Guest guest Posted January 4, 2008 Report Share Posted January 4, 2008 Thanks for reminding me of this . I've been having the same fight with the Hershey's Mint Kisses - they remind me of Andes Mints. I'll take a few (5 or so) and be perfectly satisfied, but want more. I feel like they are calling my name. They are just so creamy and melt in your mouth kind of good. Normally I don't like Hershey's kisses anymore, most of them are too sweet, but these are sooooo good. I needed to be reminded to listen to my body and not my head and that I can fight this-especially if I call for help from the Man Upstairs. --Alana -------------- Original message -------------- I hate that feeling. Where you just want to eat everything in sight.This morning I woke up and I was quite hungry. Something sweet soundedgood. I was also craving something nourishing and filling, too. I atehalf of a cookie. That satisfied my sweet tooth, but I was stillhungry. I knew I wanted a nice bowl of cereal w/milk. That would fillme up nicely. So I had that and now I am fine.However, as soon as I ate that cookie I had the urge to binge on allthe other cookies. I was able to fight the urge to binge, and listento my body instead of my head.I just hate when that happens. It can be really hard to fight. Inoticed, though, that the urge to binge will go away if I do choose tofight it. I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Ijust need to rely on Him and He'll give me an out.Thanks for listening. Just needed to get my thoughts out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 4, 2008 Report Share Posted January 4, 2008 Thanks for letting me know that we're in this together. I'll pray for the Lord to help you in this, too. > > Thanks for reminding me of this . I've been having the same fight with the Hershey's Mint Kisses - they remind me of Andes Mints. I'll take a few (5 or so) and be perfectly satisfied, but want more. I feel like they are calling my name. They are just so creamy and melt in your mouth kind of good. Normally I don't like Hershey's kisses anymore, most of them are too sweet, but these are sooooo good. I needed to be reminded to listen to my body and not my head and that I can fight this-especially if I call for help from the Man Upstairs. > > -- > Alana > > -------------- Original message -------------- > > I hate that feeling. Where you just want to eat everything in sight. > This morning I woke up and I was quite hungry. Something sweet sounded > good. I was also craving something nourishing and filling, too. I ate > half of a cookie. That satisfied my sweet tooth, but I was still > hungry. I knew I wanted a nice bowl of cereal w/milk. That would fill > me up nicely. So I had that and now I am fine. > > However, as soon as I ate that cookie I had the urge to binge on all > the other cookies. I was able to fight the urge to binge, and listen > to my body instead of my head. > > I just hate when that happens. It can be really hard to fight. I > noticed, though, that the urge to binge will go away if I do choose to > fight it. I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. I > just need to rely on Him and He'll give me an out. > > Thanks for listening. Just needed to get my thoughts out. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 4, 2008 Report Share Posted January 4, 2008 The hardest thing for me is to accept the fact that the urge to binge will go away. I sometimes like to think that it won't and that will be my excuse to eat rather than deal with the anxiety that comes with the urge to binge. However, I am slowly coming to accept that those bad feelings do go away, and in the end I do wind up feeling better having dealt with the emotions than I do if I binge. Congrats on giving yourself what you wanted and refraining from binging at the same time. It's hard to do both! > > I hate that feeling. Where you just want to eat everything in sight. > This morning I woke up and I was quite hungry. Something sweet sounded > good. I was also craving something nourishing and filling, too. I ate > half of a cookie. That satisfied my sweet tooth, but I was still > hungry. I knew I wanted a nice bowl of cereal w/milk. That would fill > me up nicely. So I had that and now I am fine. > > However, as soon as I ate that cookie I had the urge to binge on all > the other cookies. I was able to fight the urge to binge, and listen > to my body instead of my head. > > I just hate when that happens. It can be really hard to fight. I > noticed, though, that the urge to binge will go away if I do choose to > fight it. I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. I > just need to rely on Him and He'll give me an out. > > Thanks for listening. Just needed to get my thoughts out. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 4, 2008 Report Share Posted January 4, 2008 Thanks, prayers are certainly appreciated! I have not read Thin Within since it's not at my library..is it worth ordering? I read Gwen Shamblin book, Weigh Down, and I agreed with a lot of what she said, but some of her beliefs made me a bit leery. Have you read Weigh Down? What did you think? Is it much different from Thin Within? - > > Thanks, that is very comforting. I'll pray for you also. By the way, have you read Thin Within? > > Alana Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 5, 2008 Report Share Posted January 5, 2008 When I read your post I thought "now THAT is what I want to be able to do someday"- I mean, take a couple bites of a cookie and then say, okay, that's all I needed. ....and I love that bible verse that you quoted. I have to say that this struggle I've had with binge eating the last few years has been so hard on my faith. I've prayed so hard but haven't seen much change. I keep telling myself that I do not know what Gods plan is for me and this struggle is serving a purpose for something- maybe to make me stronger. I refuse to lose my faith over it though. Urge to binge I hate that feeling. Where you just want to eat everything in sight.This morning I woke up and I was quite hungry. Something sweet soundedgood. I was also craving something nourishing and filling, too. I atehalf of a cookie. That satisfied my sweet tooth, but I was stillhungry. I knew I wanted a nice bowl of cereal w/milk. That would fillme up nicely. So I had that and now I am fine.However, as soon as I ate that cookie I had the urge to binge on allthe other cookies. I was able to fight the urge to binge, and listento my body instead of my head.I just hate when that happens. It can be really hard to fight. Inoticed, though, that the urge to binge will go away if I do choose tofight it. I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me. Ijust need to rely on Him and He'll give me an out.Thanks for listening. Just needed to get my thoughts out. Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 6, 2008 Report Share Posted January 6, 2008 , God is definitely listening to your prayers. Learning to eat intuitively has been an answer to my prayers. I still struggle sometimes, but God is good and His grace gets me through it. Remember 2 Corinthians 12:9, the Lord says, " My grace is sufficient for you. My power is made perfect in weakness. " How much grace will God give you to get through your trials? ENOUGH! Another verse that's really helped says " Seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness; and all these things will be added to you " . If God has the first place in our lives the other stuff will fall into place. But if God's not first, no other priorities are in the right place either. I pray that these verses will encourage you and others as well. God's word will not return void. Love, > > I don't know if it's alright to bring up this subject but I wanted to say how glad I am to see that there are other Christians in this group. Makes me think " Okay, so maybe God IS listening to me....maybe this group is what I've been praying for " . > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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