Re: Re: Just because it's legal doesn't mean...

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I love chocolate almost anything, and cookies, cakes, etc.  But I am re-discovering how much I love apples and all fresh fruit, veggies and more healthy foods.   I need to choose foods that are beneficial for my liver since I was just diagnosed with " fatty liver with inflammation " and that's not good.  But I am excited about discovering new foods/menus.  It won't be easy when I go out to eat though.   Sandy

 

Tilley,

I have come to the same sorts of decisions as you have about not keeping super-appealing foods right out in plain view, where the temptation will hit me between the eyes when I'm not hungry and not even thinking about food, but have to be in the kitchen to do chores or feed a child or what-have-you.

After trying it both ways, I've decided it works best for me to choose some appealing treat or two each time I shop, but not EVERYTHING that might be yummy. I'm a good cook, but if I am surrounded by junk food, I often just eat that instead of taking a few minutes to put a real meal together. But I do want to have some special treats around, just to remind myself there is nothing wrong with eating those vinegar potato chips I like so much. But they're not a necessity, and the next shopping trip I might choose another type of treat altogether. Or nothing, if nothing jumps out at me. Whatever.

Jane

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> ...that I have to have it lying around in plain sight where every time I see if, I reach out and grab a handful. Yesterday when I went down to the basement to get something out of the downstairs fridge, I saw a bag of pistachios that my mom had brought to me from out of town, and I thought that maybe someone would like to set them, because, after all, it's a shame for nuts to go rancid hanging out in the basement for long periods of time. So they are now on the kitchen table, and I'm allowed to eat them, which I am now doing every single time I walk through the kitchen.

>

> This is something that I know about myself--if there is something yummy in front of me, I'll probably eat some of it, whether I'm hungry or not. So it seems reasonable to me to not have those things in plain sight. I don't buy potato chips because I think they're crap and I don't want to be eating them. They're not illegal; I can eat them whenever I want, and I do, when they're available at parties or events, but I don't see any reason to have them in the house. My boys like corn chips, and melt cheese on them, and make bean dip for them, but it was another thing that I would always eat if I saw it. So we made a deal; I would buy them, but they had to live in the pantry and not on top of the fridge. That way, if I really wanted corn chips, I could get them out and have some, but I didn't have to see them all the time, and thus eat them when I didn'tt really want them. There's ice cream in the basement freezer, and my son sometimes goes down there (the stairs are steep and it's kind of scary down there), but I rarely do. I'm starting to think I don't really even like ice cream all that much,though I wouldn't have known that had it stayed upstairs where I'd be prompted to eat it all the time.

>

> I know this is kind of a light topic, after all the heavy things folks have been writing about (and I totally sympathize--when my husband left ten years ago, I had no idea how I was going to get through it, and I did gain a lot of weight, but after I got done with being sad, which took about three years, I really started rediscovering things that made me happy and were very fulfilling), but there it is anyway. I figure this forum cn handle a variety of topics, and it's what i've been thinking about this morning.

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> Tilley

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Tilley,I love your post because it really sounds like you are not making IE into " rules " but rather, deciding that YOU are in charge of YOUR IE journey.for what it's worth, i'm the same way. 

if i'm really craving something, i will go looking for it. but i don't have to have foods that don't really honor my body lying around all the time. i have some in the cupboard and don't forget that they are there, so i know they are legalized, but even " intuitive eaters " are influenced by what's in front of them!

best,abby 

 

I love chocolate almost anything, and cookies, cakes, etc.  But I am re-discovering how much I love apples and all fresh fruit, veggies and more healthy foods.   I need to choose foods that are beneficial for my liver since I was just diagnosed with " fatty liver with inflammation " and that's not good.  But I am excited about discovering new foods/menus.  It won't be easy when I go out to eat though.   Sandy

 

Tilley,

I have come to the same sorts of decisions as you have about not keeping super-appealing foods right out in plain view, where the temptation will hit me between the eyes when I'm not hungry and not even thinking about food, but have to be in the kitchen to do chores or feed a child or what-have-you.

After trying it both ways, I've decided it works best for me to choose some appealing treat or two each time I shop, but not EVERYTHING that might be yummy. I'm a good cook, but if I am surrounded by junk food, I often just eat that instead of taking a few minutes to put a real meal together. But I do want to have some special treats around, just to remind myself there is nothing wrong with eating those vinegar potato chips I like so much. But they're not a necessity, and the next shopping trip I might choose another type of treat altogether. Or nothing, if nothing jumps out at me. Whatever.

