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I don’t think there’s a diet I haven’t tried

2010-07-18T12:28:44-05:00

;-P HI All!! First post!

I was on diets extreme as a raw food diet, to South Beach, to Atkins, Carbohydrate Addict, and many more. Just regular Low carb was the most recent. I am now confident that I will never diet AGAIN. I focus on what is healthy, whole, and tastes good. I’m learning to love me the way I am. I’m at the beginning of this journey, but I figure I’ve spent 18 years off and on dieting, I can take all the time in the world for this stage of my life.

Stressed

2010-11-22T10:01:29-05:00

Thanksgiving and the holidays are coming up and I feel myself regressing in my journey of self-acceptance.

Most of the time, I love myself and am thankful that the people immediately surrounding me also love me the way I am. I really do try to walk a few times a week and eat better without guilt.

But this week, I will be meeting a lot of people in my family who are judgmental (even if they are concerned about my health, the stress they cause in my life is the worst) and it is hard to live with that. I have been feeling upset for weeks and it is getting worse. I find that I want to just “take a break” from accepting myself and still fit into some pants I bought back in the day as goal, I feel yearning for a compliment from family that I “look better” or “lost weight.”

I don’t know what to do, I feel awful. I am betraying myself I need someone to pick me up and tell me what to do….. I feel terrible talking to my husband about it, because he has already listened to enough of this.

Help

should I listen to the diet or my body?

2009-03-22T14:20:07-05:00

Hmm….I will be the first one to write here, okay :-)

Actually, I just wanted to share one diet that I particularly dislike and why. There are multiple versions of it, but it is where the program tells you exactly what you can and can’t eat and how much. Like you can eat half a grapefruit in the morning with an unbuttered toast and then for dinner you can eat a specific type of fish with no oil or anything and maybe a few veggies.

I hated this diet (did it many years ago) because 1. I was always hungry 2. when I did get to eat I did not enjoy it because I knew it would be over soon 3. because I could never eat what I really wanted so I was always craving stuff. Yep, you guessed it - when I got off the diet I ate an unnecessary amount of everythign for a long time.

These days it works better for me to just eat what I want and when I want!

February 21-27 Is National Eating Disorders Awareness Week

2010-02-26T02:47:30-05:00

http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/eating-disorders/index.shtml

Pretty interesting that there is an entire week devoted to this. Although I am sure this week is eight other things also . . . nonetheless, it is worth noting that the website for eating disorders is on the National Institute of Mental Health’s website, giving fuel to the idea that there is an intrinsically psychological aspect to consumption, and that dealing with those issues often supersede simply understanding health and “controlling” impulses.

Striking a balance

2009-04-05T20:59:11-05:00

I made the choice to stop dieting over a year ago, and I am really happy about it. I have gained a fair amount of weight, but—other than growing out of some really cute clothes :(—I actually feel better about my appearance than I did at my thinnest.
However, my food and body issues have not been resolved entirely. I have spent the past year letting myself eat whatever I want whenever I want it. From what I have read about Intuitive Eating and HAES, I gather that I should eventually stop feeling like I need a piece of cake or pint of ice cream everyday—once I truly realize that I can always have whatever food I want, I should settle down and not eat the big box of Mike & Ikes in one sitting. But this hasn’t happened yet. I mean, I eat plenty of non-junk food, too, and I make an effort to get my fruits and veggies, my calcium, my fiber and protein, etc. But I crave “treats” daily.
I would like to not have this feeling of “needing” a dessert or sweet snack—I think having candy and soda too often is hard on my teeth, and I don’t think it’s a particularly good idea for me to keep gaining weight, as I suspect I am already above my setpoint.
But I can’t seem to find the middle ground between crazy-sugar-free-for-all and diet. It feels like a slippery slope to me.
I just wondered if anyone has any suggestions about how to deal with this? Thanks!

Accidents!

2009-03-24T17:52:54-05:00

Okay, I’m going to talk about one of my dark secrets.

I used Alli/Orlistat. It’s was the worst decision of my life. I was constantly having oily “accidents” so I had to bring spare panties EVERYWHERE! I was at a Chinese restaurant with my ex-boyfriend who was visiting me after a a conference… when BAM! Oily accident! I excused myself from the table, much to my ex-bf bewilderment… and ran to the bathroom, stuffed my underwear with toilet paper…and tried to resume the dinner. But the dinner was ruined. I felt awkward and worried about odors and such.

Send me a private message if you want to know about more orlistat. I used it for half a year. There are some benefits… i suppose. but the tradeoff is uncontrolled oil discharge. Never again.