Food Planning
I had a good laugh with a client, a
perfectly capable, highly competent woman, over her telling me she just couldn’t
plan meals ahead. This happens often when clients insist this task is far too
tough for them. Ha! I don’t believe it for a minute.
When a client says, “But I just
don’t know what I’ll want for lunch” or “I’m so tired after work, I simply don’t
care what I eat” or “It’s too much trouble to plan food ahead,” I know that something
else is amiss. My usual rejoinder is, “Your career is challenging” or “Having a
job like yours and taking care of three kids is a lot of work. But, hard? Being
President of the United States or living on the streets is hard, but, food
planning? C’mon.” Such contrasts helps clients see how ludicrous their
protests are. Fact is, meal planning is not all that difficult, but some disregulated eaters turn it into mission impossible. Some other barrier is holding
them back and must be dismantled for them to comfortably plan and prepare meals ahead.
Let’s follow the trail of mislabeling
food planning as difficult to see what’s really going on. Say, along with your conscious
intent to eat healthfully, you also have an unconscious desire to continue
misusing food the way you have been doing. One aspect of you wants to swing by the drive-through for
a burger or fries, wishes to eat ice
cream or candy when you’re out and about doing errands, and can’t wait to get home from work a...
Source: Normal Eating - Category: Eating Disorders Authors: eatnormalnow Source Type: blogs