Re: Suggestions on freeing this particular food...do I HAVE to?

April 15, 2009

Twoadays,

Try buying like five or six tubs of rainbow chip frosting and keep them in the

house at all times. Try to eat them when you are hungry and stop when you are

full. If all you want is frosting for all of your meals for a couple days, enjoy

the taste and eating experience and don't beat yourself up about it. I know this

is scary and you might actually go through all of them fairly quickly. If you do

go through all of them buy some more tubs. Keep them in the house and continue

to buy them until the " mystique " of rainbow chip frosting is gone. I did this

with homemade brownies, one of my weaknesses I used to eat the whole pan while

still warm with skim milk during my binges, and it took a long time. But today I

always keep like two or three boxes in the house and I only eat one or two

brownies and I am totally satisfied. That being said, I am still working on

conquering some of my own trigger foods. I have gotten over all of my convience

food triggers because I was able to buy a bunch of them and keep them in the

house. I still struggle with Mexican, hot wings, pizza parlor pizza and MCD's

because these are all foods that taste better fresh from the restaurant, so it

is harder to do it. But I am trying to get them whenever I crave them. Always a

work in progress!! Good luck and keep us posted on your findings...

IE'ing since 2000

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> > > I think I am more afraid of having foods that I'm afraid of than I am

going through the process of legalizing, but I feel that maybe I need to relax a

bit and settle into listening to my body's signals. Maybe I'll try buying like,

one can of frosting a month or something just to reassure myself that it will

always be there or if I get a serious monster craving to allow myself to buy it,

just not have it on hand at all times.

> > >

> > > And man, I love cookie dough as well! Half of the time I could care less

for the cookies, I just like the dough. I eat it like crazy because I know any

minute I will bake them into cookies and it will be gone! And then I whine and

complain all day about a tummy ache lol.

> > >

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April 15, 2009

, This is such great advice. I totally agree.SharonSubject: Re: Suggestions on freeing this particular food...do I HAVE to?To: IntuitiveEating_Support Date: Wednesday, April 15, 2009, 2:21 PM

Twoadays,

Try buying like five or six tubs of rainbow chip frosting and keep them in the house at all times. Try to eat them when you are hungry and stop when you are full. If all you want is frosting for all of your meals for a couple days, enjoy the taste and eating experience and don't beat yourself up about it. I know this is scary and you might actually go through all of them fairly quickly. If you do go through all of them buy some more tubs. Keep them in the house and continue to buy them until the "mystique" of rainbow chip frosting is gone. I did this with homemade brownies, one of my weaknesses I used to eat the whole pan while still warm with skim milk during my binges, and it took a long time. But today I always keep like two or three boxes in the house and I only eat one or two brownies and I am totally satisfied. That being said, I am still working on conquering some of my own trigger foods. I have gotten over all of my convience food triggers

because I was able to buy a bunch of them and keep them in the house. I still struggle with Mexican, hot wings, pizza parlor pizza and MCD's because these are all foods that taste better fresh from the restaurant, so it is harder to do it. But I am trying to get them whenever I crave them. Always a work in progress!! Good luck and keep us posted on your findings...

IE'ing since 2000

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> > > I think I am more afraid of having foods that I'm afraid of than I am going through the process of legalizing, but I feel that maybe I need to relax a bit and settle into listening to my body's signals. Maybe I'll try buying like, one can of frosting a month or something just to reassure myself that it will always be there or if I get a serious monster craving to allow myself to buy it, just not have it on hand at all times.

> > >

> > > And man, I love cookie dough as well! Half of the time I could care less for the cookies, I just like the dough. I eat it like crazy because I know any minute I will bake them into cookies and it will be gone! And then I whine and complain all day about a tummy ache lol.

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April 15, 2009

Great suggestion, I did that with vinegar chips and it worked great.

Nathalie

Subject: Re: Suggestions on freeing this particular food...do I HAVE to?To: IntuitiveEating_Support Received: Wednesday, April 15, 2009, 6:21 PM

Twoadays,Try buying like five or six tubs of rainbow chip frosting and keep them in the house at all times. Try to eat them when you are hungry and stop when you are full. If all you want is frosting for all of your meals for a couple days, enjoy the taste and eating experience and don't beat yourself up about it. I know this is scary and you might actually go through all of them fairly quickly. If you do go through all of them buy some more tubs. Keep them in the house and continue to buy them until the "mystique" of rainbow chip frosting is gone. I did this with homemade brownies, one of my weaknesses I used to eat the whole pan while still warm with skim milk during my binges, and it took a long time. But today I always keep like two or three boxes in the house and I only eat one or two brownies and I am totally satisfied. That being said, I am still working on conquering some of my own trigger foods. I have gotten over all of my

convience food triggers because I was able to buy a bunch of them and keep them in the house. I still struggle with Mexican, hot wings, pizza parlor pizza and MCD's because these are all foods that taste better fresh from the restaurant, so it is harder to do it. But I am trying to get them whenever I crave them. Always a work in progress!! Good luck and keep us posted on your findings...IE'ing since 2000 > >

