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Zaftig1

Reged: 03/12/03

Posts: 92

Loc: USA

Being afraid of food
03/20/03 08:08 PM

I've never believed in weight loss dieting, I saw what it did emotionally to my mom and I swore even if I got to be 800 lbs I'd never diet. Yet I find that my IBS has caused me to think in some ways like a dieter!

I find myself looking at food and compartmentalizing them as either "bad" food or "good" food. "Bad" food being whatever triggers IBS attacks. I need to get out of thinking like this, but how?

I can't even hear the word "fried" without internally cringing, remembering what fried food does to me (vomiting, diahrrhea alternating with constipation, that drained feeling from being on the toilet for 4 hrs., collapsing in bed from exhaustion and dehydration after a long bout, etc.)

But IBS has made me afraid of certain foods, and has taken away my former enjoyment of eating. I come from two cultures (Italian and Jewish) in which eating food is part of enjoying life, being happy, and celebration. I can't enjoy food anymore...I eat it just because I have to, and most of the time I hardly taste it.

How can I get away from thinking like this?

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Subject	Posted by	Posted on
Being afraid of food	Zaftig1	03/20/03 08:08 PM
Re: Being afraid of food	britsarah	03/20/03 11:34 PM
Re: Being afraid of food	tlc	03/21/03 05:12 AM
Re: Being afraid of food	Zaftig1	03/21/03 04:46 AM
Re: Being afraid of food	SharonMello	03/21/03 08:25 AM
Re: Being afraid of food	Zaftig1	03/21/03 10:55 AM
Re: Being afraid of food	torbetta	03/21/03 07:55 AM
Re: Being afraid of food	Zaftig1	03/21/03 10:58 AM
Re: 5 years is too long!!!! -nt-	SharonMello	03/21/03 04:40 PM
Re: Being afraid of food	Snow for Sarala	03/21/03 05:08 AM
Re: Being afraid of food	torbetta	03/21/03 07:59 AM
Re: Being afraid of food	Lana_Marie	03/21/03 07:21 AM

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