Guest guest Posted May 16, 2007 Report Share Posted May 16, 2007 Allie wrote: > > Haha! How about bingeing on 94% fat free popcorn. Yuck I can not > touch that stuff anymore. It is amazing how we force ourselves to eat > things that we do not like and still not be truly satisfied. > ********** Yeah, it's nuts to spend all that time and energy and eat all that other stuff to avoid what you really wanted all along. W/ IE I have it and move on. No more guilt, no more eating a thousand pale imitations to avoid one really good item. Life's too short to eat crappy food. F. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 17, 2007 Report Share Posted May 17, 2007 Allie, your post made me laugh! It reminds me of a part in a book I read by Larry Goldberg, " The Controlled Cheating: The Fats Goldbert Take It Off, Keep It Off Diet Program " . He said how one Sunday he started the day craving a scoop of ice cream from the ice cream shop down the street. But he was trying to diet and told himself to eat something else instead. So he ate some bacon and eggs for breakfast. Well,he still craved the ice cream, but told himself again how it was not good for him. So he ate a couple of oatmeal cookies (they seemed healthier to him than ice cream). This went on all day. By the end of the day, he was full and uncomfortable, and ended up going down the street to have the ice cream. If he had just eaten the ice cream like his body was wanting---well, you know. That's why I love the IE concept. I, for one, tend to evereat when I limit myself to certain things and forbid other things. It's like I'm substituting more and more of the " good " things to stop craving the " bad " things. I'm SO excited about one day having the words " bad " and " good " forbidden! --Carol - In IntuitiveEating_Support , Fritcher wrote: > > Allie wrote: > > > > Haha! How about bingeing on 94% fat free popcorn. Yuck I can not > > touch that stuff anymore. It is amazing how we force ourselves to eat > > things that we do not like and still not be truly satisfied. > > > > > ********** > > Yeah, it's nuts to spend all that time and energy and eat all that other > stuff to avoid what you really wanted all along. W/ IE I have it and > move on. No more guilt, no more eating a thousand pale imitations to > avoid one really good item. Life's too short to eat crappy food. > > F. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 17, 2007 Report Share Posted May 17, 2007 Allie, your post made me laugh! It reminds me of a part in a book I read by Larry Goldberg, " The Controlled Cheating: The Fats Goldbert Take It Off, Keep It Off Diet Program " . He said how one Sunday he started the day craving a scoop of ice cream from the ice cream shop down the street. But he was trying to diet and told himself to eat something else instead. So he ate some bacon and eggs for breakfast. Well,he still craved the ice cream, but told himself again how it was not good for him. So he ate a couple of oatmeal cookies (they seemed healthier to him than ice cream). This went on all day. By the end of the day, he was full and uncomfortable, and ended up going down the street to have the ice cream. If he had just eaten the ice cream like his body was wanting---well, you know. That's why I love the IE concept. I, for one, tend to evereat when I limit myself to certain things and forbid other things. It's like I'm substituting more and more of the " good " things to stop craving the " bad " things. I'm SO excited about one day having the words " bad " and " good " forbidden! --Carol - In IntuitiveEating_Support , Fritcher wrote: > > Allie wrote: > > > > Haha! How about bingeing on 94% fat free popcorn. Yuck I can not > > touch that stuff anymore. It is amazing how we force ourselves to eat > > things that we do not like and still not be truly satisfied. > > > > > ********** > > Yeah, it's nuts to spend all that time and energy and eat all that other > stuff to avoid what you really wanted all along. W/ IE I have it and > move on. No more guilt, no more eating a thousand pale imitations to > avoid one really good item. Life's too short to eat crappy food. > > F. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 17, 2007 Report Share Posted May 17, 2007 Allie, your post made me laugh! It reminds me of a part in a book I read by Larry Goldberg, " The Controlled Cheating: The Fats Goldbert Take It Off, Keep It Off Diet Program " . He said how one Sunday he started the day craving a scoop of ice cream from the ice cream shop down the street. But he was trying to diet and told himself to eat something else instead. So he ate some bacon and eggs for breakfast. Well,he still craved the ice cream, but told himself again how it was not good for him. So he ate a couple of oatmeal cookies (they seemed healthier to him than ice cream). This went on all day. By the end of the day, he was full and uncomfortable, and ended up going down the street to have the ice cream. If he had just eaten the ice cream like his body was wanting---well, you