Re: Reaching out...

[Guest guest]

I think the others gave you some really great advice. Also... why is eating food you dont want or need any less wasteful than just throwing it out? gaining weight to avoid throwing food away doesn't help anyone, right? 

if anything, figuring out what you really want to eat and skipping the rest is LESS wasteful.but i hear you. it's hard. but i think the thing is: it doesn't help anyone for you to eat food you dont need or want. 

also, has it occured to you that perhaps you are eating in ways that you don't enjoy because you just endured a really hard experience: saying goodbye to your husband for many months! and maybe being worried about his safety as well! 

maybe your eating has nothing to do with what food is at home and everything to do with what ISN'T at home... your husband!is there a way you can honor your feelings of sadness, worry, loneliness, and fear, if indeed you are feeling those things?

 

I was recently thinking about this, because having an Indian father, we

*had* to eat everything on our plates.  I ate eggs nearly every day

until I was 17--the last few years, I was so nauseated by them that the

only way I could get them down was to hold my nose and gulp them with

water.  I realized that after an entire childhood of mindlessly eating

foods I detested on a regular basis, no wonder I can't understand the

signals I get from my body sometimes!  I'm really trying to pay

attention to whether I actually like what I'm eating, instead of just

shoveling something down as fast as I can because I don't like it--and

also trying to be aware of when something I do like is no longer

appetizing because I've had enough of it.   I don't like to waste food,

but if I'm going to get through this I have to pay attention to when my

body/mind says, " I don't want this anymore. "

Sohni (I outed myself, lol; Jeannie is my middle name)

rachel.gary wrote:

 

Anyway, I also sympathize with your concerns about all the food waste.

I often make myself eat food that is in the house, even if I don't

really feel like eating it, just because otherwise it will go to waste.

In addition, I find it hard to purchase previously forbidden foods,

because I have always had an aversion to wasting money on things that

are " bad for you. " That frame of mind has always made restricting

easier for me, though of course it always backfired in the end and

resulted in bingeing.

[Guest guest]

THANK YOU!!! That was two lightbulbs for sure! ;-)

Yes, the food goes to waste either way, right? I either waste it in the garbage

or I waste it on my body...which in the long-run places a stress on my health

and that would keep me from doing what I've been called to do to serve!

And, yes, good point about my husband being gone. He was home for about 3 weeks

after being gone for 6 months and now he's gone again for another 5 months. And

we were in that re-adjustment phase the last few days. I was " off " our 4 1/2

year old daughter was " off " and today we are starting to hit a sense of normalcy

again and I had an easier time NOT eating random stuff simply b/c it was there

and throwing out stuff I knew I didn't want.

Thanks! Y'all are great!

Robyn

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> > always backfired in the end and resulted in bingeing.

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