I have been on a journey that started with admitting that I had a Food Addiction & struggled with my self image and insecurity. The first picture, October 2022, I was having a lot of health issues, binge eating and hiding the fact that I did not like myself very much. I had no problem loving others and putting them first though!!! Today I am 90 lbs lighter, I have not binged in over 3 years, I am no longer pre-diabetic and I am working on loving myself more!!
Insecurity didn’t get there over night, neither did my weight or self-image struggles. For years I heard messages….”Traci, you’re getting fat”, “Traci, you shouldn’t eat that”, “try this diet”, “that diet”. “Traci, you look just like your mom and great grandma, they were fat too.”
I had to stop listening to those messages and work through the hurt they caused me. It wasn’t about the diet or the weight. It was about loving the person God created me to be!! I am a grateful, chosen follower of Jesus I am walking in recovery over codependency and binge eating. I still have struggles, but I have accountability and tools in place to help me to become the woman I am created to be, one day at a time!!
