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Originally Posted by RH Clark
I totally agree. It took me a while during my eating change,but I noticed that I started to think differently about food. The old me would think "Now, what sounds good to eat." The new me was thinking "what foods do I need to fuel this workout", or "what foods will help me recover from this workout." It wasn't just a decision one day to eat healthier though. It was a result of trying to learn as much as I could about nutrition. You might or might not be able to resist that occasional burger and fries, but resisting is a lot easier when you have been spending lots of time researching just exactly what that burger and fries consists of.
That's right. I know people with various eating disorders, all solved by changing their attitude toward food, regarding it as fuel. That gets rid of the emotional context.
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