4 Steps to Stop Rewarding Yourself with Food

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">After getting through a difficult day, or even a not-so-difficult day, do you treat yourself by eating when you aren’t hungry? </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">If so, you’re among the great majority of people who want to lose weight, but consistently undermine their efforts with this habit.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Chances are that your parents started you down this road at a young age. If you cried and they handed you a cookie or some other treat, your brain recorded the connection that food was supposed to make you feel better. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Or you got a treat for behaving well. For being a good girl.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">So you began associating with food this way. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We’re also bombarded with food advertising encouraging us to treat ourselves. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Do you think, “I deserve this” about food? </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">I’m no stranger to using food as a reward, although I no longer do it.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">And I can’t wait for you to learn how to stop, too.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">There’s nothing wrong with treating yourself, but when food is your main go-to, and you aren’t hungry, it isn’t really a reward. Stop kidding yourself.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Listen to learn why using food as a reward is not only counterproductive, but also a fallacy,  and learn the four steps you can take to kick that habit.</span></p>