It Was Food vs. Me

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Has anyone read " It Was Food vs. Me...And I Won " by Goodman? I got it

from the library a couple of years ago, and I'm reading it again now. It

doesn't perfectly fit with IE, but it's a great story of one woman's journey.

It's great for emotional eating or unconscious eating, or any disordered eating

where it's not about the food.

I'm realizing that I have been on this journey longer than I thought. I may

have only now be reading " Intuitive Eating " in depth, but my desire to move away

from bingeing and dieting and toward eating like a " normal human being " began

years ago. As I am reading " It Was Food vs. Me " again, I'm remembering two way

it changed me the last time.

1. " It's not about the food. " That became my mantra, without me realizing it.

When I binge, it's not about the food. There's something going on in my

emotions that is causing me to want to binge. Same with restricting my food.

2. Everything does not have to be perfect all the time. Life is messy.

Sometimes things aren't going to feel very good. It's okay to tell the truth,

to stand up for how I feel. It's okay to NOT pretend everything is okay when

it's not.

" It Was Food vs. Me " is not a stand-alone resource when it comes to recovery

from disordered eating, but it has great insights into the emotional part of it.

In my (limited) reading of IE, it draws my attention to WHAT I do, for example,

unconscious eating paired with watching t.v. But since it's not about the food,

I need to dive into WHY I do that, and " It Was Food vs. Me " has been a great

tool for that.