Keep Planning
Maintaining our abstinence means that we continue to plan our three measured meals each day. To leave them to chance is to invite trouble, since compulsive overeaters do not learn how to eat spontaneously, no matter how long they try.
Planning means that we have the food we need available when we need it. We make decisions about what we will eat when we are rested and strong, not when we are in a rush, overtired, or over hungry.
Preparing meals ahead for busy days, shopping for food after a meal rather than before, remembering to allow time for defrosting - there are many ways to make it easy to follow a food plan. When we are convinced that abstinence is the most important thing in our lives, we are able to find ways to maintain it no matter how difficult the circumstances.
Help me to remember to plan.
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When I fail to plan is when I plan to fail.
My abstinence food plan is 6 small meals a day, nothing in between, one day at a time. I eat at the exact same times every day, and my meals are all pre-planned. I stay away from 'just a bite' of extra food, because taking that first bite is my license to have a binge.
As a COE, I can't 'learn' to eat like a normal person.........moderation has no meaning for me. My food plan dictates my daily calorie consumption and I surrender to it every day, with God's help & guidance.
Every morning, I commit to God and myself to stay abstinent and away from sugar, just for the next 24 hours. When I live my life just for Today, all I have to worry about is NOW. Yesterday is gone & tomorrow isn't here yet.
For today, I am grateful to be able to fuel my body with nourishing food six times! I will not feel 'deprived' but fortunate to feel sane & calm. For today, I thank God for having a solid food plan in place.
Maintaining our abstinence means that we continue to plan our three measured meals each day. To leave them to chance is to invite trouble, since compulsive overeaters do not learn how to eat spontaneously, no matter how long they try.
Planning means that we have the food we need available when we need it. We make decisions about what we will eat when we are rested and strong, not when we are in a rush, overtired, or over hungry.
Preparing meals ahead for busy days, shopping for food after a meal rather than before, remembering to allow time for defrosting - there are many ways to make it easy to follow a food plan. When we are convinced that abstinence is the most important thing in our lives, we are able to find ways to maintain it no matter how difficult the circumstances.
Help me to remember to plan.
*************************************************************
When I fail to plan is when I plan to fail.
My abstinence food plan is 6 small meals a day, nothing in between, one day at a time. I eat at the exact same times every day, and my meals are all pre-planned. I stay away from 'just a bite' of extra food, because taking that first bite is my license to have a binge.
As a COE, I can't 'learn' to eat like a normal person.........moderation has no meaning for me. My food plan dictates my daily calorie consumption and I surrender to it every day, with God's help & guidance.
Every morning, I commit to God and myself to stay abstinent and away from sugar, just for the next 24 hours. When I live my life just for Today, all I have to worry about is NOW. Yesterday is gone & tomorrow isn't here yet.
For today, I am grateful to be able to fuel my body with nourishing food six times! I will not feel 'deprived' but fortunate to feel sane & calm. For today, I thank God for having a solid food plan in place.
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