know. That's why I love the IE concept. I, for one, tend to evereat when I limit myself to certain things and forbid other things. It's like I'm substituting more and more of the " good " things to stop craving the " bad " things. I'm SO excited about one day having the words " bad " and " good " forbidden! --Carol - In IntuitiveEating_Support , Fritcher wrote: > > Allie wrote: > > > > Haha! How about bingeing on 94% fat free popcorn. Yuck I can not > > touch that stuff anymore. It is amazing how we force ourselves to eat > > things that we do not like and still not be truly satisfied. > > > > > ********** > > Yeah, it's nuts to spend all that time and energy and eat all that other > stuff to avoid what you really wanted all along. W/ IE I have it and > move on. No more guilt, no more eating a thousand pale imitations to > avoid one really good item. Life's too short to eat crappy food. > > F. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 17, 2007 Report Share Posted May 17, 2007 Hey Carol! That is funny, that is so me in my dieting days! I should check out that book. I keep thinking about all the things that I used to do to prove to myself that my tasteless food was actually good. My kids are the funniest though. I used to drink these protein or diet drinks and the kids were excited and say I was drinking a smoothie and they wanted to try it because they figure since I was drinking it that it was so good. Well one took a sip and the other made her own to drink and one promptly through it out and my oldest girl looked at me like I was crazy for drinking something so nasty. But of course I defended my nasty drinks and told them how good it was! I think my kids lost a whole lot of respect for me that day! allie Never miss an email again!Yahoo! Toolbar alerts you the instant new Mail arrives. Check it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 17, 2007 Report Share Posted May 17, 2007 Hey Carol! That is funny, that is so me in my dieting days! I should check out that book. I keep thinking about all the things that I used to do to prove to myself that my tasteless food was actually good. My kids are the funniest though. I used to drink these protein or diet drinks and the kids were excited and say I was drinking a smoothie and they wanted to try it because they figure since I was drinking it that it was so good. Well one took a sip and the other made her own to drink and one promptly through it out and my oldest girl looked at me like I was crazy for drinking something so nasty. But of course I defended my nasty drinks and told them how good it was! I think my kids lost a whole lot of respect for me that day! allie Never miss an email again!Yahoo! Toolbar alerts you the instant new Mail arrives. Check it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 17, 2007 Report Share Posted May 17, 2007 Hey Carol! That is funny, that is so me in my dieting days! I should check out that book. I keep thinking about all the things that I used to do to prove to myself that my tasteless food was actually good. My kids are the funniest though. I used to drink these protein or diet drinks and the kids were excited and say I was drinking a smoothie and they wanted to try it because they figure since I was drinking it that it was so good. Well one took a sip and the other made her own to drink and one promptly through it out and my oldest girl looked at me like I was crazy for drinking something so nasty. But of course I defended my nasty drinks and told them how good it was! I think my kids lost a whole lot of respect for me that day! allie Never miss an email again!Yahoo! Toolbar alerts you the instant new Mail arrives. Check it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 17, 2007 Report Share Posted May 17, 2007 Oh, that's funny about the kids losing respect! The things we have put ourselves through! That's why I'm so excited about this way of life, letting my body control the eating. Allie wrote: Hey Carol! That is funny, that is so me in my dieting days! I should check out that book. I keep thinking about all the things that I used to do to prove to myself that my tasteless food was actually good. My kids are the funniest though. I used to drink these protein or diet drinks and the kids were excited and say I was drinking a smoothie and they wanted to try it because they figure since I was drinking it that it was so good. Well one took a sip and the other made her own to drink and one promptly through it out and my oldest girl looked at me like I was crazy for drinking something so nasty. But of course I defended my nasty drinks and told them how good it was! I think my kids lost a whole lot of respect for me that day! allie Never miss an email again!Yahoo! Toolbar alerts you the instant new Mail arrives. Check it out. Building a website is a piece of cake. Yahoo! Small Business gives you all the tools to get online. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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