Re: What are you getting out of this?

[Guest guest]

> I'm wondering what y'all get out of overeating?

>

I can agree that it makes that I'm getting *something* out of either

overeating or being overweight, but damned if *I* can figure out

what...

Eldred

--

No one ever says " It's only a game " when their team is winning.

[Guest guest]

A momentary release or escape. Sometimes just a party in the mouth. Have to

ponder this more.

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What are you getting out of this?

I'm wondering what y'all get out of overeating?

It seems like I'm incongruent when I just ate. Part of me didn't want to eat

those damn sweets. sweet, pure sugar, about four of them and ice-cream. Then the

other part, obviously did. And ate it all. It gives me a headache. And I hurt my

knees so I can't exercise. What am getting out of this long term? Hm.

What does your dream body look like? Feel like?

Namaste and blessings

>

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

For me it's comfort - bodily fullness to make up for emotional emptiness, or

distract me from sadness or other nasty feelings. Sometimes it is just about

enjoying the taste, but more often than not, the actual taste of the food isn't

that satisfying. But when I'm bored or lonely and I start eating, it immediately

has a soothing effect.

My dream body would be slender and shapely, not very very skinny, but fit

looking. I'm not entirely sure how to describe how it would feel, but not tired.

It would feel natural and easy.

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To: " insideoutweightloss " <insideoutweightloss >

Sent: Sat, June 4, 2011 3:04:33 AM

Subject: What are you getting out of this?

I'm wondering what y'all get out of overeating?

It seems like I'm incongruent when I just ate. Part of me didn't want to eat

those damn sweets. sweet, pure sugar, about four of them and ice-cream. Then the

other part, obviously did. And ate it all. It gives me a headache. And I hurt my

knees so I can't exercise. What am getting out of this long term? Hm.

What does your dream body look like? Feel like?

Namaste and blessings

>

[Guest guest]

As for the dream body, mine would be fit without flab

Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry®

What are you getting out of this?

I'm wondering what y'all get out of overeating?

It seems like I'm incongruent when I just ate. Part of me didn't want to eat

those damn sweets. sweet, pure sugar, about four of them and ice-cream. Then the

other part, obviously did. And ate it all. It gives me a headache. And I hurt my

knees so I can't exercise. What am getting out of this long term? Hm.

What does your dream body look like? Feel like?

Namaste and blessings

>

[Guest guest]

That is the same answer I would have given. Relaxing with a book and a bag

of chips is my favorite way to unwind or take a break.

A'mee

> A momentary release or escape. Sometimes just a party in the mouth. Have

> to ponder this more.

> Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry®

>

> What are you getting out of this?

>

> I'm wondering what y'all get out of overeating?

>

> It seems like I'm incongruent when I just ate. Part of me didn't want to

> eat those damn sweets. sweet, pure sugar, about four of them and ice-cream.

> Then the other part, obviously did. And ate it all. It gives me a headache.

> And I hurt my knees so I can't exercise. What am getting out of this long

> term? Hm.

>

> What does your dream body look like? Feel like?

>

> Namaste and blessings

>

>

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[Guest guest]

Thanks for sharing this because I have, since girlhood, loved to snack and read

at the same time--LONG before I had issues with food OR weight. Two things I

do--I fulfill part of my reading passion while walking a treadmill or on an

elliptical at the gym so I can read while burning, rather than consuming, in

part...

But I also purposely read and eat at the same time. I just portion out the food

so I don't eat an entire bag or box of " junk " while doing so. (at least most of

the time.)

By the way, Avie, and those others who are having some binge issues--sometimes

it's the best thing you can do for yourself. Really. I had a concussion 3

weeks ago after walking into a wall. The more serious things went away after a

week but I still have some lingering things to go away and it's frustrating.

AND I'm awake at 4 in the morning sometimes because I'm not sleeping well/waking

up/having trouble sleeping etc. So I found myself binging to help get through

this.

Interestingly, I haven't gained weight. I think my body is actually needing

extra energy to heal and because of fatigue as it is. But the main thing is, I

really don't care--I just want to feel better. And eating carbs is soothing.

So just take care of yourself the best way you can.

PS this is a very cool " love your belly " guided meditation.

http://amandamoxley.audioacrobat.com/download/MoxleyLoveYourBellyGuidedVis\

ual.mp3

Sue

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> That is the same answer I would have given. Relaxing with a book and a bag

> of chips is my favorite way to unwind or take a break.

>

> A'mee

[Guest guest]

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> I'm wondering what y'all get out of overeating?

>

I'm new here so let me know if I'm threadjacking or not posting right.

I have been trying to go back to the roots of my strange eating behaviors. Why

did this start? I remember being about 5 or 6 years old and climbing up on the

counters in the kitchen in search of something sweet to eat. I might find a bit

of coconut, brown sugar or I could ever so gently try to get some frosting off

the edge of a bundt cake. This was my first experience with unsweetened baking

chocolate. Just as today I wasn't very discrimintory so it wasn't about the food

itself.

I try to think back and to this time and figure out why I was hungry and I don't

have memories of getting lunch. Where the hell was my mother? I honestly

can't remember her ever being home yet she was a stay at home mom. I could

climb up on the counters looking for a snack and would never get in trouble

because I could hear her giant noisy V8 GTO coming up the driveway. Early 70's.

So my memory paints a picture of not having foods that appealed to me and not

having someone there to feed me on a regular basis. (I go over this scenario of

being left alone as a child in scenarios that are preverbal) So 6 or 7 is the

first time I recall looking to food for comfort.

I remember going to my friends homes and their mothers were home. They would

bring us raisins and peanuts to snack on. Sometimes even twinkies or a coke.

Their kitchens were clean and sparkling. The house I live in was filthy and the

refrigerator was full of untouchable containers of leftovers that were too

precious to be thrown out. Nobody ever came to my house for lunch or snacks.

Yet I grew up in the wealthiest of households and my mother was constantly

preoccupied with food preperation in the most bizarre way.

When she came home in the late afternoon and started making dinner she would

verbally abuse the oldest of my siblings...screaming at him about washing the

breakfast dishes. It wasn't a safe place to be a kid who needed to eat. When Dad

came home the abuse and crazy making stopped so dinner time was the one relief

time when all us kids were safe.

I overeat so I can feel what it is like to have a predictable mom who makes

spagetti-o's for lunch. I overeat because it is predicatable, safe, as a kid it

was alway a relief to have the screaming stop. It is the same way now...with the

food creating a little oasis of saftey and stress from the day.

But back to the orginal question about what I'm getting out of it. I like the

idea that there is a half a carrot cake waiting at home for me.