Hi girls,
Thank you for the feedback! I will definitely use those tips. I turned up a little under the weather (well, a lot, but whatev
) but once I'm better I will definitely use some of your girls' tips!
RapidBreath - thank you for your concern.
I know there is a lot of ED behavior being hidden behind the veil of "health" nowadays, esp on the internet. But what prompted me to write this post was that I ate two Banquet Chicken Pot Pies. IDK If you know what those are but they are pretty disgusting; as in, processed x 1,000. I hadn't eaten them in probably over a year and after I ate them I felt nauseus and like I'd just eaten cancerous plastic food. Blech. LOL.
Wow, I can see why that would make you sick. I wouldn't normally find myself needing that much salt (which is often what drives us towards binges on salty foods.) but that doesn't mean you didn't need the salt. Unfortunately, those darn pies (which seem tasty at the time) do give a hefty amount of weird ingredients too. Btw, if you find yourself after another episode like that: consider taking a digestive enzyme like the papaya ones from Trader Joe's (works great, not too bad tasting.) they help digest that stuff.
I have noticed that I'm getting that 'nauseous' a lot lately from different commercial foods. I think it might be the switch from soy and corn oil to canola (its cheaper but has an acid that can irritate some people, I'm one of them.)
The only reason I brought up the ED issue is that I have felt that way in the past and I have gotten past it with the help of Renee Stephens' podcast IOWL (I don't know that you would need such a thing.) its free off iTunes. The most important are the first 18 episodes which are still available on her website. Its about getting to the core of what motivates us (for good and away from our goals) and changing our internal motivations. Its not about self incrimination, beating ourselves up, hating ourselves thin, or any of that. You could buy her book if you want to or you could just use the podcasts (which pretty much have all the same material). I like to listen to them in the evening before I fall asleep. I find that is the most effective way. Btw, I don't work for her. I wish I did. Also, its not a perfect fix, but it really helps to use the 'Re-do' method where you visualize yourself doing the behavior you wish you hadn't done, then visualize yourself doing it the way you wish you had done. I don't know if such a thing would help you, but I have successfully eliminated several undesirable habits.
You can also layer in good habits like making your own lunches, packing plenty of healthy snacks, eating those first before having a tasty treat, using other ways to address stress (instead of food.)
The thing with finding ourselves eating foods we wish we hadn't (later not in the moment, or even in the moment.) is that (for many of us, maybe not you) unless we let the emotion ride we will never find out what is really bothering us. Eating postpones finding a solution.
I hope that my monstrously long post isn't hurtful. I don't mean to project my own experiences on you. I just post (in case) there is someone reading who has had those issues and that they might find some help in my solutions.
