yucky food day

[Guest guest]

Hi, friends. I am feeling gross after a slip up this evening with food. I had a

pretty good day. though I am noticing that I need to eat a more substantial

breakfast. I'm getting hungry about 2 hours after I eat breakfast, and this

seems to set me up to overeat the rest of the day.

Tonight, after a day of mostly intuitive eating (and eating without

distraction), I chose to buy into the " I can zone out in front of the computer

and binge and not have any consequences! " lie. And I got all the same feelings

of guilt and shame and self hatred that I knew I would. I am trying to stay in

the curious place of realizing that my eating behaviors are trying to tell me

something important. That I am not taking care of myself in some way.

Today, I can see that I probably had too much on my agenda. I am dealing with

some intense feelings, pms, an out of work husband and a 5 year old. Oh yes- and

running my business.

I want to be more proactive about finding activities for my son. And....I need

to work on feeling my feelings and working through them.

Thanks for listening!

Heidi in KY

[Guest guest]

Hi Heidi,

What IS IT about eating at the computer that is so compelling? It is my biggest

road block. I notice sometimes I am stressed or mad about something or obviously

avoiding feelings. And almost always, I am thinking either it doesn't count or

I deserve it.

Yesterday morning I had written down an intention to change my evening routine

in order to avoid the eating habit, and it did work. Even when I had a box of

crackers in my hand, I remembered that today I wasn't going to do it and I

wasn't hungry anyway. That classic one day at a time approach worked.

Yesterday, anyway. :-)

So, best of luck to you. Thanks for posting.

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> Hi, friends. I am feeling gross after a slip up this evening with food. I had

a pretty good day. though I am noticing that I need to eat a more substantial

breakfast. I'm getting hungry about 2 hours after I eat breakfast, and this

seems to set me up to overeat the rest of the day.

>

>

> Tonight, after a day of mostly intuitive eating (and eating without

distraction), I chose to buy into the " I can zone out in front of the computer

and binge and not have any consequences! " lie. And I got all the same feelings

of guilt and shame and self hatred that I knew I would. I am trying to stay in

the curious place of realizing that my eating behaviors are trying to tell me

something important. That I am not taking care of myself in some way.

>

> Today, I can see that I probably had too much on my agenda. I am dealing with

some intense feelings, pms, an out of work husband and a 5 year old. Oh yes- and

running my business.

>

> I want to be more proactive about finding activities for my son. And....I need

to work on feeling my feelings and working through them.

>

> Thanks for listening!

>

> Heidi in KY

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