Re: dealing with new food and taste buds: uncontrollable eating :(

[Guest guest]

You'll want to listen to someone with more experience too, but...I heard someone

on here say that if you know it's a binge food (and be sure you're not calling

it a binge if it's not), then maybe you don't bring a big package home, etc.

That there is a difference between making a food safe and bringing something

home that we're not quite ready to bring home, like somehow limit it a bit

still....oh, I don't think I'm repeating this correctly. lol

>

> I have been allowing myself to get out of my comfort zone and I have been

trying food that I haven't had for a long time. I have been trying, let's say,

to tirn off the food police.

> I know it is a step forward in intuive eating. However, the problem now is

that when trying new food, two things can happen:

> 1. I have realized that it is not as good as I thought it would be and

therefore, I feel guilty about eating it.Guilty about eating something that

didn't provide satisfaction.

> 2. If it is good, then I find it hard to meet hunger needs and I end up

overeating or bingeing on it.For instance, yesterday I bought a packet of

crackers I have not had in a long time.After my first three or four. I put the

packet away. Then I got up an hour later and had the rest of the packet.

>

> So how do we deal with this when we start trying out new food? when we start

getting out of the comfort zone in which we just buy " safe " food? By safe I mean

food that is not " ait food " but it won't trigger a binge or over eating.

>

> thanks

> AdRiAnA

>

[Guest guest]

I think you've got the idea, K T. If I know something has an unbearably strong attraction for me, I don't bring it home. While I no longer binge as I did formerly, I still am having problems. But I do not binge on the former foods any longer, I also would not bring them in the house.(I'm talking about ice cream, creamy cakes & pretzels, chips.) I don't feel an overwhelming desire to get those foods either. Right now it's mostly a question of making proper food choices. I'm still a little behind on that because while I'm getting food from the outside a lot, it's not the way I would prepare it at home. I have a broken foot so cannot do things like I'd like to. Also...some of the current foods I'm having a problem with is something I have to think about. whether I get rid of them from the house or try to think that I can "handle it." I tend to think I can't

handle those foods, so I'll see what happens soon enough. CindiSubject: Re: dealing with new food and taste buds: uncontrollable eating :(To: IntuitiveEating_Support Date: Thursday, June 25, 2009, 12:55 PM

You'll want to listen to someone with more experience too, but...I heard someone on here say that if you know it's a binge food (and be sure you're not calling it a binge if it's not), then maybe you don't bring a big package home, etc. That there is a difference between making a food safe and bringing something home that we're not quite ready to bring home, like somehow limit it a bit still....oh, I don't think I'm repeating this correctly. lol

>

> I have been allowing myself to get out of my comfort zone and I have been trying food that I haven't had for a long time. I have been trying, let's say, to tirn off the food police.

> I know it is a step forward in intuive eating. However, the problem now is that when trying new food, two things can happen:

> 1. I have realized that it is not as good as I thought it would be and therefore, I feel guilty about eating it.Guilty about eating something that didn't provide satisfaction.

> 2. If it is good, then I find it hard to meet hunger needs and I end up overeating or bingeing on it.For instance, yesterday I bought a packet of crackers I have not had in a long time.After my first three or four. I put the packet away. Then I got up an hour later and had the rest of the packet.

>

> So how do we deal with this when we start trying out new food? when we start getting out of the comfort zone in which we just buy "safe" food? By safe I mean food that is not "ait food" but it won't trigger a binge or over eating.

>

> thanks

> AdRiAnA

>

[Guest guest]

Actually the suggestion to legalize food is to STOCK UP on whatever it is that

you binge/crave/is 'forbidden'. Not just 2 candy bars, but more than you could

possibily eat in a day's time. And as you eat the supply down, you replenish it

to original level.

Search on frosting here and you will see the discussion and 'battle' another

member here waged on this 'forbidden' food of hers. Limiting is restriction

really and is more than likely bound to cause rebellion and binging according to

IE and OO both.

