Food is not a band-aid. It will not fix whatever you are using it to cover up.
What a profound statement.
Food is not a Band-aid.
How many times in my life, and maybe in your own, has food been used as an emotional crutch?
A mental distraction?
A physical release of life?
But the truth in the matter is, FOOD IS NOT A BAND-AID.
It will in fact cause more problems that it will solve.
It will snowball your life into a host of other ailments that you will try to eat your way out of.
It will cause health issues: obesity, diabetes, acne, bone density loss, arthritis, high blood pressure...
It will cause emotional and mental issues: lower self esteem, lacked confidence in almost every aspect of your life even if you don't realize it, depression, eating disorders...
As a society we immediately gravitate towards food for EVERYTHING.
Celebration? Dinner Party, BBQ, Cake and Punch
Funeral? Casseroles, Comfort Food
Family Time? Dinner Table, Breakfast/Brunch, Picnics, Movie Snacks, Sunday Dinner after church
...can you see where this is all leading for someone who seeks sometime of answer for their problems? We are raised to associate food to solving the answer to everything.
but FOOD IS NOT A BAND-AID.
Maybe I can keep this in mind when I need to process whatever I am going through in my life to find an alternative to using food to patch together what I am needing to accomplish.
HAPPY MONDAY!!!
No comments:
Post a Comment