PLEASE send encouragement my way...
#191563 - 07/04/05 05:37 PM
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I have gotten off sugar. Dairy. Meat. Gluten. BUT i am STILL overeating. Hubby and I cannot afford for me to eat SO much food...esp. with the added expense of all my supplements! And I am about to go to a psychiatist as soon as I find one AND probably need meds. (Not to mention I need to have my thyroid checked and may need surgery for my nodule!  )
So what do I need from all of you? I need to know you believe in me that I can DO this. That instead of eating I can use an outlet for my emotions. I am SO depressed right now...and it might be a while before I get help/find the right meds. In the meantime, I need to STOP turning to food! It is NOT a POSITIVE coping mechanism!
If you have things you do to cope positively and care to list them, I would be greatful!
If you have money saving ideas, that would be great as well.
I am beginning to see that I CAN come to you guys for support...I am so VERY FORTUNATE. And I am going to lean on you guys!
How I wish you all lived closer *hugs*
I plan to write my food for each day here the day BEFORE and then how well I stuck to it!
Dinner tonight will be 2 pizza slices (gf and dairy free of course!) with spagheti squash and homemdae tom. sauce and 4 cut up zuccini slices with one green onion diced as toppings. (If I don't get to make the pizza then I'll have everything I mentioned above with a banana).
Tomorrow:
A SMALL egg white omlette with 1/4 cup homemade pinto beans. Small cut up tomato, green onion diced, and some basil.
Snack=Jar baby food with 4 pumpkin seeds
Lunch=Repeat of last night's dinner IF I made the pizza. (Butternut squash topping instead of marinara if I like it). If I didn't make the pizza...1.5 oz. rice pasta with butternut squash sauce. The rest of the pizza will be frozen for later in the week or next week.
Snack=banana
Dinner=1 cup bean dip with 4 tbls. avocado, 1/4 cup beets and 2 rice cakes. Nectarine for dessert.
If hungry before bed, I will have just enough avocado dip to cover 1 rice cake. I can't fall asleep when my tummy is empty!
I will drink 3 liters of water
Activity for tomorrow: 15 minute bike ride on trainer.
PLEASE pray I will do this. As a food addict...one who uses food to cope...it is not about diet. It is about finding other ways to cope and admitting you have a problem. I admit I have a problem! (I'm doing a LOT of admitting these days huh?)   
Thanks for reading such a super-long post!
Love to you all,
Ruchie
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Ruchie:
Do you have food/guilt issues? That's what I'm picking up on from your post. YOU ARE WORTHY OF SATIETY/YUMMY and safe and healthy foods! Know that you can always eat more, later or tomorrow and that IT IS NOT A FEAST OR FAMINE world.
Keep it simple. Don't cook so much.
VISUALIZATION is a powerful tool. In your journal, "rewrite" or "rescript" the past. See yourself acting differently in the future. Talk to yourself affirmatively.
Ask yourself: am I eating to "numb" out or to nourish hunger. Stay well hydrated. Spend more time out of the kitchen. Pack up leftovers a.s.a.p. Measure serving sizes.
Log intake. In a separate column, make emotional notes/encouraging doodles.
Treat your feeding like you would Shanna's--no table scraps and keep a schedule.
REMOVE all thoughts of dieting from your head.
Get out of the house, or immerse yourself in ideas, activities, hobbies that have nothing to do with food.
Honestly, I just eat when I'm hungry and there's usually a rhythm/schedule to that. Slow down when you're eating, savour, appreciate, be thankful...use chopsticks? If anything, stress/anxiety takes my appetite away--which is the opposite of your behaviour. Somedays, I have to coax myself into eating. I just know, that I'll feel worse without NUTRITIENTS. So, I lead this horse, this body to food and water and encourage her to eat/drink.
I send you unconditional encouragement and HUGS. Try knitting or needlework.
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I know how you feel, and I've been eating horribly too, and going back to my old habits. I think it's because of my sis having a baby, DH having an anxiety attack, DD being diagnosed with asthma, and me trying to cope with all this. not going so well.
you ahve a friend in me. I still have to figure out a way to cope but I have taken up crocheting which keeps my hands busy. As soon as I can shut my mind the heck up, my sore tummy will settle to not sore anymore.
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Keep on keepin' on...
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