Re: Overate and paying the price!

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Your welcome Alana so glad that you were able to reflect and come up with some great insight. I use food to comfort and deal with things too what I try to remember is that the problems are still going to be there eating won't help me solve them. Eva

Boy, I haven't done this in a really long time! Last night, not sure why, but I ate way too many Pringles chips. It is that time of the month, and I know there has been a lot of discussions on how the monthlies can cause one to be a bottomless pit. I can be that way, but often times, I am the opposite and don't want to eat at all. I was that way yesterday and didn't have any breakfast. I finally had lunch around 1:30 - a pastrami sandwich from the Spciy Pickle. It fully satisfied me and I felt good all afternnon. After work I ran a couple errands, went home and did an exercise video. I still wasn't hungry afterwards so I waited until I got a clear message that I was hungry. I knew I wanted something lite and hadn't had a lot of vegies lately, so I steamed some brocoli. While the brocoli was cooking, I started munching on Pringels potatoe chips. And I couldn't stop. As I look back on it, I realize how mindless I was. I call it elbow to mouth disease because it's really the hand on auto pilot shoveling the food into the mouth. I am totally doing IE very well. But what always gets me is NOT BEING MINDFUL. For some reason, I have to work at being mindful all the time. If I start to relax and think that this is coming so naturally, I stop being mindful and do what I did last night. It was like I was falling back into an old habit/pattern. I know it's what I've done for years. it's how I "deal" with stuff. It truly is the way I "drug" out. And I guess I've had a good reason to fall back into this as I've had a lot to deal with my 15 yr old son who last week dissappeared/ran away for 48 hours with a kid that had a warrant out for his arrest. I had been doing really good in handleing everything and I think finally my mind said ENOUGH! and needed to be "drugged" out in order to cope. But boy did I pay the price later! All night I had the worst indigestion on top of feeling extremely bloated and crampy from my time of the month. Today is a new day. I am grateful for this reflection and being able to be honest with myself and recognizing why I did what I did. Thanks for letting me share!Alana------------------------------------

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I understand. I fall into that same trap sometimes.

I stress eat, too, and have been for a week or more because I have a big test coming up (not in school - it's for work to get an insurance designation). I've really had that elbow to mouth disease a lot. I really liked it when you said you had to get "drugged out" because that's exactly the feeling! I eat to get numb...it makes me feel better. It consoles me. It gives me something to occupy my mind.

I get it. And I'm sorry you had this episode. But I am glad you can come here and get it off your chest.

Good luck with your son. Those years are THE WORST. But it usually gets better. I have a 17 year old and he is the best behaved he has ever been in his life. I honestly thought he'd be in jail by now but he has done so much better. I hope it goes the same way for yours.

Subject: Overate and paying the price!To: IntuitiveEating_Support Date: Thursday, June 12, 2008, 8:55 AM

Boy, I haven't done this in a really long time! Last night, not sure why, but I ate way too many Pringles chips.

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Yes, Today is a new day. whatever happen is gone, let it go. Congrats for being well while dealing with you son, last week.and then, no breakfast, pastrami sandwich, exercise video,(pringles), ...........broccoli? , grateful for this reflection and honest with yourself. Girl , you are beautiful!!.

Subject: Overate and paying the price!To: IntuitiveEating_Support Date: Thursday, June 12, 2008, 10:55 AM

Boy, I haven't done this in a really long time! Last night, not sure why, but I ate way too many Pringles chips. It is that time of the month, and I know there has been a lot of discussions on how the monthlies can cause one to be a bottomless pit. I can be that way, but often times, I am the opposite and don't want to eat at all. I was that way yesterday and didn't have any breakfast. I finally had lunch around 1:30 - a pastrami sandwich from the Spciy Pickle. It fully satisfied me and I felt good all afternnon. After work I ran a couple errands, went home and did an exercise video. I still wasn't hungry afterwards so I waited until I got a clear message that I was hungry. I knew I wanted something lite and hadn't had a lot of vegies lately, so I steamed some brocoli. While the brocoli was cooking, I started munching on Pringels potatoe chips. And I couldn't stop. As I look back on it, I realize how

