Re: picture triggered bad thoughts

[Guest guest]

Hi Ginger: Good start! Focus on what you like and you might notice other equally

attractive features.

SUE

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> I like my hair, & the color of my eyes. That's all I can think of right now.

:-)

> Ginger

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> Re: picture triggered bad thoughts

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> Hi Ginger: Is there anything you like about your body? Your face? Your hands?

Your fingernails?

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> I have to admit ... Even though I'm relatively thin, I notice the flacid

muscles on my arms (because I don't bike year round). I notice the excess skin

(flab flaps? LOL) on my waiste. So I try to shift my attention to what I like.

If that doesn't work, I remind myself that I look much better dressed,

especially when I choose styles that flatter my body.

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> SUE

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> PS I have horrible, thin, tearing fingernails.

[Guest guest]

Hi Jeannine: I suspect you judge yourself much more harshly that others

currently judge you. Did someone from your past also view you negatively?

I can easily get into 'bad body thoughts' or have a 'fat and ugly attack', when

my stomach bloats from food allergy or sensitivity reactions, even though I'm

thin. I just see my bloated belly and ignore everything else. In my head I know

I'm not overweight. However, I get sooo angry that my bloated stomach prevents

me from comfortably wearing at least half of my clothes ... again. Before I was

diagnosed with CD and food allergies, 75% of my clothes were 'bloat' clothes.

SUE

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> > > It happened to me too in Feb when a group of my lady friends and also

> > former co-workers got together for lunch. A couple of my friends now live

> > out of state, and someone thought it would be a nice idea to take a group

> > photo (yuke!!). When we were e-mailed the photo, I was shocked at how I

> > looked and had one of those momentary crazy thoughts of diet. Then I

> > reminded myself that IE is a process of relearning some new longer lasting

> > coping and eating skills and is a much healthier road than what I had done

> > before.

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> > > Jeanne

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