The mountain shrinks when you focus on the first step
How To Overcome Fear When Reintroducing Foods
2 years ago, I was sat at my kitchen table staring at an oat cracker with a pea-sized amount of butter and I was terrified.
Butter had made me so incredibly sick 3 years before, when my IBS was at its worst. But my health had massively improved and I was determined to eat butter again.
So I ate it. 3 hours past. Nothing happened. So the next day, slighlty more confident than the day before, I had a little more. Again, nothing happened and I felt fine. So over the next 2 months, I slowly added cheese, then chocolate, ice cream and finally milk. Now, 2 years later, I drink a pint of milk a day and feel amazing.
I didn’t start of with a slab of butter or a pint of milk. I started with a piece of butter, small enough that even if I reacted, it would be barely noticeable.
Thats when I realised, tiny, controlled steps beat trying to conquer the whole mountain at once and that the mountain shrinks the moment you focus on the first step.
How To Use:
Start with the smallest amount of the food you’re comfortable with
Increase the amount slightly each day, by a tiny fraction
Only do this when your stomach feels calm (ideally >80% of the time) and you’re not overly stressed, busy, or travelling
Reply with a food you’ve been nervous to try, and I’ll help you take the first small step.
Small steps = big wins
Zak