Guest guest Posted June 17, 2009 Report Share Posted June 17, 2009 Insteadof looking at it as a forbidin food look at it as a food That does not feel good in your body. you just don't feel like your being good to your self by choosing a food that does not process well in your body. If you had diabedis and the dr said evey time you eat sugar you are going to make your self sicker. If you lookd at it that way it not about being deprived it about choosing what makes your body feel good -----Original MFessage----- Date: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 8:08:37 am To: IntuitiveEating_Support Subject: Re: My story , I am shocked you just wrote about this! Shocked in a good way, lol! For the past few days I've been researching sugar addiction and have found that I am a real sugar addict. Now I'm having extreme difficulty trying to figure out how to do IE and deal with my sugar addiction. " After I eat sugar I feel great but then the " let down " comes and then I feel so tired. I'm guessing that's why I feel tired all the time. Now I feel like I'm forbidding a food which in the long run never turns out to be a pretty situation in the end. I'm just confused right now. Yesterday I was back to reading about " diets " (Sugar Busters) and I know I can't go there anymore but I'm sick of feeling sick after eating sugar but yet I crave it. Thanks for writing about your experience. Barb Subject: My story To: " Eating Intuitive " <IntuitiveEating_Support > Date: Monday, June 15, 2009, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 17, 2009 Report Share Posted June 17, 2009 , I am shocked you just wrote about this! Shocked in a good way, lol! For the past few days I've been researching sugar addiction and have found that I am a real sugar addict. Now I'm having extreme difficulty trying to figure out how to do IE and deal with my sugar addiction. "After I eat sugar I feel great but then the "let down" comes and then I feel so tired. I'm guessing that's why I feel tired all the time. Now I feel like I'm forbidding a food which in the long run never turns out to be a pretty situation in the end. I'm just confused right now. Yesterday I was back to reading about "diets" (Sugar Busters) and I know I can't go there anymore but I'm sick of feeling sick after eating sugar but yet I crave it. Thanks for writing about your experience. Barb Subject: My storyTo: "Eating Intuitive" <IntuitiveEating_Support >Date: Monday, June 15, 2009, 10:57 AM I hope my story helps some of you understand the concept of emotional eating as it relates to sugar being used as an over the counter tranquilizer. Any suggestions for avoiding the urge top medicate with sugar would be greatly appreciated also! I have gone many years without restricting forbidden foods. From age 33 to the present, (I am 44) I ate whatever I wanted in whatever quantities I desired. I simply did not care how much I weighed or what size I was! UNTIL my older sister lost 90 pounds and my mother informed me that I was now the largest female in the family. I was happy for my sister, but I knew her weight was 20 pounds more than me, and her height was 3 inches shorter than me. I also saw the tags in Mom's and Sister's pants! I WAS NOT bigger than them, and I decided that the next time they'd see me it would be a no-brainer. I lost 25 pounds and went from an 18W to a 14 in four months. Guess what Mom said when she saw me? "I can tell you have lost weight in your face and arms, but you still have your gut.". Nice, hiuh? Well, I LoVe my body just the way it is!Anyway my point in writing this is that I have had a sugar addiction for 20+ years... from my skinny college days, to my anorexic first years of marriage, to my. highest weight of 225 and still today at 189!I am NOT addicted to the taste of sugar, for if I was, I would be able to make a candy bar last all day like my skinny 12 year old daughter does (and leave part of it on the hot car seat to make a melted mess).. I too, used to savor each tiny bite, sliding it around my mouth so that each part of my tongue had an opportunity to share the joy of it. I am aware of this, and if I'm mindful I can do that.BUT I don't eat sugary foods for the way they taste, I eat them in large quantities for the way they make me feel AFTER I have eaten them. I binge on them, cramming them down as quickly as I can... And I have sadly come to the realization that this is the classic profile of an emotional eater. With the book Shrink Yourself, I have made great progress, and I'm only half-way finished with it. Here are some truths about me... I was a binge drinker in college and quit when I started my teaching career. Shortly after that I married and had a daughter. I learned the power sugar held as a tranquilizer when a long chain of miscarriages preceded the ultimate birth of my perfectly healthy son. With a 5 year old to care for and a teaching career to honor, bingeing on alcohol just wasn't a feasible option. Until reading Shrink Yourself (the first half so far) I was totally unaware that I was using sugar as a tranquilizer. Like I said before, I have NEVER forbidden sugar, but once I experienced its numbing effects while losing baby after baby, I held strong to it and unconsciously applied its power to other uncomfortable feelings like anxiety, fear, worry, hurt, anger... NOW the only thing I have left to work on is recognizing my feelings in the split second before I head for whatever sugar is available! And trust me, it is and has always been plentiful in my pantry! KnoblochSent from my BlackBerry® wireless device