You’ll need to leave the comfort and security of what you’ve known for most of your life. The overeating and undereating patterns. The guilt and shame. Hiding the empty cookie packages and going to bed with an overfilled belly. Even though all of that has been painful, it’s familiar. And it’s human nature to be comforted by the familiar—even if the familiar sucks. Remember when we talked about fear in chapter 4? When we are afraid, we like things to be predictable.
