You Cannot Eat What You Do Not Buy

This post continues with the theme, “what are you feeding yourself?”  Can you tell me:  What is the unasked question when you watch reality television segments about people so huge that they cannot get out of bed or leave their house?

Obviously, the question no one wants to verbalize is “Who is feeding this person?” Many times you see empty soda bottles, candy wrappers, and chip bags strewn about the room where these folks are held prisoner. So how did that junk food get in there if the person cannot move?

Someone is enabling (or disabling,  depending on how you look at it) these people. So who is enabling, or disabling, you? No doubt it is yourself. Who brings the junk food and the trigger foods that cause your overeating into your house? Nine times out of ten it is you. So why do you do this? Why do you sabotage yourself? Why do you test yourself?

Many times I hear the excuse, “Well I need to buy that stuff for the rest of the family. Why should they have to suffer because I have a weight problem?” That whole argument is bogus. No one “needs” empty calories and junk food. You are doing yourself and your family a favor by limiting the trash food your family has around them. If they “need” to eat that stuff they can do it away from your environment.

You cannot eat what you do not buy. DO NOT buy anything that tests your self control. Save the money and put it in a fund for yourself. Use the money for new clothes, a massage, any kind of non-food reward that pleases you. And remember the obese house-bound folks as you make your rounds in the grocery store. If you would not supply them with unhealthy food, then why would you feed it to yourself?