Re: The strong power of restriction

[Guest guest]

huh.  truthfully, I wouldn't consider a single pint of ice cream a " binge "   ... maybe you ate past fullness or not mindfully, but please don't beat yourself up over a measly little pint of ice cream! LOL.

 

you are right on about the restriction, if you've wanted it for a long time and wouldn't let yourself have it, it's going to get that golden glow about it   You might want to consider getting another pint of the stuff and waiting until it's juuuust riiiiight in terms of how soft you like it, then savor as much as you enjoy.  Because you really didn't get to enjoy it last night!

 

For me, there is a local brand of vanilla ice cream that I just scrape off just the soft almost-melted bits from the top of a brand-new box.  That's the only part I like.  It has to be the first serving of a freshly opened box, with just the amount of " melt " that comes from driving home from the store on a summer day   I can do that and just throw away the rest LOL, and I only go nuts over this one brand of vanilla.  I'm too lazy to do it very often, but I just love it every so often

 

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[Guest guest]

Good for you. The food is so powerful when we've restricted for so long. You will probably be amazed after you've had ice cream a few more times that it will lose it's power over you.One important thing is to not beat yourself up over the binge. That just makes it more likely to binge. I had to work hard on that one. One thing I've noticed (I've been back on sugar for a year after restricting it for about 10) is that when I make a new dessert, my fiance (who's always been slender) and I will want it every day for a while and sometimes I even have to make a second one, but then eventually the strong desire for it fades and we don't care anymore and it will just sit there. I never thought that those strong feelings for food would be released but I see it gradually happening.The other day, I had

some ice cream. I didn't feel like getting a bowl so grabbed the half gallon container which was close to empty. I started to eat and thought that I should get a bowl and take half of what was there, eat that and then decided whether I wanted more. But I didn't feel like getting a bowl.I ended up eating half and putting the other half away. What I ate amounted to about 1/2 cup (I'm guessing, but it wasn't much). This was amazing for me. Keep at it and you will be amazed too. SharonSubject: The strong power of restrictionTo: IntuitiveEating_Support Date: Thursday, June 18, 2009, 11:43

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The strong power of restriction

Last night I binged on icecream: Ben & Jerrys cookie dough. Did I enjoy the ice cream? Not really. It was too frozen for my taste.My but urge was so strong that I could not wait. Was it mindful eating? Perhaps.I knew I was going to binge after a long time of no binges but I still wanted it. I knew I could have listened to Geneen Roth's recording "What to do in the middle of a binge", but I still wanted it.

What caused it? Loneliness and fear and I knew exactly what I was trying to numb or cover but I still got in my car, drove 2 blocks and bought ice cream. I could have stopped before opening the door at 11:40 pm, or before getting in my car, or before walking into the 7/ 11, or before grabbing the pint of ice cream, or even before paying, or even before getting out of the car with the little bag of groceries. I could have put it in the trash container outside before walking up the stairs and opening my door. There were so many opportunities where I could have stopped. But I didn't. The truth is that I had not had ice cream since last July and I wanted it.

Lesson learned: do not restrict. Eat normal bites, eat food you like. Do not restrict or label food as forbidden.'

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