Whether we are talking about a relationship with people or a relationship with food, both require balance in order to be healthy. When one is giving too much or taking too much emotionally a relationship will suffer. When one is starving themselves or gorging themselves they will suffer. In so many posts, including my own what I see at the root is a lack of balance.

So is there a connection between us overeating, with us being "overly" in our human relationships too? Look at how many of us are giving too much in our relationships to the point of causing ourselves to suffer. How many of us go to extremes taking care of others rather than living life in the middle zone of give and take? No relationship should require that one or other become a human sacrafice. Wouldn't you agree?

I'm beginning to see that I am able to stay faithful to my food plan as long as I'm able to stay faithful to taking care of me. When I begin getting out of balance, giving too much of me to others, taking on more than my share of responsiblity, that is when my thoughts go to sabatoging all my intentions to eat right and lose weight. Does anyone else see that pattern?