In the first chapter of Made to Crave by Lysa Terkeurst, she talks about the kind of cravings that most people tend to have and why they are addicted to them. Well, it's no one's guess that one of mine is food. I have a BIG problem with food. Always have. However, this first chapter started explaining how you can start to overcome these cravings that seems to be holding onto all of us.
Cravings can be so overwhelming that sometimes that's all it seems we think about. I know I've been there and these last few days have really challenged me. What is your craving and how is it consuming you? My craving, for some reason, when there is unhealthy food in the house or wherever, I want to eat it. Why? Well, I could say at first I had no idea. Once I read this chapter and started thinking about what my craving was and where it was coming from. Well, one of the exercises at the end of the chapter was if your craving was talking to you what would it say? Well, I just started writing really not thinking about it, but here's what I came up with. Does this sound like you?
- I have always been here when no one else has been.
- I made you feel good for years so why would that change now?
- You need me to feel better about yourself.
Does this sound like you? Let me tell you this has been me for years! However, I can tell you that I've found other things that I crave more than food. I've been setting goals for myself and one is to lose 100 pounds in the next year. How can I do this when I crave so many awful things? The things that I'm learning to crave now are God with everything I have AND building a business that has been there for me since day one. Building business for me though is helping others. Yeah, the money is nice and that's what helps grow the business but the people IN the business have gotten me through so much and all I want to do is give back! Instead of giving into the crap that haunts me everyday, I think of these two things! I hear that voice in my head 1) that says that is going to taste so good and 2) don't eat that because you won't get to your goal, you will be putting food first instead of God, you will be letting yourself down which will take down the other people around you....
What goal can you set for yourself that will help you overcome your cravings and self-doubt? Write it down and refer to it ALL THE TIME!
2 comments:
Great blog!! I know that many people can relate with this issues and it comes down to instant gratification and doing what we've always done. Kudos to you on making the first step to change...learn!!
Thank you Kathy! I seriously have had problems with this my entire life! This book really has helped me learn what is a craving and what is something that I actually need to feed. I love that! Today I said no to pizza, fries and pop and sat and ate my wraps, yogurt and orange with my tea. It was SO hard but totally worth it!
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