Re: Re: suggestions to stop binge eating

[Guest guest]

I would just like to take a minute here and remind people that this is a website about implementing and support of scd. Other diets shouldn't be discussed for the express purpose of new people being confused. There seems to be quite a few new people at this time and although anyone can read whatever blog they want, there is food being mentioned that is not scd legal. Please beware. I am saying this in a very kind way. Anyone can take any discussion offline and continue it there. Katy

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Karina,

Welcome to the list, though, as I often say, glad to have you, but sorry

you needed to find us.

I understand about undiagnosed IBS and overweight issues. I've lost 180

pounds on SCD, and have 100 more to go -- and things have stalled. I went

through a very bad phase the end of November and into the beginning of

January after my formerly reasonable PCP jumped all over me and told me

that I could lose weight if I really wanted too -- I just had to stop

stuffing my face. Oh, and arthritis and several joint injuries had

nothing to do with my hip, knee and ankle pain -- it was all my obesity

(and refusal to stop stuffing my face), and it would clear up if I just

lose a little weight.

Being offered food you can't have is really difficult. It often feels as

if everyone around you is trying to deliberately sabotage you. One

advantage to these lists is that you have support -- 24 hours a day,

seven days a week. There's bound to be an SCDer around who can at least

sympathize, even if they don't know the answer to your question.

It IS possible to eat out, but possibly not the best idea in the early

weeks on SCD: you have to learn by heart what you can and can't have. You

also have to learn how to tell a waiter or waitress what you can and

can't have, and how to be strong enough to send the food back if they

don't make it correctly. (The first time it happened to me, I wasn't

strong enough. I ate the illegals, and had blow-out diarrhea as a

result.)

Something you might want to consider is making sure you have plenty of

good SCD snacks available, so that if a case of munchies hits you, you

have it available. I particularly recommend NON-sweet stuff, like an easy

guacamole or a ranch dressing with plenty of good fats in it. It may

sound weird for someone who wants to lose weight to recommend eating fat

when everyone, especially the medical profession screams and throws up

their hands and says, " Fat is evil, all fat is bad, no fat is

imperative. " But I can tell you that balancing sweets with good

protein and fat will reduce your cravings.

You've already gotten some great advice from some of the other list

members. Take care -- and remember, you are NOT alone in your journey to

health and healing!

—

Marilyn

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

[Guest guest]

At 03:52 PM 2/17/2008, you wrote:

I would just like to take a

minute here and remind people that this is a website about implementing

and support of scd. Other diets shouldn't be discussed for the

express purpose of new people being confused. There seems to be

quite a few new people at this time and although anyone can read whatever

blog they want, there is food being mentioned that is not scd

legal. Please beware. I am saying this in a very kind

way. Anyone can take any discussion offline and continue it

there. Katy

Katy,

Thanks for reminding people of this. <grin> It's so very easy for

things to go off-topic (thread-drift, we used to call it in another

on-line community) because we are all researching things all the time,

and finding something which we think is of importance, well, the natural

reaction is share it with our friends and family -- because that's what

the folks on these lists become -- friends and family!

However, as you pointed out, we do need to yank our own chains

occasionally, and drag ourselves back on topic. Which is SCD, the

implementation thereof in all sorts of conditions and for all sorts of

issues. Whether it's my overweight and IBS, Tina's underweight, or Kim's

gastric mobility and Sphincter of Oddi issues -- SCD is a big part of the

answer. And that's what we need to focus on.

—

Marilyn

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund

[Guest guest]

At 05:51 PM 2/17/2008, you wrote:

Dealing with restaurants, it's a

work in progress. You're always revising how to deal with it based on

your experience

at the prior restaurant.

Mara,

That's fer darn sure! I just created a folder in our files and uploaded a

..RTF file with my personal Can / Can't East list. (For those who

would like a card-sized version of the list this based on, go to

http://www.scdiet.org/4faq/abbrevfoodlist.pdf.)

If the original card works for you at your current level, great.

<g> Otherwise, you can do what I did: create your own. I

found it was very helpful when I did the Surrey International Writers

Conference at which all the meals were prepared. I met beforehand with

the chefs, gave them several copies of my list, and although they tried

to starve me (forgot I wasn't filling up with pasta, rice, and bread),

they also didn't serve me any illegals.

Waiters have a tendency to be less panicked when they have your list of

do-s and don'ts already written out and don't have to remember it

all.

—

Marilyn

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Undiagnosed IBS since 1976, SCD since 2001

Darn Good SCD Cook

No Human Children

Shadow & Sunny Longhair Dachshund