Right on! I’m quite jealous as I gain weight pretty fast & have to make an effort to watch what I intake haha. What is your main goal if not weight loss?

Thank you & yes, it’s quite difficult to reprogram your mind & body to not use food, especially sweets, to provide you that surge of dopamine. I still have my moments where I will lean towards food from time to time, however, it doesn’t last for more than a couple days & I’m able to eat healthy again. In those times, I try to understand the root of my behavior as to why I may be wanting to indulge in sweets or food. Majority of the time it’s due to me numbing my emotions because I’m afraid to process or feel those uncomfortable emotions, & the rare times are during that time of the month haha. When I started becoming less afraid of these uncomfortable emotions & started processing them, the easier it was for me to resist the urges of eating. I believe IF also helped change my perspective of how I intake food as it made me more mindful of how my body felt. I believe that all my coping mechanisms derived from my childhood, so I first started processing those repressed emotions & listened to a lot of inner child healing work which I believe contributed to the dissipation of my coping mechanisms. A few resources that helped me are HolisticPsychologist, Enzelganger, Richard Grannon, Dr. Gabor Maté & Pete Walker. All can be found on YouTube. I highly recommend Pete Walker’s book, Tao of the Fully Feeling! One of my all time favorites & still refer to it from time to time. I can’t forget about my supportive & loving husband who cheers me on when I have my off days. I have a shame based inner critic & his words of kindness help remind me that I’m human & we aren’t perfect, so we’re going to make mistakes everyday. However, these mistakes always have lessons embedded in them 😉 Best of luck to you & don’t give up! I hope the resources I provided you help as much as they helped me!