After healing my own food  addiction, I’m always happy and amazed when I open my freezer and see something like this:

It’s a milkshake with a mere few bites left in the bottom, stored in the freezer.

Why does this make me happy?

• Is it some sort of trick, or sign?

• Am I taunting myself with “forbidden” foods?

• Is someone else tempting me or sabotaging my weight loss success?

• Am I breaking all the “diet rules” by having this in my freezer???

No!

Not only do I have absolutely NO forbidden foods on a mysterious list – which is addictive behavior! – I am responsible for my own actions and no one can SABOTAGE me. My food addiction is healed, a thing of the past.

This is my son’s milkshake.

I might eat ice cream occasionally, if I want it, but milkshakes aren’t my thing.

I’m thrilled when I see this in the freezer because it’s a great big sign of HEALTHY.

First of all, my son is 24 years old, 6’1″ tall and weighs about 160 lbs. From what I can tell, he occasionally has one of these “mixer” shakes with his baseball team, after a game.

He left this in the freezer to finish another time, and he did this freely, of  his own accord. He eats when and what he wants and he STOPS when cued by his body.

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