This is a great question. I've often wondered if us IBS-blessed folks have a slightly different relationship to food from the rest of the world. I've often joked that I must have been starved in my past-life - if there's food available, I want it ALL. Not just my share... MORE than my share!
In fact, I almost feel that IBS was God's answer to my food obsession. Now that I can't eat much of anything, it has changed my relationship to food for the better in some ways. I no longer begrudge others their share of the office birthday cake or watch the family's pizza jealousy to make sure no one gets more than I do. I can easily avoid non-safe food and never (ever) eat junk. I'm now thin without much effort,where before, I was always "just 15 pounds" over my ideal weight.
I, too, struggle with binging on "safe" foods, which of course, makes them unsafe. I can eat three bowls of oatmeal and want more... five pieces of rice bread and still have to force myself to Step Away from the Kitchen.
Anyway, I would also like to hear y'all's perception of your relationship to food... more specifically, is there ANYONE out there in IBS-world who doesn't really "care" about food other than as a necessary fuel? Who sees food as a means of gaining energy, but doesn't derive a high level of pleasure from it?
Shandy
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Jennifer
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Neither D nor C - just sluggish
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Re: Food: Fuel or Pleasure?
