Emotional Eating: Crossing the Line From Nutrition Into Stimulation (WAS: Bored with raw ... Becky)

[Guest guest]

Hi Becky,

 

How challenging ... and how common, too. The solution, however, does not lie

in foods, but in addressing the stress, causes, how you process stress, etc.

For once you turn to food as a solution to your emotional experience, you've

crossed the line from nutrition into stimulation, and you've entered upon a

slippery slope.

 

Would you be willing to continue the conversation, but shift the focus away

from food and toward what is really happening in your world and your

experience?

 

Elchanan

_____

 

rawfood [rawfood ] On Behalf Of

Rebecca

Friday, July 06, 2007 10:52 AM

rawfood

[Raw Food] Bored with raw

 

 

Anyone have any suggestions? I am getting really bored with this diet and

find myself wanting to eat out more and just craving junk food again. It

doesn't help that work has me totally stressed and I'm a notorious junkfood

junkie when I'm stressed.

 

Becky

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

I have always had this problem with stress eating. I know in my mind

that eating cookie dough and french fries won't make me feel better

and will in all likelihood make me feel sick, but knowing that

doesn't tame the beast inside me screaming for it. I can try eating

other things, but that is always on my mind and I always feel hungry,

even when I'm not, until I give in and eat whatever junk I've been

craving. I know that sometimes when you crave something it's because

you need something nutritionally that you are lacking, but I know

that cookie dough doesn't have anything in it that I need.

 

This got worse when I had kids because I am trying to do everything

right for them nutritionally and otherwise, so I have taken to

sneaking my junky snacks in when they are sleeping. This became a

habit so that now whenever it's naptime or bedtime I'm starving for

garbage food. It's even worse on the nights when my husband is out

because then I don't even have to feel embarassed for eating it in

front of him and I will literally gorge myself until I can hardly

move. Afterwards I feel physically and emotionally awful, but it

doesn't stop it from happening again.

 

I know that I'm not the only one in the world that this happens to.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

 

Becky

 

rawfood , " Elchanan " <Elchanan wrote:

>

> Hi Becky,

>

> How challenging ... and how common, too. The solution, however,

does not lie

> in foods, but in addressing the stress, causes, how you process

stress, etc.

> For once you turn to food as a solution to your emotional

experience, you've

> crossed the line from nutrition into stimulation, and you've

entered upon a

> slippery slope.

>

> Would you be willing to continue the conversation, but shift the

focus away

> from food and toward what is really happening in your world and your

> experience?

>

> Elchanan

> _____

>

> rawfood [rawfood ] On

Behalf Of

> Rebecca

> Friday, July 06, 2007 10:52 AM

> rawfood

> [Raw Food] Bored with raw

>

>

> Anyone have any suggestions? I am getting really bored with this

diet and

> find myself wanting to eat out more and just craving junk food

again. It

> doesn't help that work has me totally stressed and I'm a notorious

junkfood

> junkie when I'm stressed.

>

> Becky

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Call me strange, but whenever I am stressed, worried, and/or upset,

food is the last thing I want. My appetite goes away and trying to

swallow food, is unpleasant. I pretty much stop eating at all as

nothing goes down well and nothing sets well.

 

Belinda

 

 

 

 

> I have always had this problem with stress eating. I know in my

mind

> that eating cookie dough and french fries won't make me feel better

> and will in all likelihood make me feel sick, but knowing that

> doesn't tame the beast inside me screaming for it. I can try eating

> other things, but that is always on my mind and I always feel

hungry,

> even when I'm not, until I give in and eat whatever junk I've been

> craving. I know that sometimes when you crave something it's

because

> you need something nutritionally that you are lacking, but I know

> that cookie dough doesn't have anything in it that I need.

>

> This got worse when I had kids because I am trying to do everything

> right for them nutritionally and otherwise, so I have taken to

> sneaking my junky snacks in when they are sleeping. This became a

> habit so that now whenever it's naptime or bedtime I'm starving for

> garbage food. It's even worse on the nights when my husband is out

> because then I don't even have to feel embarassed for eating it in

> front of him and I will literally gorge myself until I can hardly

> move. Afterwards I feel physically and emotionally awful, but it

> doesn't stop it from happening again.

>

> I know that I'm not the only one in the world that this happens to.

> Does anyone have any suggestions?

