This week was an especially stressful week. Self-imposed stress, but emotionally draining nonetheless. In response to the stress, I found myself craving chocolate. Not the fru fru milk chocolate. I like the really dark stuff. Hard core dark chocolate.
The only thing I had in the house was a bag of semi-sweet chocolate chips. (they’ll do in a pinch) My first instinct was to load up a handful and shove ‘em in – almost as if it were a cortisone shot that was going to numb the pain.
But, after that first handful I had to ask myself, WHY? Why am I giving in to this craving?
The first answer that surfaced: “Because I deserve them.”
This has been my lie to myself for as long as I can remember. Do I really deserve to punish my body just to quiet my mind?
So I dug a little deeper. This is what I know I deserve.
- I deserve to be truthful with myself.
- I deserve to understand why I want to eat this so badly
- I deserve to inhabit a body that is not weighed down
- I deserve my own attention
- I deserve my own respect
- I deserve my own compassion & understanding
- I deserve to stop adding fat on top of feelings
- I deserve to find out what’s really driving this craving
Source: observando.net via Jessy on Pinterest
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