Consuming less than you need - so simple! So why is it so hard?
I took a class in college about food and psychology, and while this doesn’t make me an expert by any means, I’ll share some takeaways.
The literal steps to lose weight are simple. But your relationship with food is ANYTHING BUT SIMPLE. In fact, it’s dizzyingly complicated. And that goes for everyone, not just people who are overweight.
Every day of your life, you have eaten. Almost everything in your life (yes, everything) affects your relationship with food and your relationship with food affects everything in your life. Eating was a primary part of your relationship with your parents for your formative years. It occupies a huge role in culture. Your self image, your social life, the media you consume, your sense of control. All of it plays a role. And those are just some of the big ones.
Your relationship with food does not exist in a vacuum. It exists at the center of a web with an infinite number of vectors. So when you try to change it, you aren’t just pushing against your “willpower” or “discipline”, you’re trying to reform that extremely complicated web.
So don’t trivialize the undertaking of weight loss because it’s “so simple!” Yes, the literal, physical requirement to lose weight is simple, but in doing that you are rewiring an incredibly complex relationship. Don’t beat yourself up because you think it should be easy. The work you are doing extends so far beyond changing the number of calories you eat, so be proud of it!
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