This post is a part of the “How to Get Victory Over Cravings” Series, check out the previous posts, if you missed them: here.
I dragged myself out of the bed, spent a long… long… did I say long? day at work. I pushed myself through the day just to have it end with traffic…
What’s even crazier, is that I was so exhausted that at one point I found myself hoping traffic would stand still long enough for me to catch a quick nap.
Got home. Made dinner. Helped kids with homework. Fussed at kids about homework. Bedtime. Finally, a quiet moment to rest… But I couldn’t settle down to sleep, yet. Something was missing… something sweet… I needed something to make me feel rewarded for how hard I had worked keeping everything and everyone together.
I thought the chocolate would give me what I needed, but it was gone too soon. And that void was still there.
I didn’t know it then, but I know it now – when I ate that chocolate, I thought I was rewarding myself for a job well done, but really, I was settling. The real reward I needed was to experience joy and feel appreciated – to do something that actually celebrated my hard work and success instead of just brushing past them just to rush into what was next.
The real reward I needed was far greater and needed to be longer lasting than a piece of chocolate. Chances are, if you’re still reading this, you’ve had similar experiences and are probably wondering how to break this cycle of emotional eating to soothe and fill the gaps. I had to stop letting myself down with quick, self-destructive rewards.
I’ll be sharing the details of this in my next Boot Camp that begins on Jan 8, 2022. Here’s where you can learn more about it and how to join us: https://www.kieshaeasley.com/the-weight-is-over-boot-camp/