Guest guest Posted April 2, 2010 Report Share Posted April 2, 2010 , I can identify with everything in your post...only I have been battling the sugar demon for years. I would love suggestions from the group. Kathy >Hi all > >I've struggled with trying to be an intuitive eater for quite a while now. I keep falling back into the restriction mindset. I feel quite successful for a couple days, then fall back into bingeing, then back into the diet mentality to control weight gain. The thing that affects me the most is SUGAR! When I am not around it and don't eat it, I eat well and mindfully, enjoy my food, and feel less anxiety in general. But, it seems like when that temptation is there I can't not eat it. And then when I give in, it usually ends in a binge, guilt, and thinking about dieting. This cycle has been going on for several months now, close to a year, and it is very frustrating. I don't want to waste my life worrying about sugar! > >I've tried moderation. I've tried to 'legalize' it. I went through a cookie dough phase trying to legalize it, but after I get sick of it I just find sugar in another form. It makes me feel bad physically, but I seem to forget that after a few days without it. I feel like it's a drug! > >I want to embrace this lifestyle, but I need help over this bump in the road > >Thanks for reading, > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 2, 2010 Report Share Posted April 2, 2010 I had the same problem, and I love cookie dough. I still struggle sometimes, but what really helped me was to change my focus. Instead of worrying about sugar, I tried new foods, like different fruits and vegetables. Through journaling, I realized I go for sugar because it's exciting, and I get the same excitement from trying new fruits and veggies. Also, it sounds like you're still feeling guilty about eating sugar, so it's not really legalized. Focus on how sugar makes you feel and try to eat other appealing, colorful foods that are more nutritious. I find that I go for sugar on the days I've been busy and my meals have been boring. When you do eat sugar, do so without guilt, and enjoy it. I hope this helped. McKella > > Hi all > > I've struggled with trying to be an intuitive eater for quite a while now. I keep falling back into the restriction mindset. I feel quite successful for a couple days, then fall back into bingeing, then back into the diet mentality to control weight gain. The thing that affects me the most is SUGAR! When I am not around it and don't eat it, I eat well and mindfully, enjoy my food, and feel less anxiety in general. But, it seems like when that temptation is there I can't not eat it. And then when I give in, it usually ends in a binge, guilt, and thinking about dieting. This cycle has been going on for several months now, close to a year, and it is very frustrating. I don't want to waste my life worrying about sugar! > > I've tried moderation. I've tried to 'legalize' it. I went through a cookie dough phase trying to legalize it, but after I get sick of it I just find sugar in another form. It makes me feel bad physically, but I seem to forget that after a few days without it. I feel like it's a drug! > > I want to embrace this lifestyle, but I need help over this bump in the road > > Thanks for reading, > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 10, 2010 Report Share Posted April 10, 2010 Hi Sohni, It did feel a bit like an epiphany Isn't it funny how we can think we know so much, but the simplest things sometimes take a while to click? This is such a difficult journey for me. I'm so used to pushing feelings away and not dealing with them. I have been feeling very positive the last few days, but this morning I got on the scale. It's almost like I'm trying to sabotage myself and make myself feel bad. Of course, the number was higher than it's been in a long time. And those bad feelings snuck right back in making me feel like this will never work and I need to not eat 'bad' foods. But, I had to sit down and take a deep breath and think. This extra weight is NOT because of listening to my body or intuitive eating. It's because I've been restricting and binging. And two days of intuitive eating doesn't erase 15 extra pounds. I'm trying to laugh at how ridiculous it is for me to think all these years can be fixed in two days One day at a time... Thanks, > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi all > > > > > > > > > > > > I've struggled with trying to be an intuitive eater for quite a > > > > while now. I keep falling back into the restriction mindset. I feel > > > > quite successful for a couple days, then fall back into bingeing, > > then > > > > back into the diet mentality to control weight gain. The thing that > > > > affects me the most is SUGAR! When I am not around it and don't eat > > > > it, I eat well and mindfully, enjoy my food, and feel less anxiety in > > > > general. But, it seems like when that temptation is there I can't not > > > > eat it. And then when I give in, it usually ends in a binge, guilt, > > > > and thinking about dieting. This cycle has been going on for several > > > > months now, close to a year, and it is very frustrating. I don't want > > > > to waste my life worrying about sugar! > > > > > > > > > > > > I've tried moderation. I've tried to 'legalize' it. I went > > through > > > > a cookie dough phase trying to legalize it, but after I get sick > > of it > > > > I just find sugar in another form. It makes me feel bad physically, > > > > but I seem to forget that after a few days without it. I feel like > > > > it's a drug! > > > > > > > > > > > > I want to embrace this lifestyle, but I need help over this bump > > > > in the road > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks for reading, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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