by Robert Dave Johnston

Created on: September 05, 2008

One of the main reasons why I spent so many years in obesity and toxicity, I realize today, is because food and eating occupied most of my waking thoughts. It was all about "when do I eat? what will I eat?"

Most, if not all, of my activities were surrounded by food and plans for eating. I could not even pump gas in my car without ending up inside the station's convenience store hovering over the pastry section like a bird of prey. Donut and pizza shops spoke to me "audibly." He-he. Well, not really, but you get the point. I was the type of person that, if there was no food in your party, then don't bother to invite me!

In short, it got to the point where food and eating defined me and were the most important things in my life. I talked about food, thought about food and envisioned food, food and more food. Every problem, circumstance or unpleasant emotion could be easily cured by a pizza, donut or other toxic food.

This may sound like an extreme case, but such was my plight for nearly 15 years. If you are more than twenty pounds overweight, then perhaps you may have some variation of this behavior. I hope that with these articles I can encourage and motivate you to break eating habits that harm you.

You Reap What You Sow

We have discussed in other articles how changing the way we think is one of the most important parts of any transformation process. In short, the message that I want to drive through is: "What You Think Becomes What You Do, and What You Do Becomes Who You Are."

This truth has been documented many times throughout history. "You Reap What You Sow," the Holy Scriptures say, and the law of karma in Eastern religions speaks similarly. The fact that I thought mostly of food, then ate too much, and then became obese showed me the truth of these ancient principles. So then, what could I do?

Distraction Visioning

I knew that if I wanted to find freedom from such a terrible food addiction, then I was going to have to redefine who I was and what I did. This was when I started to practice what I have come to call distraction visioning. It occurred to me that just because I had defined most of my life around food and eating, that this was not who I really was at all.

I had, in essence, been re-affirming a "false identity" that was designed - by all of my memories - to lead me to overeating each and every time. In my case it was overeating, but this pattern is also similar for some persons addicted to drugs, alcohol and gambling, for example. For me, no matter what

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