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Food Triggers

Trula — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 12:39:11 +0000

I have food triggers. There are certain foods that cause me to just lose it, to just say ‘bump it’ and start stuffing my face. Last year I got most of them under control, for example I can now really eat just a handful of potato chips or a small bowl of ice cream. But there are a few still lingering on:

peanut butter
pizza
rice & seaweed

I simply cannot eat peanut butter, it is like blood to a shark. I have no idea why, there must be something comforting, some extreme association with safety and warmth or something, that makes it so appealing to me. I don’t even really like peanut butter! I mean the taste is ok, but there are plenty of things I would much rather eat. But this food just makes me lose it, entirely. I’ve been on a peanut butter strike for a while, but I’d like to one day eat it again. I recently went on a pizza strike as well. The rice & seaweed is not so bad, it’s healthy low fat food but I can pack in so much of it in just one sitting…that’s a lot of carbs. Basically I can limit myself to just one serving of rice, but if I go a teaspoon over it my mind is like fuck it! excuse my language and I just go to town. Rice and seaweed is not only tasty, it feels good going down, like it makes my blood sing.

Do you have food triggers? How do you handle this issue? What are your coping skills? I would like to not be addicted to certain foods, for sure.

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What To Do Instead of Overeating Series

Trula — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 15:08:00 +0000

Since I still suffer from gluttony (also known as eyes-bigger-than-belly syndrome) I think it will be very useful for me to think about ways I can alleviate this. I think I need to really focus on things I can do instead of overeating. I’ll start this series next week!

Today’s Health Goals:
Yoga 30 minutes
Run 3 miles
Drink 120 oz water
One serving meals, seconds declined
No salt added to food
Raw veggies for snacks
Brush & floss after every meal
Today’s weigh-in: 152 pounds
Weight Goal: 130 pounds

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Roots of Overeating

Trula — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 17:06:00 +0000

I needed to figure out why I had a problem with overeating. At the root of it I ate too much because my dad survived the depression as a child and ever since had a horror of not having enough to eat. He always overfed us and encouraged us to have seconds. He would do things like put water in the ketchup bottle to get the last little bit and eat fruit like apples completely, core and all. He would get very upset if he saw food in the garbage.

Because we were not fat children (he also encouraged us to run around and play, limited our tv time) I had no idea that we were overeating or developing bad eating habits until I became an adult and overweight after my 3rd child. I had no idea about portion sizes or anything! I thought a full dinner plate of rice was one portion of rice. I thought a serving of apples meant 3 or 4 apples at one time, I kid you not. I still have a problem with throwing away food. What helps me with this is to not prepare more food than we can eat at any one meal and if we have leftovers to immediately store them for lunch the next day rather than eat them right then. I still have trouble knowing when I am full, I always thought being full meant being stuffed to bursting, because that was how I ate as a child.

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One Day a Month Splurge

Trula — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 16:49:00 +0000

I’ve heard about some actresses, singers, models and other women who work in entertainment that keep themselves on a strict diet every day except for a once-a-month splurge. One day out of the month they allow themselves to eat whatever they want. I actually thought about doing this, until I realized that it goes against everything I’m trying to learn about food and eating. It was my problems with overeating that caused me to gain so much weight in the first place. Part of why I overeat was because I used food as a solace and a reward. By using this method of eating I would still be using food as a reward. I also this would cause me to fixate on food and ‘that day’ I could eat lots of junk and stuff myself. Stuffing myself is no longer something I want to do or something I want to see as in any way rewarding. It is also my hope that one day I will no longer be enticed by junk food to the point where junk food triggers me into overeating. So no once-a-month splurge for me!

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Figure Out Why You Overeat

Trula — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 03:55:00 +0000

When I say figure out why you overeat, I just want to clarify that I am not saying you have some serious mental issues or deep-seated trauma or anything like that. Sometimes overeating is just a matter of habit, and you just don’t realize it. In my case, I did have issues with food but I also grew up eating large servings at meal-times. I grew up in a big family, so when I learned to cook I learned to cook big meals. Add to that having a dad who had a phobia about throwing away food, and it’s easy for me to see now why I overate so much. I was so physically active that I was able to stay a slender weight for the longest time, but the 3rd baby slowed me down and the pounds piled on.

If you do indeed have food issues or emotional pain that is causing you to overeat, a counselor is able to help you understand why you overeat and give you advice on how to get past that.

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