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What gets in the way of
trusting body cues: |
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boredom |
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higher than cultural ideal) |
I don't think it can accurately tell me how much to eat |
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My need to use food for other reasons |
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I eat when I'm nervous or upset or bored |
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When I remind myself that life would be easier to face if my body would fit in to the trend.
Even though I realize that life is not about fat or thin but my mind tells me
I would not have to hide that extra roll if I just would submit to the
world's eating frenzy, which is eating nothing at all! I'm f-17. |
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I see my
hunger as an unruly child that needs strict discipline. If I allowed
whatever it wanted, it would run wild. |
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When I get stressed at work or am stuck sitting at my desk for long periods of time I get bored and frustrated and alleviate this by munching on something. Also, I tend to eat more when I'm watching TV or after a glass or two of wine. All my senses are dulled and I just eat more than I would normally. |
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Not much. I do trust my body. I just still struggle with being satisfied with my size. It's not too much above the cultural ideal, but it's larger than what I used to be. I'm now 50. |
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Having a crazy schedule! I work nights and sometimes can't figure out when to eat. Eating at night is said to be bad for you. But then so is eating before bed. Some days I eat only one meal and then others I eat several. My body can't seem to figure out what it wants. |
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Stress from work and relationships; boredom |
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lose weight, weigh less than my setpoint, at the cultural ideal) |
I used to be overweight and was ALWAYS hungry and never satisfied. Seconds and thirds at every meal, lots of fried food and fast food, and tons and tons of sweets. It wasn't unusual for me to eat a whole box of ice cream bars, a pint of ice cream, or ten packs of M & M's at a sitting. I just no longer trust myself to stop eating once I start so I try not to start. |
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wanting
to lose weight
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I've trusted my body before, but when I do, I remain at a stable weight which I happen to feel fat at. I want to lose weight, so I assume I need to eat less. I know that the weight my body normally rests at is healthy, but I am poisoned by the media. I realize I'm
poisoned, but I just can't seem to get past it yet. I know my mindset is unhealthy, almost the same as an anorexic's would be, but I feel I have to be extremely thin for people in general to find me attractive and I hate the idea that they might think I'm ugly. I know it's ridiculous and superficial, but it was the way I was raised to be as a child, and I can't seem to completely shake it. |
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trying to lose weight, [], higher than cultural ideal) |
I
always trust my body....these days.
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more than my setpoint, higher than the cultural ideal) |
Candy and snacks laying around the
house due to other family members |
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more than my setpoint, higher than the cultural ideal) |
Fear |
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probably at my setpoint, higher than the cultural ideal) |
budget constraints |
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I worry that if a thin person sees me eating a large
meal or fatty food they will assume that my entire diet is like that and
that eating is the sole reason for my size. I think that the thin person
will think this even if they are eating the exact same food as me. |
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gain weight, weigh less than my setpoint, lower than cultural ideal) |
Other people's perception of the way that
I look and what they are thinking when I'm eating. |
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Concerns about "proper
nutrition:" thinking I should eat according to the Food Pyramid instead of eating what my body wants; worrying
whether I get enough protein, whether I'm getting enough EFAs, etc etc. |
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lower than the cultural ideal) |
I
have been listening to my body now for the past 9 months - eating when it
tells me its hungry and stopping when it is
full. I am learning to deal with life's
ups and downs when they happen rather than stuffing them down with food. I
have remained at my set point with out the use of restricted diets or
scales
since I started listening to my body. I have finally found freedom! |
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My fear of watching the dial on the scale go endlessly upwards, my fear of losing the respect (albeit less than honorable) I've earned by losing 50 pounds, my naturally high setpoint that I know I would return to. |
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The taste buds are really
uncontrollable |
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(No answer) |
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My
fondness for food
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Trusting
my body got me fat in the first place; fear of getting bigger.
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I
have been programmed since childhood that I should always be conscious of
my body and that I can't trust my instincts, just the scale.
I have no idea how to even begin to be normal.
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higher than the cultural ideal) |
My body lies to me. |
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Definately all of my depression gets in the way of me trusting my body's eating emotions.
When i'm sad about flunking a test or i just got in a fight with my dad or friend, i eat and eat and eat until i feel better. i feel better for about 5 minutes. then i feel so guilty that i say i won't eat the next meal. that meal comes and i end up eating it and snacks, snacks, snacks galore. i feel so bad again and get depressed about that then i go eat more to feel better for 5 minutes and then i feel worse 10 minutes later and tell myself i'm not going to eat the next meal and i end up eating it and the vicious cycle keeps going. when it comes to food, nothing can hold me back. nothing. i'm addicted. |
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the
inability to control cravings for foods that will make me gain weight
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I
wish I knew!! I guess I'm afraid of being hungry. And need to stoke up
just in case.
