Story: In a World…

How was it then?

I would think to myself, why can’t I just eat whatever I want? It’s not fair. Why are all the foods that are good for me so bland, and all the foods that are bad for me so tasty? Why does food have to be fattening? Why can’t we just eat whatever we want and excrete whatever our bodies don’t need? I would think about this a lot, and would feel very hard done by that I had to live in a world where I couldn’t eat whatever I wanted and as much as I wanted.

~ A Food Addict

How is it now?

Now I live in reality. I understand and accept that I can’t just eat whatever I want. It might be unfair, but it’s the way it is, and I have to accept it and live with it. There is no point wasting time dreaming up fantasy worlds where food has no caloric value, or ruminating on how much better things would be if I could just eat whatever I wanted all the time. This is “magical thinking” and it got me nowhere.

~ A Recovering Food Addict