OCD, anxiety and food

[Dreamer468]

I've decided to write this post because I felt bad about wasting food. I'm addicted sugar based food materials and sweets. Yesterday my mother bought a sweet and I didn't feel that it was enough. So my anxiety rushed and plans were made to buy more sweets secretly without my parents knowing. I bought bulk of sweets which was more than I could eat. Bought it home, ate it, got exhausted and threw away a large amount of what I bought. Again my anxiety raised thinking about getting fat and losing fitness and on wasting food which I always hated. I'm out of control.....

[Agora1]

Hi Dreamer, you are not alone dear.. I have had to face the truth myselfin that I am addicted to sugar/sweets big time. It's like a happy pill for me.

Addiction of any sort is hard to overcome but it can be done.

The holidays have just made it easier to reach for these treats.

I know I have the will to do what I have to. I won't make it a resolution

for 2022 but rather a committment to my health.

Here's to both of us in the coming year. A healthier and fitter New Year xx

[Stardust2022]

I just listened to an interesting Hidden Brain podcast episode that talks about good and bad habits and how to break the bad ones. The transcript can be found here apa.org/research/action/spe... The main premise is that it's not necessarily about having or not having willpower to change bad habits but making it easier to implement the good ones. She says "So figuring out what you can do as a resolution that is to you enjoyable is going to be very important in whether you actually stick with it, probably much more important than most of us realize. We'd be more successful though, if we focus on friction in our environment, trying to make the things that we want to do easier, things that we don't want to do harder." She emphasizes that if you make good habits rewarding and easy, the new behavior will stick.