Raw Body Image

Comment by Little Miss Sunshine on October 20, 2008 at 5:37pm

There's a really good excerpt about emotional eating in the 80/10/10 book. I posted it in my blog along with my own little reflection about it. Please check it out and let me know what you think.

http://www.mindfuleats.blogspot.com

Comment by Kristy on October 20, 2008 at 6:31pm

I've been having a hard time with binging on raw granola. I've gone from not eating enough to eating to much and its hard. How do other people deal with bread cravings?

Comment by John Coleman on November 10, 2008 at 6:23pm

Of all my food addictions bread was without doubt the hardest to crack. Gluten is an opioid and most bread also has salt added for good measure. In the final stages of my addictive withdrawal I became a bread binger. Instead of eating a few slices a day like the "average Jo" I would consume an entire small sized loaf (always olive ciabatta), usually after exercise. The first big step was withdrawing salt from my diet. With that in place ones intolerence for salt greatly increases and the bread becomes unpleasant to eat physically.

In general I believe that as ones inner coherence increases through detoxification, so awareness of the unpleasantness of engaging in these kinds addictions increases. The illusion of there being some kind of pleasure is unmasked eventually.

Comment by Amanda on November 11, 2008 at 10:42pm

I have struggled with an Eating Disorder for over 10 years. I use to have sever Body dimorphic issues, as well as obsession with over exercising, body weight, and food in general. I literally could not see my body for what it was, my thinking was completely distorted. I struggled with perfection. I had no time for family, friends, or other activities of enjoying life, because I was living out my addiction. I was either thinking about food, how much to eat, when to eat, what not to eat, how to eat it.. sometimes I would have restricted so much I would lay in bed and think about ice cream. Nuts, isn’t it? Kind of funny now where I am in my recovery looking back. Either way, I have turned my body image over to my creator, I do not struggle to alter it’s appearance anymore. No longer does my worth surround what pair of jeans I fit in to, or the number on the scale. I no longer spend uneeded hours in the gym, and hours upon hours thinking about food and my weight. I don’t think it’s food we crave, its our source.. our high power connect to something bigger than ourselves. We use food as a means to escape and contort the reality of which we live in. Removing ourselves from the puzzle and allowing a power greater than us to work in our lives brings us back to who we truly are, and food then we are no longer bonded to it. Food is but a symptom it is not the cause of our troubles, weight management programs, and diets, CANNOT and WILL NOT solve our THINKING problem. Which is the mental obsession we harbor, whether it be thinking about our weight, food, calories, what to eat, what not to eat, how fat we feel, whatever.
For some of us, the addiction to food is light, for others, it controls everything we think, do, feel, and say, either way both are no way to live. The only way through is out. Realize who you truly are and what you are here for, and how much better time can be spent, NOT thinking about food, but rather what you can do to help out a friend today, or help our a family member. Uncover the TRUE SOURCE of your craving, the disconnect within your heart, then you will find the addiction will soon no longer take president over your thoughts, actions, or life…all in love.

Comment by Little Miss Sunshine on December 12, 2008 at 9:29pm

Wow, I relate to so much of what both of you said Amanda and Adria. Thanks so much for posting!

Comment by Amy on December 12, 2008 at 9:32pm

I posted this in a discussion, but in case you guys missed that, this is a great (and supportive) article about emotional eating from the magazine, Good Housekeeping. http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/health/emotional/end-emotional-eating The author is new to me but have a look at her website too http://www.geneenroth.com/index.php

Comment by Amanda on December 19, 2008 at 6:12pm

I think having to urge to binge is having the urge to get away from "feelings" whatever it is that we are binging on. The truth to this will be told, that after any binge in this case with food, you are never "full" you are never "satisfied" after eating you could continue on eating even more. because you are reaching for something to fill. To fill what? Ask yourself what are you trying to fill? A void? A void so deep the thought of going into the void leaves you with anxiety. My advice, go ino the void, become the void.
The longer we reach to fill up, the less filled we continue to feel.

Comment by Amy on December 19, 2008 at 7:51pm

And patience... I think sometimes we forget that we can actually ride out uncomfortable feelings like anxiety and that feelings pass. Then afraid the anxiety might hurt us somehow we binge to numb it away. That's how it was for me... instead of braving through uncomfortable feelings I would numb -- binge, drink, sex whatever. But actually... feelings are fleeting if you let them be. And not as terrible as we might fear. Crappy sometimes but tolerable. And they pass.... Ebb and flow...

Comment by Denise Thomas on January 29, 2009 at 5:38pm

I binged on a massive bag of potato chips today, weird, I thought I was over that. I'm doing Ejuva which is messing me up I guess.

Comment by goldendreams on April 6, 2009 at 8:47pm

i haven't really lost any pounds but i am starting to glimpse that healthier, fitter person. i see her out of the corner of my eye when i am near the mirror. overall i don't look that different, but i feel good and now i am just waiting for that snowballing action! lots of raw food, yoga, bike riding, dancing, and positive visualization are leading the way.

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