mindless I was. I call it elbow to mouth disease because it's really the hand on auto pilot shoveling the food into the mouth. I am totally doing IE very well. But what always gets me is NOT BEING MINDFUL. For some reason, I have to work at being mindful all the time. If I start to relax and think that this is coming so naturally, I stop being mindful and do what I did last night. It was like I was falling back into an old habit/pattern. I know it's what I've done for years. it's how I "deal" with stuff. It truly is the way I "drug" out. And I guess I've had a good reason to fall back into this as I've had a lot to deal with my 15 yr old son who last week dissappeared/ ran away for 48 hours with a kid that had a warrant out for his arrest. I had been doing really good in handleing everything and I think finally my mind said ENOUGH! and needed to be "drugged" out in order to cope. But boy did I pay

the price later! All night I had the worst indigestion on top of feeling extremely bloated and crampy from my time of the month. Today is a new day. I am grateful for this reflection and being able to be honest with myself and recognizing why I did what I did. Thanks for letting me share!Alana

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Ten steps forward and one step back (or sideways) - ahhh, the IE

waltz! I know this bugs all of us and isn't it almost like the kids

game of chutes and ladders?!? One miss placed 'step' and zip! right

back to the 'start' again.

Only in this case, you really aren't all the way 'back'. In fact I'd

say you have a good grip on that chute and not going to let it suck

you 'down'!! Good for you. Heck if it isn't stress, its plain old 'I

WANT to eat that!' at times. The saving grace is that the consequences

'register' with us and you are now healthy enough with IE to say OOPS!

instead of beating yourself up.

It has to be very difficult to try and be as loving and understanding

as you can for your son, all the while waiting and hoping for HIM to

'get it' for himself. I will hold the good thoughts that he will do

just that and be like 's son - just a 'late bloomer' (re

responsibility). So glad you are also being loving and understanding

of yourself too.

Ehugs, Katcha

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> Boy, I haven't done this in a really long time! Last night, not

> sure why, but I ate way too many Pringles chips. It is that time of

> the month, and I know there has been a lot of discussions on how the

> monthlies can cause one to be a bottomless pit. I can be that way,

> but often times, I am the opposite and don't want to eat at all. I

> was that way yesterday and didn't have any breakfast. I finally had

> lunch around 1:30 - a pastrami sandwich from the Spciy Pickle. It

> fully satisfied me and I felt good all afternnon. After work I ran

> a couple errands, went home and did an exercise video. I still

> wasn't hungry afterwards so I waited until I got a clear message

> that I was hungry. I knew I wanted something lite and hadn't had a

> lot of vegies lately, so I steamed some brocoli. While the brocoli

> was cooking, I started munching on Pringels potatoe chips. And I

> couldn't stop. As I look back on it, I realize how mindless I was.

> I call it elbow to mouth disease because it's really the hand on

> auto pilot shoveling the food into the mouth. I am totally doing IE

> very well. But what always gets me is NOT BEING MINDFUL. For some

> reason, I have to work at being mindful all the time. If I start to

> relax and think that this is coming so naturally, I stop being

> mindful and do what I did last night. It was like I was falling

> back into an old habit/pattern. I know it's what I've done for

> years. it's how I " deal " with stuff. It truly is the way I " drug "

> out. And I guess I've had a good reason to fall back into this as

> I've had a lot to deal with my 15 yr old son who last week

> dissappeared/ran away for 48 hours with a kid that had a warrant out

> for his arrest. I had been doing really good in handleing

> everything and I think finally my mind said ENOUGH! and needed to

> be " drugged " out in order to cope. But boy did I pay the price

> later! All night I had the worst indigestion on top of feeling

> extremely bloated and crampy from my time of the month. Today is a

> new day. I am grateful for this reflection and being able to be

> honest with myself and recognizing why I did what I did. Thanks for

> letting me share!

> Alana

>