Christabel Posted February 2, 2016 Share Posted February 2, 2016 I've spent my adulthood struggling with binge eating and emotional eating. I had a terrible fight with a friend last night and not once today did it occur to me to binge or even have a "treat" because I'm angry, sad and scared the friendship is over because I had the bad taste to call out her rude behavior. It was 4 PM before I even realized I hadn't thought about "cheating" at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lizbeth Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 Wow, that is a huge accomplishment! This is probably the main reason I did w40 - the fact that I have a terrible pattern of eating junk at the first sign of stress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VickiD Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 I'm on Day 8 and I've noticed the same thing. The commitment to three good meals per day has crushed my thoughts to use grazing/snacking as a stress/boredom/emotion mechanism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dee55555 Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 I can totally relate to this. It's funny how once you're done with the cravings it's not acceptable to use food as a crutch. When I'm eating junk food on a regular basis ( a little chocolate here, a bagel there) and then something really stressful happens it's the first thing I go to. When you're really aware of getting 3 meals into your body a day and eating until your full it's not really an option. It's a much nicer way to live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samianne724 Posted February 9, 2016 Share Posted February 9, 2016 Woah! It is crazy how much I can relate to you. I am struggling on day 10 as well, and have been fighting an ED relapse recently. I have been a bottomless pit today... nothing is satisfying me or filling me up. I've been fighting my sugar dragon like no other. My roommate's mom made these huge, delicious looking double chocolate-chip cookies and I said to myself, "f*** it," and picked one up. As it was in my fingers I said to myself "no, fight it. you're stronger than this." And I did!! I'm feeling SO empowered right now, and not even tempted. I feel silly for being so proud of rejecting a cookie (or the urge to purge all the whole30 healthy and compliant foods I just ate), but you know what? It's real. So I'm going to let myself enjoy this proud moment in all of its glory, and you should too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unobserved_Journey Posted February 22, 2016 Share Posted February 22, 2016 Woot woot Samianne724! Virtual high five on your win. I'm going into week 3 of my Whole30 (with a recent restart this past Friday when I learned corn is not an acceptable veggie...I know...I know...but in fairness I wasn't aware it's not in plan; just my food ignorance showing) and haven't had many temptations. I loved sweets and baked goods. Only once have I thought about cake, but it was a passing moment. Not a true craving. Then there was one night last week when I couldn't sleep. I kept my tingling hands busy by watching Tasty on FB (the one with the food prep videos that are addicting to watch). I tried to only watch the videos with food I could eat but eventually found myself watching dessert video after baked goods video. Surprisingly, it didn't give me cravings and I didn't throw on my tennis shoes and head to the nearest gas station to stock up on Hostess goodies (as I have in the past no matter the hour of night). Be proud of that moment! And the next one to come!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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