Re: Gotta get a support group before I can move on to Week 2!

[Guest guest]

Welcome! Thank you for sharing Breakthroughs are awesome, no matter

when they happen

> **

>

>

> All right -- I've been procrastinating long enough. I've been listening to

> podcasts for a long time now, and have Full-Filled. I have completed all

> the exercises for the first week EXCEPT that I haven't committed to a

> support community. It's time! So, here I am!

>

> In great news, the book is reinforcing and refining what I've been

> learning from the podcasts in amazing ways, and I believe that during the

> course of working on the first week's exercises I have FINALLY figured out

> what is really at the root of my weight issues. I have gone around and

> around on this topic for years, and have exercises from the podcast without

> ever figuring out really what is at the bottom of it all... and now I think

> I understand:

>

> I use food to self-medicate anxiety.

>

> I take meds for depression, but my family has a long history of anxiety

> issues, and I thought that I was the one that was not affected. Go figure.

>

> I'm probably jumping ahead of everything, but that breakthough was so

> powerful for me that I wanted to share.

>

> So, thank you all for being my new support group, and I'll be sharing more

> here as the weeks go on.

>

>

>

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[Guest guest]

Welcome. I've denied my own anxiety for years (denial seems to be my goto for

most everything that I don't want to deal with). How does food medicate for

your anxiety. Is this a psychological thing or do certain foods actually

diminish your anxiety?

Psawyer

hrsliz wrote:

>All right -- I've been procrastinating long enough. I've been listening to

podcasts for a long time now, and have Full-Filled. I have completed all the

exercises for the first week EXCEPT that I haven't committed to a support

community. It's time! So, here I am!

>

>In great news, the book is reinforcing and refining what I've been learning

from the podcasts in amazing ways, and I believe that during the course of

working on the first week's exercises I have FINALLY figured out what is really

at the root of my weight issues. I have gone around and around on this topic

for years, and have exercises from the podcast without ever figuring out really

what is at the bottom of it all... and now I think I understand:

>

>I use food to self-medicate anxiety.

>

>I take meds for depression, but my family has a long history of anxiety issues,

and I thought that I was the one that was not affected. Go figure.

>

>I'm probably jumping ahead of everything, but that breakthough was so powerful

for me that I wanted to share.

>

>So, thank you all for being my new support group, and I'll be sharing more here

as the weeks go on.

>

[Guest guest]

Welcome to the group, Liz!

It's amazing how powerful this process can be! I also had the podcasts for

years, and I confess that I often fall asleep listening to them! I love having

the info in print form. I do appreciate the podcasts for the guided meditations

so that I can just listen to .

 

As for me, I eat when I'm lonely, which is almost every evening! I just want

something to do while I watch TV. I'm trying to get up and do some sort of

exercise during commercials to take my mind off food.

Have a great second week!

Marcia

________________________________

To: insideoutweightloss

Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 4:21 PM

Subject: Gotta get a support group before I can move on to

Week 2!

 

All right -- I've been procrastinating long enough. I've been listening to

podcasts for a long time now, and have Full-Filled. I have completed all the

exercises for the first week EXCEPT that I haven't committed to a support

community. It's time! So, here I am!

In great news, the book is reinforcing and refining what I've been learning from

the podcasts in amazing ways, and I believe that during the course of working on

the first week's exercises I have FINALLY figured out what is really at the root

of my weight issues. I have gone around and around on this topic for years, and

have exercises from the podcast without ever figuring out really what is at the

bottom of it all... and now I think I understand:

I use food to self-medicate anxiety.

I take meds for depression, but my family has a long history of anxiety issues,

and I thought that I was the one that was not affected. Go figure.

I'm probably jumping ahead of everything, but that breakthough was so powerful

for me that I wanted to share.

So, thank you all for being my new support group, and I'll be sharing more here

as the weeks go on.

[Guest guest]

Welcome to the group, Liz - Thanks for being here!

b.

>

> All right -- I've been procrastinating long enough. I've been listening to

podcasts for a long time now, and have Full-Filled. I have completed all the

exercises for the first week EXCEPT that I haven't committed to a support

community. It's time! So, here I am!

>

> In great news, the book is reinforcing and refining what I've been learning

from the podcasts in amazing ways, and I believe that during the course of

working on the first week's exercises I have FINALLY figured out what is really

at the root of my weight issues. I have gone around and around on this topic

for years, and have exercises from the podcast without ever figuring out really

what is at the bottom of it all... and now I think I understand:

>

> I use food to self-medicate anxiety.

>

> I take meds for depression, but my family has a long history of anxiety

issues, and I thought that I was the one that was not affected. Go figure.

>

> I'm probably jumping ahead of everything, but that breakthough was so powerful

for me that I wanted to share.

