Guest guest Posted July 9, 2007 Report Share Posted July 9, 2007 Belinda, Oh how I'd love to swap with you! As a food addict, there is nothing that will stop me from eating. If I'm happy, I eat, if I'm upset, stressed, sad, depressed, I eat. For me, eating has little to do with being hungry. Of course I eat when I'm hungry, but to be honest, I don't know if I can actually tell you if I know what hunger feels like. I have a constant compulsion to eat food. It is so awful. Even going to O.A. did not help me. So when I hear about people, like yourself that say they can't eat when upset, I am so envious. That's why this (raw) is a desperate last attempt to do the right thing and allow myself to loose all the weight I have tacked on over the last 12 years. Jeannie your time is the most cherished gift of all, tomorrow is promised to no one. Belinda <MistyBlueTN rawfood Monday, July 9, 2007 7:27:26 AM [Raw Food] Re: Emotional Eating: Crossing the Line From Nutrition Into Stimulation (WAS: Bored with raw ... Becky) Call me strange, but whenever I am stressed, worried, and/or upset, food is the last thing I want. My appetite goes away and trying to swallow food, is unpleasant. I pretty much stop eating at all as nothing goes down well and nothing sets well. Belinda > I have always had this problem with stress eating. I know in my mind > that eating cookie dough and french fries won't make me feel better > and will in all likelihood make me feel sick, but knowing that > doesn't tame the beast inside me screaming for it. I can try eating > other things, but that is always on my mind and I always feel hungry, > even when I'm not, until I give in and eat whatever junk I've been > craving. I know that sometimes when you crave something it's because > you need something nutritionally that you are lacking, but I know > that cookie dough doesn't have anything in it that I need. > > This got worse when I had kids because I am trying to do everything > right for them nutritionally and otherwise, so I have taken to > sneaking my junky snacks in when they are sleeping. This became a > habit so that now whenever it's naptime or bedtime I'm starving for > garbage food. It's even worse on the nights when my husband is out > because then I don't even have to feel embarassed for eating it in > front of him and I will literally gorge myself until I can hardly > move. Afterwards I feel physically and emotionally awful, but it > doesn't stop it from happening again. > > I know that I'm not the only one in the world that this happens to. > Does anyone have any suggestions? > > Becky > > rawfood , " Elchanan " <Elchanan@> wrote: > > > > Hi Becky, > > > > How challenging ... and how common, too. The solution, however, > does not lie > > in foods, but in addressing the stress, causes, how you process > stress, etc. > > For once you turn to food as a solution to your emotional > experience, you've > > crossed the line from nutrition into stimulation, and you've > entered upon a > > slippery slope. > > > > Would you be willing to continue the conversation, but shift the > focus away > > from food and toward what is really happening in your world and your > > experience? > > > > Elchanan > > _____ > > > > rawfood [rawfood ] On > Behalf Of > > Rebecca > > Friday, July 06, 2007 10:52 AM > > rawfood > > [Raw Food] Bored with raw > > > > > > Anyone have any suggestions? I am getting really bored with this > diet and > > find myself wanting to eat out more and just craving junk food > again. It > > doesn't help that work has me totally stressed and I'm a notorious > junkfood > > junkie when I'm stressed. > > > > Becky > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 9, 2007 Report Share Posted July 9, 2007 Jeannieh- I am in the same boat as you- I eat regardless of how I'm feeling! And sometimes I eat to the point of needing to throw up! UNHEALTHY! One thing that has helped me (when I do it) is really setting aside the time to enjoy and focus on what I am eating. Instead of eating quickly or in front of the tv or on the run.....I have been trying to have more meals where I savor what I'm eating, and I've been trying to be really observant about how it makes me feel and what is going on on a sensory level. Maybe if you did this even just once a week it would help....I have been trying to get 2-3 times a week, but it's hard....esp. in our " gotta go gotta go " society. I really do well when I put the dogs out, and put some soft music on for myself. Try it and share how it goes? ~kerri --- jeannieh h <jeannieh99 wrote: > Belinda, > > Oh how I'd love to swap with you! > > As a food addict, there is nothing that will stop me > from eating. If I'm happy, I eat, if I'm upset, > stressed, sad, depressed, I eat. For me, eating has > little to do with being hungry. Of course I eat > when I'm hungry, but to be honest, I don't know if I > can actually tell you if I know what hunger feels > like. I have a constant compulsion to eat food. It > is so awful. Even going to O.A. did not help me. > > So when I hear about people, like yourself that say > they can't eat when upset, I am so envious. > > > > That's why this (raw) is a desperate last attempt to > do the right thing and allow myself to loose all the > weight I have tacked on over the last 12 years. > > > Jeannie > > > your time is the most cherished gift of all, > tomorrow is promised to no one. > > > > > Belinda <MistyBlueTN > rawfood > Monday, July 9, 2007 7:27:26 AM > [Raw Food] Re: Emotional Eating: Crossing > the Line From Nutrition Into Stimulation (WAS: Bored > with raw ... Becky) > > > Call me strange, but whenever I am stressed, > worried, and/or upset, > food is the last thing I want. My appetite goes > away and trying to > swallow food, is unpleasant. I pretty much stop > eating at all as > nothing goes down well and nothing sets well. > > Belinda > > > > > > I have always had this problem with stress eating. > I know in my > mind > > that eating cookie dough and french fries won't > make me feel better > > and will in all likelihood make me feel sick, but > knowing that > > doesn't tame the beast inside me screaming for it. > I can try eating > > other things, but that is always on my mind and I > always feel > hungry, > > even when I'm not, until I give in and eat > whatever junk I've been > > craving. I know that sometimes when you crave > something it's > because > > you need something nutritionally that you are > lacking, but I know > > that cookie dough doesn't have anything in it that > I need. > > > > This got worse when I had kids because I am trying > to do everything > > right for them nutritionally and otherwise, so I > have taken to > > sneaking my junky snacks in when they are > sleeping. This became a > > habit so that now whenever it's naptime or bedtime > I'm starving for > > garbage food. It's even worse on the nights when > my husband is out > > because then I don't even have to feel embarassed > for eating it in > > front of him and I will literally gorge myself > until I can hardly > > move. Afterwards I feel physically and emotionally > awful, but it > > doesn't stop it from happening again. > > > > I know that I'm not the only one in the world that > this happens to. > > Does anyone have any suggestions? > > > > Becky > > > > rawfood , " Elchanan " > <Elchanan@> wrote: > > > > > > Hi Becky, > > > > > > How challenging ... and how common, too. The > solution, however, > > does not lie > > > in foods, but in addressing the stress, causes, > how you process > > stress, etc. > > > For once you turn to food as a solution to your > emotional > > experience, you've > > > crossed the line from nutrition into > stimulation, and you've > > entered upon a > > > slippery slope. > > > > > > Would you be willing to continue the > conversation, but shift the > > focus away > > > from food and toward what is really happening in > your world and > your > > > experience? > > > > > > Elchanan > > > _____ > > > > > > rawfood > [rawfood ] On > > Behalf Of > > > Rebecca > > > Friday, July 06, 2007 10:52 AM > > > rawfood > > > [Raw Food] Bored with raw > > > > > > > > > Anyone have any suggestions? I am getting really > bored with this > > diet and > > > find myself wanting to eat out more and just > craving junk food > > again. It > > > doesn't help that work has me totally stressed > and I'm a > notorious > > junkfood > > > junkie when I'm stressed. > > > > > > Becky > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > removed] > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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