Emotional Eating

(Jodi) #21

I agree, that book has been a game-changer for me.:+1:t2::blush:

(Realhope18) #22

Hello… I’m right there with you. I have tried everything to lose weight, but it’s like I don’t try hard enough. As soon as I start to show some progress I will sabotage everything because of a feeling. But my mind and body tells me “You’re starving! Just do it this once and In the end I end up hating myself.
I def feel your pain!
I have gained 3 lbs this week cause I fell off, AGAIN. Today it was work that stressed me out.
I don’t know what it is sometimes, because it feels like true hunger. And I’m def not starving. I’m here if YOU need to vent.
Take it one day at a time :heart:

#23

Just remember that you started this WOE to better yourself and that you are actually feeling much better this way than you would if you have into urges! I do that sometimes. Thanks for your comment and offering me the opportunity to vent if needed. :smiley: We can do this!

(Realhope18) #24

:heartpulse::pray:

(Pat) #25

Hi Pete
I know what you mean about missing eating. I feel almost bereft for the time I spent on the sofa watching TV and eating my favourite sweets, cakes and biscuits. in only a week because I’m not actually hungry the TV is not as interesting (unless I can partner it with …). The time I came in from work was usually spent watching TV and eating and then bed. And now, I’ve got all this time and a bit more energy that I’m doing bits around the house that usually I am too tired (or didn’t want to forgo my TV watching) for.
I’ve been looking for things to do with my time that isn’t more work (chores) and found lots of things on You tube that I am interested in but never have time for such as making toys (grand children), sewing, felting, gardening tips etc. I’m hoping that these hobbies will fill those hours now. I don’t feel hungry or crave the sweets which makes things easier on that score.

Thanks everyone for all your input which has helped keep me on the straight and narrow so far.

(Pete A) #26

I couldn’t have said any of this better! :grin:

(Pat) #27

It is so lovely not to feel on your own following this lifestyle. I thought I was the only one that felt like this and it make me feel so much better and normal to know I’m not by myself.

Thank you.

Pat

(Doug) #28

It’s still available for free, on Amazon or as a PDF for people outside the United States:

https://neverbingeagain.com/index.php/main/book

I’m in the US and the PDF worked fine for me too.

Eating and drinking have been my recreation for so long that it’s a real struggle to be “Keto for life,” though I don’t see anything else that will really do. I’m very pleased to be losing weight and getting better blood sugar control. Yet there is still a currently-unshakeable sense of “fixing myself, and then I’ll be able to (at least partly) go back to how I was before,” in spite of rational thoughts to the contrary.

(Doug) #29

There is a physiological basis for the delaying working well. In addition to the emotion bleeding off or being otherwise dealt with, our actual physical hunger rises and falls throughout the day. Ghrelin, the “hunger hormone,” will have roughly 8 peaks in a 24 hour period. If we don’t eat, hunger will lessen as the ghrelin level declines. There is also a learned response by the body here - if we are used to eating three meals per day, for example, ghrelin levels will rise in anticipation of those times.

In an interesting study of people fasting for 3 days, ghrelin levels had an overall 24 hour cycle as well. From a low point in the morning, it rose to a peak either in late morning or early afternoon, then declined the rest of the day. This pattern and the ghrelin levels themselves, were almost exactly the same for obese people and lean people. Where there was a difference was between men and women - over the 3 days both groups had a decline in ghrelin levels, but it was much more pronounced in women, and women averaged significantly higher overall levels than men.

(Pat) #30

Hi Doug
I know what you mean. I’ve been over-weight on and off nearly all my life (on probably because I did go back to how I was eating before). I know it is early days but the difference this time is that I don’t have the cravings that used to drive that - although if I sit down to watch TV I feel as though I should be eating something ‘nice’ but not good for me. Which is why I’m avoiding TV at the moment.
I’ve seen lots of Ketogenic desserts and treats on sites like Pinterest (haven’t explored here yet) that look great (if sweetness is your thing). However, I haven’t tried making them yet in case it brings back my taste/craving for sweet things. Maybe I’ll save them until I’m soooooo desperate for sweets.
Thanks for replying and the link to the book I will get it if I can.

Pat

#31

I’m just recently quit from sweeteners, as I believe they were holding me back- causing insulin production as well as triggering snacking cravings throughout the day. I read so many on this forum encouraging avoiding sweeteners for those very reasons, but I was in big denial about it. I gotta admit, mentally I really want to have some. I miss my homemade “honey” mustard on my salads, I miss my daily nut butter and cream cheese sweet treat. But after 1 horrible (horrible horrible) day, the cravings were completely gone, and its just mentally missing the emotional cradle of eating treats that I miss.

(Doug) #32

Nice, Pat. Have to laugh about eating in front of the TV - wow, so true… I agree - keto foods can be so satisfying. I really have not missed sweet stuff. There is still a vestigial idea of it that pops into my head at the end of a meal, decades of conditioning, I guess, but I’m already full and satisfied at that point. If I wait a few minutes all is well.

I still inwardly rebel at the idea of “never again,” and thus for me it’s best to take it one day at a time.

(Doug) #33

I read it, and Dr. Livingston is correct. Not that everybody needs it, but I sure do. Important stuff - how we relate to our addictions and cravings.