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(No answer) |
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I get excited when there is delicious
savoury and sweet food around, almost
like I have starved myself of these treats - I pig out big time... |
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I exactly know, h o w m u c h I can eat! I know it from hundreds of eating attacks.
And I�m afraid my body will tell me: I want, I want, I want !!! It will never be satisfied.
And if this body wants more than other bodies do, I will be m o r e . And m o r e is not perfect anymore. |
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boredom |
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I know that I eat food sometimes to fill a void... I eat when I am
lonely... I was thinking the other day... if I could have sex whenever I snacked or if I had someone to hug me and cuddle with me whenever I wanted to eat something I would be
thin. I know that food is my lover, food is there for me when I need it. It accepts me the way I am, it makes me feel full, it is my way of stopping the
loneliness. |
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Stress and emotions |
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That I won't be able to have more later. |
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time of hunger |
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Life. |
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I get a panic
that I might not get a chance to eat later.
I know I will, but the fear still overcomes me. |
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I have
ignored my stomach's growling for so long that it seems to have given it
up as a bad job and stopped. |
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I think I
have an addiction to sugar or carbs or something in that area |
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Fear of
success. If I still feel sooo empty as a thin me? I feel that success is not enough. I can eat properly but want to punish myself for flaws, and that I am alive even
if it means living for self disgust. |
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An overwhelming idea that if I don't eat "it" now, "it" will be gone when I am finally
hungry. Also, when I am truly hungry I rarely want "it". A childhood pattern of racing to consume the left-overs before anybody else could get it. Is it because I resent the fact that my body the way it is is not acceptable to me? I want to forget about weight, and concentrate on feeding my body lovingly and with respect. Why is that so hard??????? |
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Emotions. I use food for comfort - when I am anxious, upset, etc. No matter how hard I try to eat according to hunger, ( I have read "Overcoming Overeating" over 50 times), I slide back to using food other than for hunger. It feels crazy to eat when not hungry and yet I do it, often. No matter how much I think about the issue intellectually, ( I have also read Fat is a Feminist Issue many times), I can't seem to really change my way of eating. |
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Lack of time.
Eating what's convenient. |
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there are many
factors... such as stress, abnormal eating behaviour, and this incorrect
idea of "if I slip, I might as well as eat the whole fridge" |
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concerned about weight, weigh more than my setpoint, higher than cultural ideal) |
boredom,
frustration, anxiety |
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not recognizing the signs |
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Habit, training, inner parent voice -"it's 'time' for lunch', or 'eat everything on your
plate,' or 'that'll make you fat.' " |
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I find it hard to listen to my body after having ignored it for so long. I have to learn what comes naturally to a child...am I hungry ? ...did I have enough? am I tired? ...angry? sick? need a break? All these things my children know, and I'm learning from them. |
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My mind |
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Depression and other emotional issues (anger, punishment/reward stuff, boredom and frustration). Also habit. |
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emotions |
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about at the cultural ideal) |
There are many factors... such as stress, abnormal eating behaviour, and this incorrect idea of "if I slip, I might as well as eat the whole fridge"
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cravings,
depression, boredom.... |
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Socialization that
skinny models are the norm. Constantly hearing people talk about dieting.
For example, I recently got married and
several people asked me if I was dieting prior to the wedding--even though
I am a size six!!! I was so annoyed--but glad that I was annoyed instead
of worried. |
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I have had
eating disorders, and because I know people suspect as much, I always feel
watched whether I am eating or not eating.
I am always aware of what is or is not going into my mouth, and
sometimes what goes into my mouth is what I think others will
consider "normal."
I eat with others sometimes even if I've already had my meal and am full,
because I have this unnatural relation with food and because
although I may not be hungry, I know it will taste good, and even though
I am aware of stuffing myself to the point of pain, I continuously
tell myself I will make up for it tomorrow.
Usually, I end up throwing up.
I have forgotten how to listen to my body--no, scratch
that... I refuse to pay attention anymore, because I' m scared to.
I am too wrapped up in a culture of decadence vs. fat free, peers
watching me eat, guys whistling at me even when I feel fat (that
TOTALLY messes with my mind) and the like.
I am afraid of the unknown, which is what my body is really meant
to be. The good news?
I am making progress every day, and I truly do crave and
enjoy nutritious foods and physical activity, and love myself when I treat
myself right and give myself those things.
The bad news? I just got finished bingeing on an armful of food I
bought for specifically that purpose (after having "messed up"
too much for the day already and consequently given up totally) and
throwing it all back up. The
good news? I truly love
my body. I truly find
it to be the most beautiful thing I know--not my starved skinny one
or stuffed fat one-- MY body is truly awesome. The bad news?
I am so afraid to let it be. |
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Well, being anorexic, I can hardly eat anything. I have so many damn restrictions, it's unbearable. I've lost my sense of body-mind hunger. When I'm hungry, I
don't eat. I'm starving to death. I cant even stop myself. How can I trust my body? |
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