Today is a prequel to tomorrows post review (& giveaway) of the book The End of Overeating: Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite by David Kessler, MD. Stay tuned folks!
The blogging community has opened my eyes wide open to 'disordered eating'. Honestly, I didn't know that people had such strong relationships with food that they struggled to break free of until now.
My own idea of healthy for ME was exercising regularly, being spiritually connected to my body and feelings and being aware that what I was shoving into my pie hole wasn't total crap.
I begin to evaluate my own ties to food and how it affected my overall lifestyle. My relationship with food is simple: I eat to keep me filled and give me energy. I have little preference as to where we go out to eat because, well, as long as it's reasonable, I can find something suitable on most menus and I rarely crave specific foods. My husband says I 'have no tastebuds' and that food is to be enjoyed and "you just don't care as long as your full."
Yes, that about sums it up.
Then there is a flip side. There are days where healthy goes out the window and although my exercise routine exists, my awareness of food is gone wayside. It's a rare occurrence, but there are days that I just can't resist that Thin Mint and once I open the box, it's just inevitable that I finish half of it! It makes me feel awful (as does just writing this out!), but then once it has started, the day pretty much continues with me snacking on foods that I normally wouldn't think twice about. WHAT is that about!?
Have you guys discovered your own relationship with the foodstuffs? How do you react in a situation where temptation is knocking at your door?
Please join me tomorrow for the review and giveaway of Dr. Kessler's book: The End of Overeating: Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite!!
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The blogging world was a revelation to me, too. I used to think it was just people where I worked who were obsessive about food.
I love food. If over-eating means feeling bad afterwards I have never overeaten in my life--like the time when I was four and one afternoon I ate a whole gallon of strawberries that was on the porch without affecting my appetite for supper in the slightest. My food restrictions are all allergy related. Somewhere deep in my mind something says "And that's quite enough restriction."
Mary Anne in Kentucky
I was lucky in that I've always liked to play sports and be physical. Once I got smarter about eating in all feel into place :-)
Like Solarity, I love food, too, and not all of it of the healthy variety. :) What seems to work for me when I want something that's not in my new "normal" way of eating is to tell myself I can choose it for my next splurge. There's something about knowing I CAN have it, but just not NOW, that soothes the craving.
Rupal, The foolish snacking thing is one of the hardest I found to overcome. You just finish a hour of a very sweaty aerobic routine and maybe even add on some additional strength training to sabotage the effort with half a box of thin mints.
Heh, so funny, my review of that book is going to be up on Friday! I love it.
I have to be really aware of food pretty much all the time because I love it so much :)
If I can keep the temptations away, I do much better. That said, I "try" to use moderation when temptation wins. And the truth is, sometimes moderation loses also when temptation wins. So...don't feel too badly about the thin mints (hey, just look at the name - it has "thin" in there so they must be good for you!). I'm off to have a little dark chocolate. I only eat it for the health benefits...
Oh! I'm on the waiting list at the library for that book. I hope it's interesting.
Cravings for me ... I give in, in a controlled way as soon as possible. The longer I let it go, the more of a monster is becomes.
For me, this is rarer and rarer these days. Thank goodness. But, just telling myself that nothing is off limits goes a looong way to not wanting it. The catch is, I have to eat those things according to rules I set.
The wanting of that stuff is not so often these days. But, it still happens once in awhile. I don't know what that is really. I consider it a message I'm misinterpreting ... but I haven't figured out the truth of it yet.
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