from U.S. Cellular------------------------------------ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 17, 2009 Report Share Posted June 17, 2009 I refuse to give up my sugar!!! And I hope I don't try to either... That's not what I'm taking about is using sugar as a tranquilizer... This is talked about very briefly in the Intuitive Eating book, and it is referred to as Emotional Eating. I know for a fact that I am overweight from restricting and trying to give up sweets. I will never go there again. I was just curious about whether anyone else uses sugar as a tranquilizer to numb their emotions and how they have managed to stop this "emotional eating" which for me (and you apparently) is usually sugar - when I am emotional about something . Like I said, I gave up restricting sugar MANY years ago, shamelessly too! I haven't cared who counted the number of rolls I ate at work, when my mil hid the brownies when I had had too many (I learned to just go to Kmart and purchase a large variety of store bought ones and put them on the counter to share!) Lol I didn't care when my husband would ask "is that whole cake GONE already?". However, I did care when my little kids would cry because I ate all their Halloween candy. but it never stopped me. My addiction to it as a tranquilizer is getting better, but I am wondering what else I can do! (My kids Easter candy is still in their rooms untouched by me because I have my own large stash of a of variety of sweets, many of which have been talked about here lately! I just read it and think, "that sounds good and I go buy a ton because I live in the country. Again, I'm getting better, but I still see myself using it to tranquilize my emotions. Does anyone know how I can deal with this need 4 a tranquilizing high? does anyone have any success stories 4 overcoming emotional eating? I wish through the trauma in my life, I hadn't learned the power of sugar to numb the pain... I haven't always done this!!! Thanks KnoblochSent from my BlackBerry® wireless device from U.S. CellularFrom: Barbra Spaller Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 05:06:54 -0700 (PDT)To: <IntuitiveEating_Support >Subject: Re: My story ,I am shocked you just wrote about this! Shocked in a good way, lol! For the past few days I've been researching sugar addiction and have found that I am a real sugar addict. Now I'm having extreme difficulty trying to figure out how to do IE and deal with my sugar addiction. "After I eat sugar I feel great but then the "let down" comes and then I feel so tired. I'm guessing that's why I feel tired all the time. Now I feel like I'm forbidding a food which in the long run never turns out to be a pretty situation in the end. I'm just confused right now. Yesterday I was back to reading about "diets" (Sugar Busters) and I know I can't go there anymore but I'm sick of feeling sick after eating sugar but yet I crave it. Thanks for writing about your experience. BarbFrom: <iteachbkk>Subject: My storyTo: "Eating Intuitive" <IntuitiveEating_Support >Date: Monday, June 15, 2009, 10:57 AMI hope my story helps some of you understand the concept of emotional eating as it relates to sugar being used as an over the counter tranquilizer. Any suggestions for avoiding the urge top medicate with sugar would be greatly appreciated also! I have gone many years without restricting forbidden foods. From age 33 to the present, (I am 44) I ate whatever I wanted in whatever quantities I desired. I simply did not care how much I weighed or what size I was! UNTIL my older sister lost 90 pounds and my mother informed me that I was now the largest female in the family. I was happy for my sister, but I knew her weight was 20 pounds more than me, and her height was 3 inches shorter than me. I also saw the tags in Mom's and Sister's pants! I WAS NOT bigger than them, and I decided that the next time they'd see me it would be a no-brainer. I lost 25 pounds and went from an 18W to a 14 in four months. Guess what Mom said when she saw me? "I can tell you have lost weight in your face and arms, but you still have your gut.". Nice, hiuh? Well, I LoVe my body just the way it is!Anyway my point in writing this is that I have had a sugar addiction for 20+ years... from my skinny college days, to my anorexic first years of marriage, to my. highest weight of 225 and still today at 189!I am NOT addicted to the taste of sugar, for if I was, I would be able to make a candy bar last all day like my skinny 12 year old daughter does (and leave part of it on the hot car seat to make a melted mess).. I too, used to savor each tiny bite, sliding it around my mouth so that each part of my tongue had an opportunity to share the joy of it. I am aware of this, and if I'm mindful I can do that.BUT I don't eat sugary foods for the way they taste, I eat them in large quantities for the way they make me feel AFTER I have eaten them. I binge on them, cramming them down as quickly as I can... And I have sadly come to the realization that this is the classic profile of an emotional eater. With the book Shrink Yourself, I have made great progress, and I'm only half-way finished with it. Here are some truths about me... I was a binge drinker in college and quit when I started my teaching career. Shortly after that I married and had a daughter. I learned the power sugar held as a tranquilizer when a long chain of miscarriages preceded the ultimate birth of my perfectly healthy son. With a 5 year old to care for and a teaching career to honor, bingeing on alcohol just wasn't a feasible option. Until reading Shrink