Re: The strong power of restriction

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T KnoblochSent from my BlackBerry® wireless device from U.S. CellularFrom: Sharon Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:13:26 -0700 (PDT)To: <IntuitiveEating_Support >Subject: Re: The strong power of restriction 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. SharonFrom: adriana13us <adriana13us>Subject: The strong power of restrictionTo: IntuitiveEating_Support Date: Thursday, June 18, 2009, 11:43 AM 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.' AdRiAnA

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i would consider it a binge as before the pint I had almonds, lavash bread,

tea....So I guess it was more than eating to meet hunger needs and more than

overeating.

thanks for your comments though

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