Guest guest Posted July 10, 2000 Report Share Posted July 10, 2000 Hi Margie! Thanks for the kind words! I do want to try to clarify something, though. This business of " food isn't a comfort anymore " isn't like going on optifast or a diet where you can't have the food. You can *have* the food, that's the b*tch of it. You have the food and it *just isn't fun.* It doesn't *do* anything for you. You don't feel comforted, and instead, you may feel nauseous, or you may barf, but usually, you don't, it just doesn't feel good or bad or anything. It is " just food, yawn. " It is almost more like food has abandoned you, as stupid as that probably sounds. I consider this a *tremendous* PLUS because without it, I would *never* have changed my eating habits. Now dealing with it, on the other hand, has not been a cruise, but I am finally shopping and eating like a skinny person. I bought *one* banana tonight, and *one* potato, and I was trying to find a way to buy 3 eggs, not a dozen . . . you get the idea. And any larger packages actually seem nauseatingly large, like the family pack of pork chops I used to get, blecccch! It's a mindset that you begin to develop after awhile, it is not something like a diet where I'm doing it because I " should. " It isn't a feeling of being deprived at all, like on a diet, where you can't have a candy bar, so you sneak one. Nope, it's not like that. And the good part is that you *don't* have a choice about dealing with it. You will learn to change your eating habits. You *will* change, even if it's kicking and screaming like me. Best wishes for a smooth journey for you! Hugs, > I will go by slo-margie because they call my > city slo town. <snip> > want to thank you for expressing your thoughts and feeling > about being angry about the loss of food as a comfort. It is > something I know I will have a problem with, because I have had it > before. I experienced it big time when I went on a program like > optifast for 5 months, not eating solid food for 5 months made me > feel so deprived, I often just cried. I have given that full > consideration in my decision and know it will be worth it to > lose the weight for good. <snip> > Best wishes to all! Margie Sumlin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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