Frappuccino or bust. I have been using this phrase a lot in my Food Obsession Boot Camp to illustrate the mental games that we play when it comes to eating. Specifically, that we often view moderation as failure and by doing so, feel the need to EITHER be 100% clean, tight and on point OR say eff it, and go ALL IN on sweets and treats. An example would be having a craving for a frappuccino. We would all agree that getting a huge frap with whip is going ALL IN, right? And the alternative (tight, clean as a whistle) is a plain black coffee. Some may love that, but for most--yuck. WHY cant we give ourselves permission to have something in the middle? Something that will be *satisfying* but not ALL IN and not total deprivation? Making this choice consistently can help us stay the course and skip the extreme approaches altogether. I get a cafe Americano with cream and alternative sweetener. This is a compromise. Its an alternative to the black-and-white dieting mindset. Finding a mid-range solution is not failure, its smart strategy. Because we know that the more we feel deprived, the greater well binge later. Eating is not on-or-off. Its not black-and-white. Its not all-or-nothing. Its not frappuccino or bust. There *is* a solution, and its taking the middle road :)
Posted on: Tue, 17 Jun 2014 10:30:00 +0000
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