Good vs Bad......Who really knows

[Guest guest]

Grazed a lot yesterday. Did not ever feel really stuffed but ate many

times when not hungry. Had two bags of popcorn, noticed food does not

taste as good when I'm not hungry. Gave myself a lot of positive self

talk because I wanted to beat myself up for yesterday.

I seem to have a need to be either black or white in my thinking either

I was bad or good…..and the interesting thing is I'm not really sure

what bad and good is. I think being on greysheet so long has got my

food thinking messed up…. I find myself using that as my yard stick by

which to judge my eating. And that's not a good yard stick because it

wasn't good …..it was food prison. I mean how bad can I be ….I don't

eat sugar, haven't for over 22 years and I also don't do artificial

sweetners, they make me mega anxious. So I think even on my " worst "

days I'm doing really good by any standard but greysheet.

[Guest guest]

As an OA person myself, I can say following a food plan really messed up my concepts of food and hunger. I did not do graysheet, but from what I understand, it is very strict. OA food plans strike me as a lifelong diet. I think you are correct when you say graysheet is not a good yardstick. Who needs a yardstick, anyways? I'm learning that my body really does tell me what it needs, I just have to be willing to listen to it!

Kim

IE since Aug 08

Subject: Good vs Bad......Who really knowsTo: IntuitiveEating_Support Date: Sunday, November 23, 2008, 12:35 PM

Grazed a lot yesterday. Did not ever feel really stuffed but ate many times when not hungry. Had two bags of popcorn, noticed food does not taste as good when I'm not hungry. Gave myself a lot of positive self talk because I wanted to beat myself up for yesterday. I seem to have a need to be either black or white in my thinking either I was bad or good…..and the interesting thing is I'm not really sure what bad and good is. I think being on greysheet so long has got my food thinking messed up…. I find myself using that as my yard stick by which to judge my eating. And that's not a good yard stick because it wasn't good …..it was food prison. I mean how bad can I be ….I don't eat sugar, haven't for over 22 years and I also don't do artificial sweetners, they make me mega anxious. So I think even on my "worst" days I'm doing really good by any standard but

greysheet.