Was I an addict?

I am going to follow up on my last post about Changing for Quality.

Food, is yummy and certain foods seem more yummy than others.  There are some that I crave.  I will hopefully get this correct and our nutritionist may have something else to say on the matter but I will try to relay what I believe she said as well as explain what I experienced myself. 

The Elimination Diet - this is the website of our nutritionist and her thoughts.

We apparently crave most - the foods which are not good for us.  There is a very good reason for this we have a dependency on those particular foods which are different than our normal need for food.  It is almost as if those foods for us are as addicting as a drug.

On the diet we went on, we were told that we could eat as much as we wanted of the approved foods.  Here is the thing that the nutritionist knew, I believe.  Once we are eating foods that are good for us we don't feel the need to over eat them.  We actually self regulate after a while because we don't sit around and "feel" hungry.  We don't obsess about food.

When we would splurge as we called it and eat something that wasn't good for us we found that after eating it say, a couple of times in a row, we began to crave it more.  We would desire to sneak in a little more and we would actually begin to eat larger quantities of it.

On the other hand when I eat items that my body didn't react to I naturally do not over eat.  I just don't have as much craving for it.

So what does this have to do with a blog about faith?  Well I'm going to try to tie it in.  Here goes... If I am to believe that I am created with a purpose and that was done by a divine soul then I am important on this planet.  I need to be here and my presence is no accident.  If this body I have been given has a purpose I should make sure it is in the best shape possible so that I can carry out that purpose.  There you go maybe it's not the best but I believe that whatever my divine purpose is my task is to constantly improve myself.  I need to read, and attend lectures so that I can keep my brain active.  I need to get exercise for my body to perform at a peak level for as long as possible.  I need to educate myself about finance so I can have the resources I will need to perform my purpose.  I need to pray so I can be in contact with the one who has put me here.  And I should eat to nourish my body not harm it.