Yourself (the first half so far) I was totally unaware that I was using sugar as a tranquilizer. Like I said before, I have NEVER forbidden sugar, but once I experienced its numbing effects while losing baby after baby, I held strong to it and unconsciously applied its power to other uncomfortable feelings like anxiety, fear, worry, hurt, anger... NOW the only thing I have left to work on is recognizing my feelings in the split second before I head for whatever sugar is available! And trust me, it is and has always been plentiful in my pantry! KnoblochSent from my BlackBerry® wireless device from U.S. Cellular------------------------------------ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 17, 2009 Report Share Posted June 17, 2009 Oh my God!! Someone finally heard me! I am printing this and going to DO it! I was just thinking that the way I have been interacting with sugar for the blissful high and resultant crash is like a pill popper! If the pharmacy made a pill that could provide me the classic sugar blissful high, dizziness, calming effect, I would take it DAILY. I just go to sleep when the low hits... Does Gillian believe people use sugar to tranquilize? I think I have gotten some excellent advice here! THANKS! KnoblochSent from my BlackBerry® wireless device from U.S. CellularFrom: Abigail Wolfson Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 08:19:28 -0700To: <IntuitiveEating_Support >Subject: Re: My story what if you just decide to eat sugar CONSCIOUSLY? what if you sit down at the table and put a napkin in your lap and do nothing but savor the taste and pay attention to your hunger for it? and then also be conscious of your emotions as you eat it? maybe it's your ability to lose yourself in it, and not the sugar itself, is what you crave? if that is the case, if by eating it consciously you lose that tool, you may realize you have other ways to " tranquilize " yourself for a while? my latest tool for this is Grey's Anatomy, on Netflix. it used to be food and a book. but the Netflix by itself does it for me now. a movie is too long, but i can always squeeze in one sinful tv show! it feels oh so delicously decadent!i totally agree with NOT restricting sugar! i used to try to do this and it ALWAYS backfired on me! now i tell myself i can have it whenever i want, all i have to do is eat it consciously. i eat a lot less of it, but still definitely enjoy it!On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 5:47 AM, denny y <d.yianacopolus> wrote: Insteadof looking at it as a forbidin food look at it as a food That does not feel good in your body. you just don't feel like your being good to your self by choosing a food that does not process well in your body. If you had diabedis and the dr said evey time you eat sugar you are going to make your self sicker. If you lookd at it that way it not about being deprived it about choosing what makes your body feel good -----Original MFessage----- Date: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 8:08:37 am To: IntuitiveEating_Support From: " Barbra Spaller " <bbspaller> Subject: Re: My story , I am shocked you just wrote about this! Shocked in a good way, lol! For the past few days I've been researching sugar addiction and have found that I am a real sugar addict. Now I'm having extreme difficulty trying to figure out how to do IE and deal with my sugar addiction. " After I eat sugar I feel great but then the " let down " comes and then I feel so tired. I'm guessing that's why I feel tired all the time. Now I feel like I'm forbidding a food which in the long run never turns out to be a pretty situation in the end. I'm just confused right now. Yesterday I was back to reading about " diets " (Sugar Busters) and I know I can't go there anymore but I'm sick of feeling sick after eating sugar but yet I crave it. Thanks for writing about your experience. Barb From: <iteachbkk> Subject: My story To: " Eating Intuitive " <IntuitiveEating_Support > Date: Monday, June 15, 2009, -- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 18, 2009 Report Share Posted June 18, 2009 Denny, Not sure if you are directing this question to me (Katcha) or , so I will answer from my point of view. I don't consider myself 'addicted' to sugar (neither mind nor body). What I have come to understand for myself is how my body reacts to this type of food. I can then decide to eat or not accepting the consequences if I do. I also love what others have been posting about this topic - thank you Harry & for your posts ehugs, Katcha IEing since March 2007 > > > > Does Gillian believe people use sugar to tranquilize? > > > Knobloch > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 23, 2009 Report Share Posted June 23, 2009 I call that a good baby step Barb! Good job re-reading and finding what you needed to get yourself back on track with your IE journey. ehugs, Katcha IEing since March 2007 > > Thanks Kaylin for your post. I've really been paying close attention to how I feel when I just grab something to eat..just to eat. It does all seem to be related to stress, anxiety, or whatever feeling is going on at that time. I reread through some of the IE book again last night and realized that I have't given up the whole diet mentality thinking yet. I still judge everything I put in my mouth. I'm really going to work on breaking free from that thinking and I " m also going to work on eating consciously. Those are two areas I'm struggling with. > > Barb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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