Guest guest Posted September 1, 2011 Report Share Posted September 1, 2011 Bravo Tilley! And thanks for sharing your thoughts - I find those to be a lovely reminder of how I have calmed down around previously 'forbidden' foods. Happy cake days to your family :-) ehugs, Katcha IEing since March 2007 > > Hi-- > > I just wanted to report an observation that I've noticed in the month since I've started trying to eat more intuitively, and that has to do with cake. This is birthday season at my house, and my mother wanted to make me a cake, and what I REALLY wanted was a Germans chocolate cake, even though too much chocolate gives me migraines, and then it was my son's birthday, and he wanted a carrot cake, which I made, complete with cream cheese frosting (tons of both butter and cream cheese in it), but the surprising thing to me was that, since I had decided that anything was legal, I didn't actually ever " overeat " on the cake. I'd have a small piece when I really wanted one, and then wasn't really interested the rest of the time. One evening I had a small piece, and then thought, " I'd really like to have some more, " so I did, and that was good. I felt no compulsion to get it out again and again through the evening, or really any other time. I would ask myself, at any given time when I was hungry, what I really felt like eating, and occasionally it would be cake, but most often it would be something else--like toast, or a bowl of chili, or an apple, or some crackers with peanut butter and raisins on them. I can sure live with that.....and it's very nice to know that I can have cake in the house and not be a raving lunatic around it.... > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 1, 2011 Report Share Posted September 1, 2011 Yes, I think my raving lunatic days are at an end....Thankfully. Honestly at times I wondered if I wasn't either possessed because of the inability to refrain from eating certain foods at certain times or totally out of my mind. In fact, if I'd told a psychiatrist about my racing eat/don't eat thoughts, I would have probably been diagnosed with a thought disorder. Sandarah > > Hi-- > > I just wanted to report an observation that I've noticed in the month since I've started trying to eat more intuitively, and that has to do with cake. This is birthday season at my house, and my mother wanted to make me a cake, and what I REALLY wanted was a Germans chocolate cake, even though too much chocolate gives me migraines, and then it was my son's birthday, and he wanted a carrot cake, which I made, complete with cream cheese frosting (tons of both butter and cream cheese in it), but the surprising thing to me was that, since I had decided that anything was legal, I didn't actually ever " overeat " on the cake. I'd have a small piece when I really wanted one, and then wasn't really interested the rest of the time. One evening I had a small piece, and then thought, " I'd really like to have some more, " so I did, and that was good. I felt no compulsion to get it out again and again through the evening, or really any other time. I would ask myself, at any given time when I was hungry, what I really felt like eating, and occasionally it would be cake, but most often it would be something else--like toast, or a bowl of chili, or an apple, or some crackers with peanut butter and raisins on them. I can sure live with that.....and it's very nice to know that I can have cake in the house and not be a raving lunatic around it.... > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 1, 2011 Report Share Posted September 1, 2011 Yes, I think my raving lunatic days are at an end....Thankfully. Honestly at times I wondered if I wasn't either possessed because of the inability to refrain from eating certain foods at certain times or totally out of my mind. In fact, if I'd told a psychiatrist about my racing eat/don't eat thoughts, I would have probably been diagnosed with a thought disorder. Sandarah > > Hi-- > > I just wanted to report an observation that I've noticed in the month since I've started trying to eat more intuitively, and that has to do with cake. This is birthday season at my house, and my mother wanted to make me a cake, and what I REALLY wanted was a Germans chocolate cake, even though too much chocolate gives me migraines, and then it was my son's birthday, and he wanted a carrot cake, which I made, complete with cream cheese frosting (tons of both butter and cream cheese in it), but the surprising thing to me was that, since I had decided that anything was legal, I didn't actually ever " overeat " on the cake. I'd have a small piece when I really wanted one, and then wasn't really interested the rest of the time. One evening I had a small piece, and then thought, " I'd really like to have some more, " so I did, and that was good. I felt no compulsion to get it out again and again through the evening, or really any other time. I would ask myself, at any given time when I was hungry, what I really felt like eating, and occasionally it would be cake, but most often it would be something else--like toast, or a bowl of chili, or an apple, or some crackers with peanut butter and raisins on them. I can sure live with that.....and it's very nice to know that I can have cake in the house and not be a raving lunatic around it.... > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 1, 2011 Report Share Posted September 1, 2011 Yes, I think my raving lunatic days are at an end....Thankfully. Honestly at times I wondered if I wasn't either possessed because of the inability