>> > > I think I am more afraid of having foods that I'm afraid of than I am going through the process of legalizing, but I feel that maybe I need to relax a bit and settle into listening to my body's signals.. Maybe I'll try buying like, one can of frosting a month or something just to reassure myself that it will always be there or if I get a serious monster craving to allow myself to buy it, just not have it on hand at all times. > > > > > > And man, I love cookie dough as well! Half of the time I could care less for the cookies, I just like the dough. I eat it like crazy because I know any minute I will bake them into cookies and it will be gone! And then I whine and complain all day about a tummy ache lol. > > >> >>

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April 16, 2009

I bought some more frosting. While I only bought two tubs, I had a spoonful

with breakfast and I brought a smaller lunch to work along with some pretzels

and frosting (my favorite) so I had some with lunch as well. It's really hard

to gauge my fullness while eating frosting because it really doesn't make me

" full, " just icky feeling if I eat too much. So I am seeing if I can

INCORPORATE it into my meals and have it multiple times a day maybe that will

help. I just really don't want any food to be THAT powerful over me. I haven't

had a craving for frosting since I had some at work, even when I got super

frustrated which is great. I think I will have to buy a few more tubs when I

open my second one. So far I'm on my second day and it's not even halfway done,

whereas every other tub I had I would eat half in one sitting. I'm really

trying to mentally give myself full permission to eat it and fight anything that

pops into my head about it being " bad. "

> > > >

> > > > I think I am more afraid of having foods that I'm afraid of than I am

going through the process of legalizing, but I feel that maybe I need to relax a

bit and settle into listening to my body's signals. Maybe I'll try buying like,

one can of frosting a month or something just to reassure myself that it will

always be there or if I get a serious monster craving to allow myself to buy it,

just not have it on hand at all times.

> > > >

> > > > And man, I love cookie dough as well! Half of the time I could care

less for the cookies, I just like the dough. I eat it like crazy because I know

any minute I will bake them into cookies and it will be gone! And then I whine

and complain all day about a tummy ache lol.

> > > >

> > >

> >

>

April 16, 2009

Did I read somewhere that if it's close to mealtime, I should honor my hunger and eat a meal, promising myself that I can still have the sweets later if I still want it. I'm pretty sure it was in IE. What's confusing though is that depending on which expert you read, messages conflict. KnoblochSent from my BlackBerry® wireless device from U.S. CellularFrom: "abouttwodays" Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 00:16:58 -0000To: <IntuitiveEating_Support >Subject: Re: Suggestions on freeing this particular food...do I HAVE to? I bought some more frosting. While I only bought two tubs, I had a spoonful with breakfast and I brought a smaller lunch to work along with some pretzels and frosting (my favorite) so I had some with lunch as well. It's really hard to gauge my fullness while eating frosting because it really doesn't make me " full, " just icky feeling if I eat too much. So I am seeing if I can INCORPORATE it into my meals and have it multiple times a day maybe that will help. I just really don't want any food to be THAT powerful over me. I haven't had a craving for frosting since I had some at work, even when I got super frustrated which is great. I think I will have to buy a few more tubs when I open my second one. So far I'm on my second day and it's not even halfway done, whereas every other tub I had I would eat half in one sitting. I'm really trying to mentally give myself full permission to eat it and fight anything that pops into my head about it being " bad. " > > > > > > > > I think I am more afraid of having foods that I'm afraid of than I am going through the process of legalizing, but I feel that maybe I need to relax a bit and settle into listening to my body's signals. Maybe I'll try buying like, one can of frosting a month or something just to reassure myself that it will always be there or if I get a serious monster craving to allow myself to buy it, just not have it on hand at all times. > > > > > > > > And man, I love cookie dough as well! Half of the time I could care less for the cookies, I just like the dough. I eat it like crazy because I know any minute I will bake them into cookies and it will be gone! And then I whine and complain all day about a tummy ache lol. > > > > > > > > > >

April 16, 2009

i saw the rainbow chip frosting in the store the other day and i thought of you.

i think you're totally on the right track. you're never going to get " full "

on frosting, and I think this is something that some versions of the IE process

overlook with regard to sweets. if you have it frequently enough and with the

right mindset I'm sure you'll get to your goal.

thea

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> I bought some more frosting. While I only bought two tubs, I had a spoonful