Re: interesting reaction to Geneen Roth's workshop

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A,Are you doing a workshop with Geneen herself??? how cool if you are!I think it's not surprising at all that you binged last night! you are facing your own resistance and your psyche has an old and comfortable way of dealing with things. I started reading Geneen's new book last night and she talked about how people start the workshop and then within 24 hours are ready to leave, thinking they just need to watch their portion control and that they really don't need to work on their feelings, that they don't have a problem and don't need help. and then a few days in, things click.

so instead of being upset with yourself for the binge, what if you take a spectator's seat to your own psyche, and said, " ahh, i see, i'm facing some resistance to making huge changes. not surprising. i'm going to be patient with myself because this will take time, and focus positive energy instead on the things i am doing well... like attempting the workshop in the first place! and not binging all day long. and trying stay present with your feelings " ???

it sounds like you've got good insight into what's going on. so try to be patient and hang in there. it WILL get easier. you are doing a very brave thing that you should be proud of!

best,abby

 

Sorry you had a rough night, but I've got to say that my binges sound like yours.  It's no one thing, it's everything.  Hang in there and know at least that you aren't alone.

Dawn

To: IntuitiveEating_Support

Sent: Wed, May 26, 2010 7:30:45 AMSubject: interesting reaction to Geneen Roth's workshop

 

I started the workshop last night. My eating was ok the entire day. Then at 9 pm, the binge started.I am not even a person who allows herself to sit near a large amount of food so my binges start small and then they develop.

It was like I didnt want to hear what I hear during the workshop.

I wanted to go in the opposite direction.

So the binge took over. I was even upset at the fact that I don't binge on a large bag of chips or a cake or a jar of peanut butter or anything large. I take small quantities of so many different foods.In less than 20 minutes I had cereal, milk, bread, cream cheese, almond butter, a ham and cheese sandwich, two merengues...

my god, I hate this

A

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