I used to be QUEEN of the ‘I’ll just restart tomorrow’ club.. 👑 And you know what happened EVERY TIME I told myself that? I would spiral into a huge binge. 1️⃣ Either eating everything that told me I wouldn’t eat again. OR 2️⃣ Eating everything in my house so it wouldn’t be there anymore.
Leaving myself more miserable and more uncomfortable than if I would’ve just paused and challenged the ‘I’ll restart tomorrow’ thought 😭 Andddd the cycle continued 🔄 I’d be fine for a few days until again ‘I blew it, I’ll restart tomorrow’ *cue eat everything now 🥐🥯🍕🌯🧁
So let’s break this down ⬇️
How the ‘I’ll just be better tomorrow’ or ‘I’ll restart tomorrow’ is doing more harm than help… 😬
When you tell yourself, ‘I’ll be better tomorrow’ you’re indirectly claiming you did something wrong today. And that wrongness must be avoided in the future.
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Which then triggers the feeling of shame and disappointment.
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Usually leading to the behavior of binging on everything you’re telling yourself you’re not going to have again
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And the result? You’re more miserable than you were when you decided you did something ‘wrong’ with food.
How to stop this?
It starts with your thoughts!! Reframing into: I didn’t do anything wrong today! Because you didn't do anything wrong. Food doesn't make you wrong. There is no wrong. Once you can challenge that, you will be free!
