Re: Re: Difficult Foods...

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When I first started IE (and I'm a relative newcomer, so it's still

quite a struggle sometimes), I tried to jump in with both feet until I

realized that it was just too overwhelming. Now I'm trying to just

work on little things at a time, so I feel like I'm getting a better

grasp of it. I figure it took me years to learn my compulsive eating

habits, so I can't expect an immediate turnaround.

Sohni

Hi, Sohni,

Thanks for sharing your thoughts and perspective! It really helped me

to hear your process with certain foods as well as your idea about this

being the "final frontier." I feel a lot more hopeful right now, making

my way back to "center" so to speak.

Thanks for taking the time to share. I, too, hope some others also will

share their perspective.

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> > First, I want to thank everyone for all the wonderful

postings on

> > here. I get so much hope and support through the group

sharing of

> > ideas and experiences!

> >

> > So...I want to reach out today...and share a little of my

> > struggles...I have been struggling with IE for a couple

of years at

> > least, knowing it is the way for me to move forward with my

health and

> > emotional well-being...while trying to quell the urge

the diet and

> > lose weight, that whole cycle....lately I feel I have made

significant

> > progress...in particular, tracking my food through a journal

(not for

> > calories or portions, but to track my hunger and emotions).....however

> > I am noticing despite the charge to "legalize all foods" that

certain

> > foods I just cannot stop eating...it is like something is

unleashed in

> > me and I am obsessed with them....most of the time I try to

avoid

> > having them around (try to go to the store if I really crave

> > something, as a "compromise" between "legalizing" the food

and not

> > feeling out of control), but when I do....I just can't seem

to help

> > myself....which feels all the more embarrassing as I am

writing this...

> >

> > The foods I struggle with are anything with a lot of sugar

that I

> > really love (yellow cake with buttercream icing) or fresh

baked bread...

> >

> > So thank you for listening...not sure what to do...after

eating three

> > giant pieces of this yellow cake in the last 24 hours, I am

> > dangerously close to retreating to diet mentality....so

any

> > suggestions you have would be fantastic.

> >

> > Thanks again.

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