wean you from your lover. We will cover that in the next blog. What’s your take?