That said, some people are more comfortable not having some foods in their

homes. But most have already did the legalizing process and that has become a

choice rather than a rule or trick?

Katcha

IEing since March 2007

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> You'll want to listen to someone with more experience too, but...I heard

someone on here say that if you know it's a binge food (and be sure you're not

calling it a binge if it's not), then maybe you don't bring a big package home,

etc. That there is a difference between making a food safe and bringing

something home that we're not quite ready to bring home, like somehow limit it a

bit still....oh, I don't think I'm repeating this correctly. lol

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Latoya. I have a certain food in the house that I love, I really love it. I can think of other foods, too, that pose the same problem. It's not ice cream or candy. But I have a certain few that when hungry, or in that unrestrained mode which I can't always help, I'll go for those foods. CindiSubject: Re: dealing with new food and taste buds: uncontrollable eating :(To: IntuitiveEating_Support Date: Thursday, June 25, 2009, 11:51 AM

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There are a variety of techniques to work with when legalizing foods. I personally like more mindful and creative ways of immersing myself in food. Are you taking the time to really look at the food, to smell the food, to taste each morsel of the food...so that you really know what it tastes and feels like...to notice how your body responds during and after eating it? Usually you have to eat something to know if you like it or not.

I decided to try these new twizzlers with gooey flavor centers a month or so ago. I did wait until I was hungry. I had an immediate sorta "yuck" response after taking my first bite. I could taste the food dye, they smelled like playdoh, and the twizzlers were like florescent in color and that's a never a good sign! However, I continued eating and really tasting them to confirm that I really didn't like them and to get the message to my body that I never wanted to eat that food again. I yucked my taste buds out longer to reinforce the message. You're in an experimental phase...play, enjoy, explore.

Sometimes you will eat things that you discover that you really don't like...if guilt comes up...you can say to yourself something like...ok I ate it, I didn't like it, no big deal, this is a learning process and I'll get better and better...say to yourself whatever works to soothe and take care of you!

Two other techniques I read about are1) creating a food alter: designating a space on a table or getting a little table and putting a slew of your forbidden foods on it. Then sit in front of that alter regularly look at the food, play with it, smell it and if possible don't eat it...create a new relationship with food besides just eating it or throwing it away. 2) Simply playing with the food. Can you imagine taking one of those crackers and smashing it in your hand? Feel what the food feels like in your hand. The point of these two exercises is to have other experiences with food besides eating. In some instances, food is a piece of art that we appreciate.. .meant to be admired and eating has nothing to do with it.

Latoya

Latoya

> So how do we deal with this when we start trying out new food? when we start getting out of the comfort zone in which we just buy "safe" food? By safe I mean food that is not "ait food" but it won't trigger a binge or over eating.

>

> thanks

> AdRiAnA

>

[Guest guest]

right now I'm dealing with several issues. I am beginning to learn my binge foods, but the problem is more than that. CindiSubject: dealing with new food and taste buds: uncontrollable eating :(To: IntuitiveEating_Support Date: Thursday, June 25, 2009, 10:41 AM

I have been allowing myself to get out of my comfort zone and I have been trying food that I haven't had for a long time. I have been trying, let's say, to tirn off the food police.

I know it is a step forward in intuive eating. However, the problem now is that when trying new food, two things can happen:

1. I have realized that it is not as good as I thought it would be and therefore, I feel guilty about eating it.Guilty about eating something that didn't provide satisfaction.

2. If it is good, then I find it hard to meet hunger needs and I end up overeating or bingeing on it.For instance, yesterday I bought a packet of crackers I have not had in a long time.After my first three or four. I put the packet away. Then I got up an hour later and had the rest of the packet.

So how do we deal with this when we start trying out new food? when we start getting out of the comfort zone in which we just buy "safe" food? By safe I mean food that is not "ait food" but it won't trigger a binge or over eating.

thanks

AdRiAnA