The best thing about primary foods is that the journey of discovering primary foods is never done.
, MA, CAP, RYT, who has a master's degree in clinical psychology and specializes in addiction. She told POPSUGAR that primary foods are"the enriching aspects of life that nourish us on a soul level." They're the relationships, hobbies, places, and things that feed our happiness and enrich our lives and give it meaning."I lost sight of the reasons I was trying to eat and be healthy in the first place — to be able to spend time with my family and do the things that I love.
All the things I used to love doing before trying to lose weight, like painting, drawing, knitting, learning to play banjo, singing with my husband, and sewing, were all pushed aside, and food became my obsession: my primary food. With food taking center stage over my thoughts and my life, I didn't feel inspired to do those other things. And because I was eating whenever I wanted to feed that need for joy , I ended up gaining weight, and then food took over even more of my attention.