Fragment of
Skinny Bich
by Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin
"An important part od any recovery program for addiction - and unhealthy eating is an addiction - is taking one day at a time. Don't torture yourself with thoughts of, "
I can never eat steak again", or "
How will I live without coffee?". Just take it one meal at a time. Don't think ahead with dread and anguish.
One meal at a time. And when all feels hopeless, remember that you are in charge of what goes into your body, you don't answer to anyone, and you are allowed to eat anything you want. Often just knowing we can eat whatever we want is enough to keep us from eating whatever we want. We're so rebellious...
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Feel free to set mini-goals for yourself and tackle them one at a time. This means, spend the first week of your new life removing one dirty vice item. Whether it's cigarettes or coffee or alkohol or sugar or junk food or meat or dairy - just purge something negative from your life immediately. Choose something that you like and enjoy, but that you know you can let go of successfuly. (
But start right now. Don't let these intense feelings fate - use them.) Dedicate the week to getting this vice item out of your diet, your body, your kitchen, and your mind.Think of all you've learned about this item, and how disgusting it is. Envision the damaging effect it has on your organs, your mood, your health, and your appearance. Imagine exactly what it is that you'd be eating. Know how shitty you'd feel, physically and mentally, if you ate it. Understand that you have free will and that if you wanted to eat it, you could.
But know with every fiber and cell of your being that today you wish to put only pure, beautiful, healthy foods in your body. Most important, acknowledge that no vice item will ever make you feel happy or whole or satisfied. In fact, all vice items make you unhappy because they contribute to weight issues, health problems, mood swings, and low self-esteem....
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When you've got one week under your belt, feel great about what you've accomplished...
...Every week, until you've completely cleansed your life of poison and toxins,
eliminate one more thing. Apply the same mindset, dedication, technique, and excitement you used in week one....
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Be grateful that you now know the truth about the foods you used to poison yourself with. Let all you think and speak of regarding this life change
be positive. People who have positive attitude are much more successful than those who don't. Be exited about feeling clean, pure, healthy, energized, happy, and skinny. Enjoy every second of this metamorphosis, knowing the journej is as important as the end result."...
