Having a healthy relationship with food is like writing yourself a golden ticket to your optimal weight for your entire life. When you’ve let go of the diet mindset and are ready to change, you get excited about what could happen.

Sadly, you need to know that there are obstacles to developing this healthy relationship with food.

1. Focusing Only On Results – Looking at your scale for results is one of the hardest behaviors to leave behind after years of on and off dieting. But changing the way you eat means focusing on the food and how you feel much more than what a number on a scale means.

2. Not Practicing Gratitude – You’re going about it all wrong if you feel forced to eat healthy foods. The best shift you can have is to see that you’ve been given the energy of abundance (money) to exchange fairly for the energy of life (food). Living in this state of gratitude is a must – without it, you fail to see just how positive and giving even the simplest foods can be.

3. Worrying About Losing, Not Gaining – Just as focusing on results is an unhelpful behavior – so is wanting to change your relationship with food just to lose weight and not learn to appreciate the right foods. Worrying like this prevents you from allowing new and exciting food experiences from being a part of your life.

4. Being A Victim Of Emotions – You have less ability to make good decisions if you’re overly identified with your emotions. When you let worry and boredom take part in your decision making process, you lose sight of the real function of food.

5. Not Being Aware Of Thoughts – All of us carry around thoughts about food that don’t always help us. It must be your goal to start noticing these thoughts and begin to replace them with thoughts that create a positive outlook on food. The more you identify with your thoughts and do what they say, the less you’re able to develop a healthy relationship with food.

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