Food Addiction & Recovery
Yesterday I was making some Dark and Milk Raw Chocolate for the gift boxes at this Saturday’s Raw and Healthy Easy Chocolate Delights workshop while watching my eating psychology videos.
It got me thinking about how much my relationship to food, my body, sugar and eating has changed over the years from the tormented and distressed fear of weight gain, endless restriction, obsession and confusion I lived with in every waking moment….
I had no respect for hunger, fulfilment, boundaries, needs, nourishment or awareness.
I really didn’t know what the hell I was doing back then because my drive and focus was solely on losing weight, or not putting any on.
I just didn’t get that appetite is a reminder to eat, not a dirty little feeling that I had no right to experience or require for my whole-self nourishment.
I was ignorant to my bodies needs and the signs of stress that my neglect and punishment was creating for it.
I thought that loving food was shameful, certainly not something to enjoy or feel pleasured by.
I had a terrible relationship with myself and it was displayed in my relationship with my body, my food choices, and my eating habits.
I lacked self-esteem in believing I was good enough and instead of self-love I mastered self-abuse.
Then I became conscious…
Thankfully over the years, with deep personal growth and understanding, with forgiveness and willingness, with endless searching and researching.. I am now in a place of loving myself, loving my body, loving food and loving life.
Most of all I love my work and the people I get to share this hope, healing and knowledge with to instil self-love, happiness and freedom within their own minds and bodies.
You are the most important person in your life.
Don’t sacrifice your health and happiness for anything or anyone.
If your relationship with yourself or food needs some work, then let’s get started and turn things around.
It’s never too late, as long as you want it and start to believe you deserve it.
Join me and be happy, healthy and free of food rules forever.
Viki xo
About Viki
Viki Thondley is a Mind-Body Wellness Specialist and qualified Holistic Counsellor, Food, Stress & Lifestyle Coach, Meditation Therapist, and Eating Disorder Recovery Coach who inspires women to shift from dieting and restriction to whole-self nourishment, self-care and healing. Recovered from bulimia nervosa and the many years of hormonal imbalances, food prison and self-sabotaging behaviours’, Viki is an inspiring coach, speaker and event host who also provides personalised holistic programs, workshops and retreats to instil self-love, happiness, body confidence and real food freedom. She is author of “Achieving Your Wellness: Create a Life You Love” and “Healthy Chocolate Delights: Real Food Sweet Treats”.
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