Ok, y’all had to have seen this coming right?
When my days are spent hauling materials (a workout without having to go to the gym!), taking pics of roofs all day for Paul Bange Roofing, and my evenings are spent in the fitness/eating world you had to know that the two would be combined at some point…right?!
No? well then you don’t know me all that well!
I do some of my best thinking while driving so of course I was thinking about how roofing really can be like emotional or compulsive eating.
First, let me define compulsive eating or emotional eating (also can be binge eating)….
is characterized primarily by periods of uncontrolled, impulsive, or continuous eating beyond the point of feeling comfortably full. While there is no purging, there may be sporadic fasts or repetitive diets and often feelings of shame or self-hatred after a binge. People who overeat compulsively may struggle with anxiety, depression, and loneliness, which can contribute to their unhealthy episodes of binge eating. Body weight may vary from normal to mild, moderate, or severe obesity.
Now, a roof leak can start off small and you won’t even realize there’s a problem until the visible signs of an issue (water stains on ceiling, or actual water dripping in).
You might have a leak in your roof for awhile before the signs become apparent.
It can S.L.O.W.L.Y eat away at your roofing system, it may take months or even longer…gradually destroying the roof and rotting away at the wood until finally it is obvious you have a leaky roof, of course with the actual roof is easy to to fix it since you just hire professionals as the Palm Beach Roofing Expert so they fix it for you, but is more complicated for emotional states.
Compulsive, emotional eating can be a part of someone’s life without being visible to others for quite some time (just like a roof leak).
It can go undetected in the beginning stages, until it continually wears down the protecting layers and makes itself seen.
Binge, compulsive and emotional eating can also start off as a trickle just like a roof leak…slowly eating eating away at you.
A drop at a time doesn’t seem like anything major, but those add up and over time it’ll show up in excess weight and failing health (just like a roof’s condition-when it leaks-the system is failing).
Once you determine that your roof is in fact leaking, you have to hire a roofing company to come take a look at your roof and figure out where the leak is coming from. Once they do that, a crew is dispatched to start removing your roofing and getting to the source of the leak.
Upon discovering the source, they rectify that issue, fix it and replace any damaged wood, continuing on to cover the repaired area.
When you acknowledge that you may have a problem with emotional eating, you need to find the source of the problem (anxiety, loneliness, stress, etc.) and seek help to fix that.
After you have found the source of the issue, you can move forward and repair the leak.
Finally, you replace all the roofing material with new and the roof is leak proof!
When you’ve decided that you need to overcome your hazardous eating habits, you begin replacing the damaged materials (junk food, excessive food, sugar, lack of activity etc.) with new materials (exercise instead of eating, healthy food, food in moderation).
Those with eating disorders should seek professional help or coaching.
Those with leaking roofs should seek a professional roofing company.
It’s hard work to fix both…roof leaks and eating issues.
But, both can be done.
You just have to get the help and assistance you need to:
-find the source of the problem
-take the steps necessary to fix the problem
-replace the old leak with new materials
-and get repaired and new
-go on about life enjoying being leak free
