Acknowledging your food addiction won’t stop cravings

I have met many people who struggle with food and have even labeled themselves food addicts, sugar addicts or any other term that makes them feel like they are facing their Goliath. You see, we have been told that denial is the cause of failure and today everyone knows it. That is why we tend to recognize our weaknesses under the premise of not being in denial. This way we make ourselves feel better and somehow justified to do what we do.

This also applies to overeating, people say they know they have a problem and can even spell it down to the last letter. The sad thing is that they are not doing anything about it. Acknowledging your food cravings will not allow you to curb your cravings. Once you realize you have a problem, you need to take some action.

Imagine yourself trying to get to the mall or somewhere for a vacation, let’s say you know how to drive, but you don’t get in the car and drive to your desired destination. Just stand there and keep talking about your dream vacation. You even go so far as to say “I know my problem is that I’m still here and I should get in this car and drive so I can get where I want to go.” Do you realize how silly this statement is? This is exactly how you are reacting when it comes to curbing your food cravings. You are just talking and not taking action.

Acknowledging your food addiction alone won’t help you control cravings. You have to do something else. Let me say it again, as long as you don’t have the tools to help you curb your food cravings, you will never succeed. Tools don’t have to be complicated and they shouldn’t cost you money either. I’m talking about gaining knowledge to understand your body and then taking the necessary action. Forget willpower for a moment – ​​it should be enough just to get you on your feet, but not enough to get you through the entire journey of conquering your food addiction.

You must first understand how your body works in order to find natural ways to curb food delusions. To begin with, your body is designed in such a way that it gives signals of what it lacks and what it has left over. Usually this is when you feel hungry or crave something specific or feel full. You don’t need to be a scientist and learn everything about your body. As a driver you don’t need to be a mechanic to know what gasoline is for or what would happen if you don’t add water or oil to your car. In the same way with your body, you need to learn the basics about what induces food cravings.

If you tell me to drink a lot of water and I don’t know what it does to my body, there’s no way I’m going to drink it religiously. If you tell me to stop eating chocolate, there’s no way I won’t do it again if I don’t know what effects it has on my body.

So, in conclusion, the reason you are struggling with your food cravings is lack of knowledge and action. We were told that denial is the source of failure, but someone forgot to tell us that a problem identified is not a problem solved.