1 - you planned a meal around a binge. Chips is a biggie for me - when I want chips I usually plan a meal around it - hamburgers, sandwiches, something that GOES with chips. Then I eat the chips while I'm preparing, put chips with my "meal" and then get seconds while I still have "meal" on my plate. Then - there's that leftover bag and that gets eaten in the kitchen while everyone else is watching TV and the bag disappears.
2 - you take the longer way home because you want to finish off "xyz" from the grocery store. This is for when you buy the king size or large bag. I can scarf a normal size candy bar in the .5 miles from grocery to home. But larger than a normal candy bar and I take a route that goes away from home before it goes to home. And because I haven't committed to what time I'll be home, nobody is the wiser. Except chocolate breath - that's my 'tell'.
3 - secret eating: storing food 'hidden' in the house. This doesn't usually last too long for me - but for foods I can't finish in the car on the way home, they get 'stashed' until I have an opportunity to eat them. And there's not much else I can think of until they're all gone. Food has kept me awake at night.
4 - Justifying the 'sale': buy 2, get 2 free - I mean, I'm buying one, so all I have to do is buy one more and I get FOUR - I mean, mathmatically, that's pure genius, right? And I'm all about frugal - and my addicted brain is happy to do that math. Buy one get one free. I mean, FREE people - free food has no calories, right? And why are apples never buy one get one free - or bananas - or any fruits or vegetables? Only chips, sod, and candy. Or at least it seems like it to me!
5 - the illusion of control: I will only have 2 cookies. Only 2 more. Ok - one more and then I'm done...hey, wait - who ate all the cookies? Couldn't have been me, I only had 2...at a time...right?
6 - it's healthy, so eating a LOT doesn't count. This is one only an addict understands. Brocolli is good for you. 2 pounds of broccolli is compulsive eating. Same for sugar free pudding, watermelon, cucumber, ground turkey, etc.
I know there's lots more. What are your "compulsive eating" habits?
TTFN,
LauraLynne
PS. most of the way through Day 1. so far, so good.
2 - you take the longer way home because you want to finish off "xyz" from the grocery store. This is for when you buy the king size or large bag. I can scarf a normal size candy bar in the .5 miles from grocery to home. But larger than a normal candy bar and I take a route that goes away from home before it goes to home. And because I haven't committed to what time I'll be home, nobody is the wiser. Except chocolate breath - that's my 'tell'.
3 - secret eating: storing food 'hidden' in the house. This doesn't usually last too long for me - but for foods I can't finish in the car on the way home, they get 'stashed' until I have an opportunity to eat them. And there's not much else I can think of until they're all gone. Food has kept me awake at night.
4 - Justifying the 'sale': buy 2, get 2 free - I mean, I'm buying one, so all I have to do is buy one more and I get FOUR - I mean, mathmatically, that's pure genius, right? And I'm all about frugal - and my addicted brain is happy to do that math. Buy one get one free. I mean, FREE people - free food has no calories, right? And why are apples never buy one get one free - or bananas - or any fruits or vegetables? Only chips, sod, and candy. Or at least it seems like it to me!
5 - the illusion of control: I will only have 2 cookies. Only 2 more. Ok - one more and then I'm done...hey, wait - who ate all the cookies? Couldn't have been me, I only had 2...at a time...right?
6 - it's healthy, so eating a LOT doesn't count. This is one only an addict understands. Brocolli is good for you. 2 pounds of broccolli is compulsive eating. Same for sugar free pudding, watermelon, cucumber, ground turkey, etc.
I know there's lots more. What are your "compulsive eating" habits?
TTFN,
LauraLynne
PS. most of the way through Day 1. so far, so good.
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Truthfully, you just listed a bunch of stuff I am STILL struggling with.
I've been good. I deserve___xyz___
Feeling like a failure means I need a pick me up. Sugar. When I'm tossing creamy fluffy into my abyss, it doesn't matter how deep the hole is. It needs to be filled.