Getting off YOUR [food] Crack

Since it is finals period and ads about fresh baked donuts and cookies to "knock the edge off" are being sent over a bunch of lists, I thought I'd share with you my thoughts on food crack.

Yep...most of us are on some serious crack.

So I was watching A&E intervention last night (yes, I love this show, and you should too).
After watching this show, I am convinced that 99.9% of the human population is addicted to SOMETHING...but probably several things.

Now..hopefully no one is tapping out veins and going to see a pusherman...but...we probably all could use a little intervention.

My anecdotal observations are that most people, especially women have food-crack. It has actually become ingrained into American pop culture that food can make you feel good. Smiley happy, THIN people, scarfing down their burgers, enjoying chocolate ice cream, and munching on french fries.

Yes my astute reader, these are the marketing techniques of pusherman 101.

"Whatchu want girl, I got ben and jerry's, I got gin and juice, I got pizza and chicken wings...I can make YOU feel GOOD"

Somehow, most of us fall for it daily. Like little feigns, we just GOTTA have it. We eat, we smile, we step on the scale...we swear. This continues to be a vicious cycle throughout most people's lives and is typically exacerbated when we look in the mirror and see how much the crap has actually screwed up our bodies.

How do you get off the food crack?
Unlike crack...we actually NEED food to live folks (despite contrary evidence on international runaways).
You DON'T do it by denying yourself food...or even denying yourself treats (all the time).
You do it by becoming aware of what you eat, by jotting down what you eat, and by making small systematic changes that you can be OK with.
The way I see it...what REALLY makes people screw up with food is that they TREAT it like a drug. Not only using it to numb or enhance their emotions, but also just taking what their "dealer" gives them.

Stop just reaching for that "healthy" sandwich that may have all sorts of nasty little surprises waiting for you WITHOUT thinking....

..hey, I wonder how this was made, I wonder what this will actually do to my body. These are questions that you should try to keep somewhere in your brain.

The FDA, the USDA and whoever else has slapped nutrition labels EVERYWHERE because someone...in their infinite wisdom THOUGHT you might want to know what was being put in YOUR BODY!

Food should NOT run your life...but just like you keep tabs on your bank account, on your GPA, on the days since your last salon visit...you need to keep tabs on what you're putting into your body playgirl.

Not one more brownie, not one more cookie, not one more pint of ice cream....now..today...
GET OFF THE CRACK!