When I was shopping, yesterday, I was thinking about how easy it is to let our fear of food create an abundance or scarcity of it. If our mindset is one of ‘good’ food, ‘bad’ food there is always going to be a level of fear around shopping. You may even find yourself shopping for food as little as possible.  That only creates an even higher level of food scarcity and its inevitable craving for what we don’t have in the house.

Our cupboards and freezers may even fluctuate in their state of fullness, dependant on our mindset. Sometimes packed with lots of ‘yummy’ goodies or bare of all the foods we crave, the state of our food store reflects our thinking!

When we create a life of food without fear we see it in all its abundance. Shopping becomes a pleasure and even an adventure as we hunt for new and interesting foods, flavours and recipes. Raising your motivation for permanent weight loss, even higher, by shopping for food without fear takes a few simple steps…

·           Invest in some new cookery books that inspire you and are full of the foods that fuel your body best;

·           Get the recipe books out and find some new and interesting meals to make;

·           List these foods and all the foods that you love to eat that raise your energy and motivation levels;

·           Take your list and go shopping in exploration mode to find new and interesting foods;

·           Try out some new shopping experiences such as the local farmers markets;

·           Try reducing or cutting out convenience foods. Fresh foods have far higher energy boosting powers;

·           Shop every few days or at least twice a week to ensure you have lots of fresh foods that motivate your taste buds.

Keeping your weight loss motivation high really can be given a boost when your store cupboards are full of the foods that give you long lasting energy and happiness