tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172726268459163555.post3808364301420544247..comments2023-10-20T01:45:56.058-07:00Comments on Something Brilliant is Brewing: Analyze thisLesliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12401609334253676307noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172726268459163555.post-24965092675337785622010-01-14T10:40:43.048-08:002010-01-14T10:40:43.048-08:00Hi Leslie, really good post. I am grateful that I...Hi Leslie, really good post. I am grateful that I have not had to fight food addiction AND alcoholism. I am adopted and there was lots of alcoholism in my birth father's family, including my birth father. Funny, I rarely drink, just don't like the stuff (except for sweet drinks). Don't like beer, wine or the hard stuff. I much prefer diet coke. BUT, I have for many years felt that I got my birth father's addiction as a food addiction instead. A really bad food addiction. <br /><br />I work so hard with the head part of this journey/fight. I feel I am working very hard on this journey, but sometimes I wonder if pursuit of the mental answer at some point becomes wasted effort. I don't really believe that...but still, sometimes I wonder. I think I am hoping that when I discover the right "truth", that suddenly everything will become easy. Maybe I keep working on the mental aspects because even though I believe all the answers I have found, none of them provide an easy enough solution to satisfy me. <br /><br />So, in that way, I feel like I could quit the mental work and just go with what I've learned and concentrate my efforts on the actual "doing a plan" instead. Like, I spent a lot of time on blogs and other weight-related stuff. I COULD be exercising during that time; and only rarely do I choose to use the exercise bike WHILE I'm on the internet. Which just shows that I'm WAY more willing to do the easy stuff (sit on the computer and do research) than I am the hard stuff (sit on the bike and do the research). <br /><br />Bottom line, I sometimes wonder if I'm fooling myself about how hard I am actually working.Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10950451908465207387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172726268459163555.post-68566859759729162492010-01-14T08:21:32.874-08:002010-01-14T08:21:32.874-08:00I have an award for you.... :o)I have an award for you.... :o)Patsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16237128259799260713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172726268459163555.post-13667655903713940232010-01-13T23:24:15.060-08:002010-01-13T23:24:15.060-08:00"The class was going to talk about obesity, a..."The class was going to talk about obesity, and the professor mentioned that occasionally people asked her why she allowed herself to stay obese given her extensive knowledge and available resources about nutrition and health. Her answer was essentially that the limiting of food caused her more anxiety and pain than being obese did."<br /><br />When I read this I wondered if this professor had ever in her life (other than when she was very young, of course) been at a healthy weight and had a normal relationship with food. It seems to me that being able to do all the things you can't do when you're obese, having good health, knowing that you are in control of food not the food controlling you, etc., are all much better things to experience than the way food tastes. And that's another thing: to be thin doesn't mean you have to give up good food, it just means you don't eat more of it than your body needs. Well anyway, I'm glad you don't share the mindset of that professor and that you are looking to change. Good luck with whatever you think will help you. :)screwdestinyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00777895976599010393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172726268459163555.post-89343645184209477112010-01-13T22:07:16.566-08:002010-01-13T22:07:16.566-08:00Vickie's question reminds me of a common pheno...Vickie's question reminds me of a common phenomen in reverse: many people who have gastric bypass surgery, and do not deal with the mind/emotional issues involved become alcoholics or drug addicts.<br /><br />And then, what you were talking about reminded me of something I wrote down that Dr. Barbara Berkley said in an interview I saw: "food actually starts responses in your body that are very primal." I think that is such an interesting statement, and I was going to include it in a blog sometime. Dr. Berkley blogs over on refusetoregain.typepad.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172726268459163555.post-34188833103032917492010-01-13T18:10:38.012-08:002010-01-13T18:10:38.012-08:00might be a stupid question - that everyone else kn...might be a stupid question - that everyone else knows the answer to but me - <br /><br />are the 'reasons' behind the eating disorder any different than the 'reasons' behind the alcoholism? <br /><br />Didn't it just moved from one reaction response to another? <br /><br />Is the eating disordering really worse than the alcholism - <br /><br />or is it that you are closer to your inner truth or the heart of it all - <br /><br />and the 'addict' is digging in, hanging on tight - <br /><br />because you are close to 'clean'?Vickiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05452333714845476967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172726268459163555.post-82846323995743467762010-01-13T12:00:37.726-08:002010-01-13T12:00:37.726-08:00This is very though provoking. You talked about t...This is very though provoking. You talked about things I have never thought about. <br />I love Chris's blog too. She rocks.Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17425941890843747770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172726268459163555.post-7533735048913208522010-01-13T11:58:35.523-08:002010-01-13T11:58:35.523-08:00What an insightful post. Thank you for sharing thi...What an insightful post. Thank you for sharing this with us.Enzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14960677775063373213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172726268459163555.post-7041711169664522392010-01-13T11:55:38.805-08:002010-01-13T11:55:38.805-08:00I really hope the 12 step support program helps yo...I really hope the 12 step support program helps you with this... I do know (sort of!) where you're coming from with the binge-devil in your brain! First, there's the intrusive thought you try to push aside, then it gets stronger and stronger until you can't ignore it any more... And then there's the overwhelming relief when you decide to give in to it, only to experience the shame, self-hatred and remorse when the binge is over... :o(<br /><br />I hope this doesn't sound trite, but could you consider mentioning your bingeing to your accupuncturist? She might have some tricks up her sleeve to help with it?Patsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16237128259799260713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9172726268459163555.post-77961755822666607662010-01-13T11:31:11.678-08:002010-01-13T11:31:11.678-08:00I've been reading Beth's posts with intere...I've been reading Beth's posts with interest too... I have a friend who INSISTS she's overweight simply because food tastes good and it's what she "has." <br /><br />Come on over to my blog and pick up your award when you have time.Helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14974376008651624094noreply@blogger.com