to refrain from eating certain foods at certain times or totally out of my mind. In fact, if I'd told a psychiatrist about my racing eat/don't eat thoughts, I would have probably been diagnosed with a thought disorder. Sandarah > > Hi-- > > I just wanted to report an observation that I've noticed in the month since I've started trying to eat more intuitively, and that has to do with cake. This is birthday season at my house, and my mother wanted to make me a cake, and what I REALLY wanted was a Germans chocolate cake, even though too much chocolate gives me migraines, and then it was my son's birthday, and he wanted a carrot cake, which I made, complete with cream cheese frosting (tons of both butter and cream cheese in it), but the surprising thing to me was that, since I had decided that anything was legal, I didn't actually ever " overeat " on the cake. I'd have a small piece when I really wanted one, and then wasn't really interested the rest of the time. One evening I had a small piece, and then thought, " I'd really like to have some more, " so I did, and that was good. I felt no compulsion to get it out again and again through the evening, or really any other time. I would ask myself, at any given time when I was hungry, what I really felt like eating, and occasionally it would be cake, but most often it would be something else--like toast, or a bowl of chili, or an apple, or some crackers with peanut butter and raisins on them. I can sure live with that.....and it's very nice to know that I can have cake in the house and not be a raving lunatic around it.... > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 1, 2011 Report Share Posted September 1, 2011 Sandarah I am glad that one of the positive things I've gotten from my IE practicing is dumping the doubts and galloping guilts that I had accepted from 'others'. Reclaiming self trust, especially with eating, has been a BIG peace gain thanks to the IE concept. And while I do accept my responsibility for choices, I find it flat out astonishing that I ever put my INternal being second to any EXternal dictates/shoulds. Now THAT is 'crazy' if you ask me ;-) ehugs, Katcha IEing since March 2007 > > Yes, I think my raving lunatic days are at an end....Thankfully. Honestly at times I wondered if I wasn't either possessed because of the inability to refrain from eating certain foods at certain times or totally out of my mind. In fact, if I'd told a psychiatrist about my racing eat/don't eat thoughts, I would have probably been diagnosed with a thought disorder. Sandarah > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 1, 2011 Report Share Posted September 1, 2011 Great job, Tilley. For me, calming down around food is also what has made a real difference. Before, I would panic when I got hungry. If I was on an eating plan, as I often was, my eating schedule had nothing to do with hunger signals, so if I got hungry and it wasn't in my plan to eat, I would have to remain uncomfortable and starve myself. So, naturally, hunger signals began to translate into panic signals. So of course, when it WAS time to eat on one of my plans, I would stock up and really eat because who knew when the next time would be and I didn't want to experience that gnawing hunger again. The things we put ourselves through..... Mimi Subject: Re: Eating CakeTo: IntuitiveEating_Support Date: Thursday, September 1, 2011, 12:24 PM Bravo Tilley! And thanks for sharing your thoughts - I find those to be a lovely reminder of how I have calmed down around previously 'forbidden' foods. Happy cake days to your family :-)ehugs, KatchaIEing since March 2007 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 1, 2011 Report Share Posted September 1, 2011 tilley. Fantastic. I over ate today at the potluck supper, a huge portion of lasgna and dessert. Feeling very overfull but am not going to beat myself up about it. It was only one meal. You did a wonderful job. Sandy Hi-- I just wanted to report an observation that I've noticed in the month since I've started trying to eat more intuitively, and that has to do with cake. This is birthday season at my house, and my mother wanted to make me a cake, and what I REALLY wanted was a Germans chocolate cake, even though too much chocolate gives me migraines, and then it was my son's birthday, and he wanted a carrot cake, which I made, complete with cream cheese frosting (tons of both butter and cream cheese in it), but the surprising thing to me was that, since I had decided that anything was legal, I didn't actually ever " overeat " on the cake. I'd have a small piece when I really wanted one, and then wasn't really interested the rest of the time. One evening I had a small piece, and then thought, " I'd really like to have some more, " so I did, and that was good. I felt no compulsion to get it out again and again through the evening, or really any other time. I would ask myself, at any given time when I was hungry, what I really felt like eating, and occasionally it would be cake, but most often it would be something else--like toast, or a bowl of chili, or an apple, or some crackers with peanut butter and raisins on them. I can sure live with that.....and it's very nice to know that I can have cake in the house and not be a raving lunatic around it.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 1, 2011 Report Share Posted September 1, 2011 Thanks for all the positive comments. I really appreciate it. --Tilley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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