Jane

>

> ...that I have to have it lying around in plain sight where every time I see if, I reach out and grab a handful. Yesterday when I went down to the basement to get something out of the downstairs fridge, I saw a bag of pistachios that my mom had brought to me from out of town, and I thought that maybe someone would like to set them, because, after all, it's a shame for nuts to go rancid hanging out in the basement for long periods of time. So they are now on the kitchen table, and I'm allowed to eat them, which I am now doing every single time I walk through the kitchen.

>

> This is something that I know about myself--if there is something yummy in front of me, I'll probably eat some of it, whether I'm hungry or not. So it seems reasonable to me to not have those things in plain sight. I don't buy potato chips because I think they're crap and I don't want to be eating them. They're not illegal; I can eat them whenever I want, and I do, when they're available at parties or events, but I don't see any reason to have them in the house. My boys like corn chips, and melt cheese on them, and make bean dip for them, but it was another thing that I would always eat if I saw it. So we made a deal; I would buy them, but they had to live in the pantry and not on top of the fridge. That way, if I really wanted corn chips, I could get them out and have some, but I didn't have to see them all the time, and thus eat them when I didn'tt really want them. There's ice cream in the basement freezer, and my son sometimes goes down there (the stairs are steep and it's kind of scary down there), but I rarely do. I'm starting to think I don't really even like ice cream all that much,though I wouldn't have known that had it stayed upstairs where I'd be prompted to eat it all the time.

>

> I know this is kind of a light topic, after all the heavy things folks have been writing about (and I totally sympathize--when my husband left ten years ago, I had no idea how I was going to get through it, and I did gain a lot of weight, but after I got done with being sad, which took about three years, I really started rediscovering things that made me happy and were very fulfilling), but there it is anyway. I figure this forum cn handle a variety of topics, and it's what i've been thinking about this morning.

>

> Tilley

>

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Tilley,I love your post because it really sounds like you are not making IE into " rules " but rather, deciding that YOU are in charge of YOUR IE journey.for what it's worth, i'm the same way. 

if i'm really craving something, i will go looking for it. but i don't have to have foods that don't really honor my body lying around all the time. i have some in the cupboard and don't forget that they are there, so i know they are legalized, but even " intuitive eaters " are influenced by what's in front of them!

best,abby 

 

I love chocolate almost anything, and cookies, cakes, etc.  But I am re-discovering how much I love apples and all fresh fruit, veggies and more healthy foods.   I need to choose foods that are beneficial for my liver since I was just diagnosed with " fatty liver with inflammation " and that's not good.  But I am excited about discovering new foods/menus.  It won't be easy when I go out to eat though.   Sandy

 

Tilley,

I have come to the same sorts of decisions as you have about not keeping super-appealing foods right out in plain view, where the temptation will hit me between the eyes when I'm not hungry and not even thinking about food, but have to be in the kitchen to do chores or feed a child or what-have-you.

After trying it both ways, I've decided it works best for me to choose some appealing treat or two each time I shop, but not EVERYTHING that might be yummy. I'm a good cook, but if I am surrounded by junk food, I often just eat that instead of taking a few minutes to put a real meal together. But I do want to have some special treats around, just to remind myself there is nothing wrong with eating those vinegar potato chips I like so much. But they're not a necessity, and the next shopping trip I might choose another type of treat altogether. Or nothing, if nothing jumps out at me. Whatever.

Jane

>

> ...that I have to have it lying around in plain sight where every time I see if, I reach out and grab a handful. Yesterday when I went down to the basement to get something out of the downstairs fridge, I saw a bag of pistachios that my mom had brought to me from out of town, and I thought that maybe someone would like to set them, because, after all, it's a shame for nuts to go rancid hanging out in the basement for long periods of time. So they are now on the kitchen table, and I'm allowed to eat them, which I am now doing every single time I walk through the kitchen.

>

> This is something that I know about myself--if there is something yummy in front of me, I'll probably eat some of it, whether I'm hungry or not. So it seems reasonable to me to not have those things in plain sight. I don't buy potato chips because I think they're crap and I don't want to be eating them. They're not illegal; I can eat them whenever I want, and I do, when they're available at parties or events, but I don't see any reason to have them in the house. My boys like corn chips, and melt cheese on them, and make bean dip for them, but it was another thing that I would always eat if I saw it. So we made a deal; I would buy them, but they had to live in the pantry and not on top of the fridge. That way, if I really wanted corn chips, I could get them out and have some, but I didn't have to see them all the time, and thus eat them when I didn'tt really want them. There's ice cream in the basement freezer, and my son sometimes goes down there (the stairs are steep and it's kind of scary down there), but I rarely do. I'm starting to think I don't really even like ice cream all that much,though I wouldn't have known that had it stayed upstairs where I'd be prompted to eat it all the time.