>

> So, thank you all for being my new support group, and I'll be sharing more

here as the weeks go on.

>

[Guest guest]

I think it's both -- it's certainly psychological, but there is an undeniable

physical aspect. My main go-to food is SUGAR. Sugar, sugar, sugar! So that

definitely is a " I need to feel good now " thing. And then there's the physical

sensation of eating -- I realized a few years ago that part of the soothing from

eating comes from taking HUGE bites of something. I don't understand that

fully, but it's a definite thing for me.

But a great deal of it is that the sensation of anxiety is located in my torso

(thank you, !), " in the pit of my stomach " so to speak, and so if I stuff

some cookies down there it's sure to help, right?

>

> >All right -- I've been procrastinating long enough. I've been listening to

podcasts for a long time now, and have Full-Filled. I have completed all the

exercises for the first week EXCEPT that I haven't committed to a support

community. It's time! So, here I am!

> >

> >In great news, the book is reinforcing and refining what I've been learning

from the podcasts in amazing ways, and I believe that during the course of

working on the first week's exercises I have FINALLY figured out what is really

at the root of my weight issues. I have gone around and around on this topic

for years, and have exercises from the podcast without ever figuring out really

what is at the bottom of it all... and now I think I understand:

> >

> >I use food to self-medicate anxiety.

> >

> >I take meds for depression, but my family has a long history of anxiety

issues, and I thought that I was the one that was not affected. Go figure.

> >

> >I'm probably jumping ahead of everything, but that breakthough was so

powerful for me that I wanted to share.

> >

> >So, thank you all for being my new support group, and I'll be sharing more

here as the weeks go on.

> >

>

[Guest guest]

I came from a childhood of abuse (in many forms) and also a great deal of

deprivation. My basic physical and emotional needs were not met. That means, I

didn't have adequate clothing, warmth in the winter or food. One of the things

I used to do was sneak my stepfather's snack cakes out of the freezer. They were

for his lunch. I would get caught and get beat for it. I repeat that cycle

every time I beat myself up for eating too much of something sweet. I was

appalled when a therapist said to me... " , your stepfather is no longer here

to beat you up so you do it to yourself. " But she was right.

I relate to the feeling in the pit of my stomach. I hate feeling hungry and I

want to feed it. I discovered several years ago that feeling is very close to

the feeling of fear or anxiety in my stomach, which again goes back to my

childhood years.

What I don't understand is why sometime I can feel hungry and be just fine with

it and other times I'm not okay sitting in the hunger. I don't understand why

sometimes I am perfectly okay with a healthy or " normal " portion of cake like I

had with lunch and other times I can't seem to stop.

I'm hoping as I work the Full-Filled book I will get more realizations and tools

to help me put the struggle behind me for good.

Ford CPhT

340B Coordinator

Mercy Sisters of Mercy Health Systems

Pharmacy Services

Springfield, MO. 65804

Ph#

linda.ford@...

" Sometimes God allows us to see the miracle. Sometimes God allows us to BE the

miracle. "

St. 's.... One of the Nation's Top Integrated Health Systems

From: insideoutweightloss

[mailto:insideoutweightloss ] On Behalf Of hrsliz

Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 3:49 PM

To: insideoutweightloss

Subject: Re: Gotta get a support group before I can move

on to Week 2!

I think it's both -- it's certainly psychological, but there is an undeniable

physical aspect. My main go-to food is SUGAR. Sugar, sugar, sugar! So that

definitely is a " I need to feel good now " thing. And then there's the physical

sensation of eating -- I realized a few years ago that part of the soothing from

eating comes from taking HUGE bites of something. I don't understand that fully,

but it's a definite thing for me.

But a great deal of it is that the sensation of anxiety is located in my torso

(thank you, !), " in the pit of my stomach " so to speak, and so if I stuff

some cookies down there it's sure to help, right?

>

> >All right -- I've been procrastinating long enough. I've been listening to

podcasts for a long time now, and have Full-Filled. I have completed all the

exercises for the first week EXCEPT that I haven't committed to a support

community. It's time! So, here I am!

> >

> >In great news, the book is reinforcing and refining what I've been learning

from the podcasts in amazing ways, and I believe that during the course of

working on the first week's exercises I have FINALLY figured out what is really

at the root of my weight issues. I have gone around and around on this topic for

years, and have exercises from the podcast without ever figuring out really what

is at the bottom of it all... and now I think I understand:

> >

> >I use food to self-medicate anxiety.

> >

> >I take meds for depression, but my family has a long history of anxiety

issues, and I thought that I was the one that was not affected. Go figure.

> >

> >I'm probably jumping ahead of everything, but that breakthough was so

powerful for me that I wanted to share.

> >

> >So, thank you all for being my new support group, and I'll be sharing more

here as the weeks go on.

> >

>

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