For Today: February 6th

Just for today, I will look as good as I can, dress becomingly……….

Just  for Today

What a difference that little suggestion made in my outlook---and my life.  I put on a good dress just to go to the meeting, and suddenly I felt as wonderfully free of the burden of myself as if I had stepped right out of my fat body.

It is not a sign of vanity, but self-acceptance to dress as becomingly as I can, no matter where I’m going.  My wardrobe does not have to be expensive or large.  These are not the criteria.  How I dress and how I look are clues to how I’m feeling about myself.

For Today:  What am I wearing, and how do I look?

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 The vast majority of the time, I try to dress as becomingly as possible.  When I am feeling poorly about myself, I tend to put on loose fitting clothes and 'hide out' in them.  Even though my weight never fluctuates by more than a few pounds, if I am feeling fat, I am acting fat, and my clothing reflects it.

When I have a perfectly abstinent day, I am feeling perfectly wonderful.  Conversely, when I have a less than abstinent day, I am not feeling as good as I should, and I dress accordingly.

My self-worth, in part, is directly tied into my food intake.  It shouldn't be that way, but it is.  Why, then, knowing this, do I have days that are less than abstinent????

Because compulsive overeating is a disease of lies.  My addiction tries to convince me that I'll 'feel better' or 'happier' if I eat some type of junk food, despite the fact that I know the outcome of that bad decision!

For today, I will recognize and accept the fact that I have a disease that attempts to draw me into its clutches with lies & false promises.  For today, I will not believe those lies and instead, I will believe God when He tells me that I do not 'need' excess food to feel happiness and serenity.