>

> I know this is kind of a light topic, after all the heavy things folks have been writing about (and I totally sympathize--when my husband left ten years ago, I had no idea how I was going to get through it, and I did gain a lot of weight, but after I got done with being sad, which took about three years, I really started rediscovering things that made me happy and were very fulfilling), but there it is anyway. I figure this forum cn handle a variety of topics, and it's what i've been thinking about this morning.

>

> Tilley

>

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Oh the Halloween candy! I have about 15# of it sitting in my pantry that the kids collected! This is truly putting my IE skills to the test! I have to say this is the first halloween ever that I can remember eating some of the candy and not feeling guilty! I can remember back to the age of like 10 and eating it uncontrollably. My mom never kept stuff like that in the house so maybe that's why I went hog wild! I too am realizing that eating too much of it doesn't make me feel well and the heartburn is horrific. I eat 3-4 pieces of it each day and feel good about it!

Barb

To: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Tuesday, November 8, 2011 1:10 PMSubject: Re: Just because it's legal doesn't mean...

Me too! I so much prefer eating regular meals. Wanting to be hungry for them is helping me not snack while I'm cooking. And I think it's fair to keep something in the cabinet. I keep telling myself that yes, I can have Halloween candy, but I try to remember that it really does make me feel like crap, especially if I eat too much of it.I still am eating too much of stuff like that, but I am noticing a decline in "last supper" kind of eating. I know that bag of candy is there in the filing cabinet drawer, and that it will be there tomorrow too, and so I'm much more able to tell if I really want some of it now. But with a headache lurking......> >> > I'm just discovering that for myself too; that I don't have to have tempting food in front of my nose, because it's just too easy to pop it into my mouth without even thinking. > > > > n the way home from work tonight I was feeling pretty hungry. Then, I spied a candy bar in my purse. I started to unwrap it and realized that it would make me feel icky and would ruin my dinner - again. Which I've done numerous times on the way home from work. I put it down. And I habitually picked it up again. I probably did that two or three times. Then I tossed it to the other side of the car so I wouldn't pick it up unconsciously again and find it in my mouth.

> > > > So - yep - no need to tantalize myself and trip over the habit of grabbing what's there.> > > > My ex had an affair; well numerous ones in fact but I only discovered that later. My self esteem was devastated by the whole thing. I'm proud of for not eating and choosing to go for a walk. Took a lot of strength and self-caring. Kudos.>

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Sandy, I think your strategy of discovering foods that honor your body that you also really like is the way to go. Rather than thinking about elimination and restriction, you are adding different foods and experiences to your repertoire. Good for you.

Mimi

Subject: Re: Re: Just because it's legal doesn't mean...To: IntuitiveEating_Support Date: Sunday, November 6, 2011, 4:58 PM

I love chocolate almost anything, and cookies, cakes, etc. But I am re-discovering how much I love apples and all fresh fruit, veggies and more healthy foods. I need to choose foods that are beneficial for my liver since I was just diagnosed with "fatty liver with inflammation" and that's not good. But I am excited about discovering new foods/menus. It won't be easy when I go out to eat though. Sandy

[Guest guest]

Sandy, I think your strategy of discovering foods that honor your body that you also really like is the way to go. Rather than thinking about elimination and restriction, you are adding different foods and experiences to your repertoire. Good for you.

Mimi

Subject: Re: Re: Just because it's legal doesn't mean...To: IntuitiveEating_Support Date: Sunday, November 6, 2011, 4:58 PM

I love chocolate almost anything, and cookies, cakes, etc. But I am re-discovering how much I love apples and all fresh fruit, veggies and more healthy foods. I need to choose foods that are beneficial for my liver since I was just diagnosed with "fatty liver with inflammation" and that's not good. But I am excited about discovering new foods/menus. It won't be easy when I go out to eat though. Sandy

[Guest guest]

I really love to see that several of us seem to be moving into an "intermediate" stage of IE, when we have legalized and are comfortable enough with ourselves to choose what we believe are healthier foods for our bodies without restriction, resentment, or the eventual binge. I know it's not a linear journey, believe me, but it's nice to see this and feel it for myself, too.

Mimi

Subject: Re: Re: Just because it's legal doesn't mean...To: IntuitiveEating_Support Date: Sunday, November 6, 2011, 5:06 PM

Tilley,

I love your post because it really sounds like you are not making IE into "rules" but rather, deciding that YOU are in charge of YOUR IE journey.

for what it's worth, i'm the same way.

if i'm really craving something, i will go looking for it. but i don't have to have foods that don't really honor my body lying around all the time. i have some in the cupboard and don't forget that they are there, so i know they are legalized, but even "intuitive eaters" are influenced by what's in front of them!

best,

abby