Weaning off Toxic Foods & Drinks
Habits become patterns. Patterns become habitual. Habitual patterns attach to desire and emotions.
I struggled with sugar addiction for years! I had never met a chocolate, ice cream or other sweet treat that I didn’t immediately want.
And I couldn’t stop at just one either!
I fell victim to my stress eating and sugar cravings, and I blamed it on lack of willpower. It was a pattern of behaviour that was stopping me from getting well.
I want you to know that you actually have WAY more power than you realise. This is just a pattern of behaviour, it isn't who you are. You are in control, not the behaviour.
The first step you can take, is to increase your consumption of whole foods. Just by adding in these nourishing, healthy food choices, you will naturally crowd out processed and sugar based foods.
It will also leave you feeling satisfied, energised and revitalised, instead of hungry, craving and tired.
Click the link below for my step-by-step method to wean off coffee. Have another addiction or food habit you want to break? This method will work the same.
In all aspects of life, gradual changes are more sustainable than big, sudden ones. The key is to wean off it slowly and find a good quality, natural substitute for it. Swap out one bad diet habit, for a healthier one. And so on....
Yes, you back it up with logic, however it's the emotions (feelings or thoughts) that drive your behaviour.
Rinse and repeat. Rinse and repeat.
So, therefore weaning off foods that you may have been on for your entire life can be difficult.
In fact, I know first hand and appreciate that weaning off addictive foods and drinks like coffee, sugar, processed foods, alcohol and refined carbs is not easy.
For you it could be chocolate or sweets. Crunchy, salty snacks or carb-loaded pasta. You know what your guilty pleasure is…. and you can’t stop thinking about it! You can't stop doing this habitual pattern of behaviour.
You KNOW these sugary, carb-y indulgences will only sabotage your weight and health (not to mention, your sanity!). You also know that giving in will only make you want more. One bite is never enough… and before you know it, the entire container is gone.
You try to justify it to yourself. It's been a long day. You deserve it. You work so hard. You’ll make up for it tomorrow, you promise to yourself. But deep down you know it’ll be the same old cycle.
It’s OK. I don’t judge.