Food for Thought: April 24th

Hungry or Bored?

When we ate compulsively, we often interpreted boredom to be hunger. When there seemed to be nothing else to do, we could always eat! Unstructured time may have made us anxious; we thought we could fill up with food and allay our anxieties.

To be egotistical and self-centered is to be bored. If we are always the center of our awareness, we will soon tire of ourselves, since none of us is all that fascinating. In order to escape boredom, we need to turn our attention outward and focus on something besides self.

When we give our lives to our Higher Power, we are making a commitment of service. We are asking that His will be done and that He use us as He sees fit. By relieving us of our obsession, God frees us from slavery to our appetites. If we are to remain free, we need to serve Him instead of ourselves. Day by day, He shows us our tasks and as we become absorbed in them, we lose our boredom along with our false hunger.

May I know the true nourishment of doing Your will.

From Food for Thought: Daily Meditations for Overeaters by Elisabeth L. ©1980, 1992 by Hazelden Foundation.

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Boredom has always been a huge trigger for me to overeat. I don't interpret boredom as 'hunger', but as a pastime...........something to DO to stay occupied.  How very destructive & self-centered!

Focusing my attention outward is the thing to do..........to stop being egotistical and living inside of my own head! If I am to be freed from the slavery of my appetite, I have to trust in my Higher Power and make a commitment to serve Him instead of myself.

For today, I will take my nourishment from God and from serving others.  I will stick to my measured Food Plan which provides me with plenty of nourishment for my body to run efficiently. 

For today, I will not use food to satisfy my boredom, and I will not succumb to false hunger!