Re: Yay! I let myself have what I wanted and didn't binge!

[Guest guest]

Great job!!

It's all a learning process. :-)

My favorite thing about IE is that I CAN have the

things that I really want. If it's a trigger food for

me I really try to savor each bite. I move it around

in my mouth, noting texture and taste. It's not

automatic; I have to really remind myself not to rush

and take my time with it.

Anyway, you did well.

--- abouttwodays wrote:

> Ah, macaroni and cheese. THE comfort food that tops

> all comfort

> foods. Well, for me at least. Has always been one

> of my favorite

> foods of all time, and has recently been a food I

> struggle to

> legalize. I made some last night because what

> DIDN'T I make to eat

> last night, and I had some left over. I kept seeing

> it in the fridge

> all day today and kept saying no.

>

> Well, tonight I went downstairs for a snack and I

> was feeling kind of

> anxious. I knew I really wanted the peanut butter

> granola bars I had

> bought today, and then I saw the mac and cheese.

> Panic sets in. I

> get shakey. I tell myself to shut up and put it in

> the microwave. I

> proceed to eat it. I realize that I still want the

> peanut butter

> granola bars and that the macaroni and cheese wasn't

> all that

> satisfying, so I dumped a large majority of it in

> the sink, had a few

> more bites just to make sure I didn't want any more,

> dumped the rest

> and grabbed the granola bars I originally wanted.

>

> So not totally IE as I didn't listen to any

> hunger/fullness signals,

> but I DID pay attention to my wants and satisfaction

> levels and I'm

> totally happy now. Well, almost happy. I'm going

> to make myself some

> hot chocolate and THEN I'll be happy.

>

> Positivity. The opposite of my attitude yesterday.

> This feels SO

> much better!

>

>

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[Guest guest]

> It's all a learning process. :-)

>

> My favorite thing about IE is that I CAN have the

> things that I really want. If it's a trigger food for

> me I really try to savor each bite. I move it around

> in my mouth, noting texture and taste. It's not

> automatic; I have to really remind myself not to rush

> and take my time with it.

>

This is something I have to remind myself of. I don't need to rush -

I can just savour. I was so used to rushing my food (feeling guilty?

wanting to get rid of the " evidence " ?) that I never used to really

enjoy it. It was just mechanical, and I could quickly get overfull

before it had even registered. Now, I'm trying to be more mindful,

enjoy those previously " forbidden " foods (helLOOOO linguine!) and

find I don't actually feel like having so much of them any more.

S

[Guest guest]

I disagree. So TOTALLY IE! You're like the little kid who asks his mom to make him something special and then he takes a couple bites, it doesn't satisfy, so he asks for something else...and mom gets mad. LOL!I love that you chose to eat a few more bites to see whether the mac and cheese was what you wanted, and when it wasn't, you chose eat something that would fill YOU up.Way to go! So not totally IE as I didn't listen to any hunger/fullness signals, but I DID pay attention to my wants and satisfaction levels and I'm totally happy now. Well, almost happy. I'm going to make myself some hot chocolate and THEN I'll be happy.

Positivity. The opposite of my attitude yesterday. This feels SO much better!

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