>

> Becky

>

> rawfood , " Elchanan " <Elchanan@> wrote:

> >

> > Hi Becky,

> >

> > How challenging ... and how common, too. The solution, however,

> does not lie

> > in foods, but in addressing the stress, causes, how you process

> stress, etc.

> > For once you turn to food as a solution to your emotional

> experience, you've

> > crossed the line from nutrition into stimulation, and you've

> entered upon a

> > slippery slope.

> >

> > Would you be willing to continue the conversation, but shift the

> focus away

> > from food and toward what is really happening in your world and

your

> > experience?

> >

> > Elchanan

> > _____

> >

> > rawfood [rawfood ] On

> Behalf Of

> > Rebecca

> > Friday, July 06, 2007 10:52 AM

> > rawfood

> > [Raw Food] Bored with raw

> >

> >

> > Anyone have any suggestions? I am getting really bored with this

> diet and

> > find myself wanting to eat out more and just craving junk food

> again. It

> > doesn't help that work has me totally stressed and I'm a

notorious

> junkfood

> > junkie when I'm stressed.

> >

> > Becky

> >

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

I have always wished that when I was stressed my

appetite left me!

 

 

--- Belinda <MistyBlueTN wrote:

 

> Call me strange, but whenever I am stressed,

> worried, and/or upset,

> food is the last thing I want. My appetite goes

> away and trying to

> swallow food, is unpleasant. I pretty much stop

> eating at all as

> nothing goes down well and nothing sets well.

>

> Belinda

>

>

>

>

> > I have always had this problem with stress eating.

> I know in my

> mind

> > that eating cookie dough and french fries won't

> make me feel better

> > and will in all likelihood make me feel sick, but

> knowing that

> > doesn't tame the beast inside me screaming for it.

> I can try eating

> > other things, but that is always on my mind and I

> always feel

> hungry,

> > even when I'm not, until I give in and eat

> whatever junk I've been

> > craving. I know that sometimes when you crave

> something it's

> because

> > you need something nutritionally that you are

> lacking, but I know

> > that cookie dough doesn't have anything in it that

> I need.

> >

> > This got worse when I had kids because I am trying

> to do everything

> > right for them nutritionally and otherwise, so I

> have taken to

> > sneaking my junky snacks in when they are

> sleeping. This became a

> > habit so that now whenever it's naptime or bedtime

> I'm starving for

> > garbage food. It's even worse on the nights when

> my husband is out

> > because then I don't even have to feel embarassed

> for eating it in

> > front of him and I will literally gorge myself

> until I can hardly

> > move. Afterwards I feel physically and emotionally

> awful, but it

> > doesn't stop it from happening again.

> >

> > I know that I'm not the only one in the world that

> this happens to.

> > Does anyone have any suggestions?

> >

> > Becky

> >

> > rawfood , " Elchanan "

> <Elchanan@> wrote:

> > >

> > > Hi Becky,

> > >

> > > How challenging ... and how common, too. The

> solution, however,

> > does not lie

> > > in foods, but in addressing the stress, causes,

> how you process

> > stress, etc.

> > > For once you turn to food as a solution to your

> emotional

> > experience, you've

> > > crossed the line from nutrition into

> stimulation, and you've

> > entered upon a

> > > slippery slope.

> > >

> > > Would you be willing to continue the

> conversation, but shift the

> > focus away

> > > from food and toward what is really happening in

> your world and

> your

> > > experience?

> > >

> > > Elchanan

> > > _____

> > >

> > > rawfood

> [rawfood ] On

> > Behalf Of

> > > Rebecca

> > > Friday, July 06, 2007 10:52 AM

> > > rawfood

> > > [Raw Food] Bored with raw

> > >

> > >

> > > Anyone have any suggestions? I am getting really

> bored with this

> > diet and

> > > find myself wanting to eat out more and just

> craving junk food

> > again. It

> > > doesn't help that work has me totally stressed

> and I'm a

> notorious

> > junkfood

> > > junkie when I'm stressed.

> > >

> > > Becky

> > >

> > >

> > > [Non-text portions of this message have been

> removed]

> > >

> >

>

>

>

 

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

Becky,

 

You may want to try awesome modalities like EFT (Emotional Freedom

Technique) - www.emofree.com OR something like The Work -

www.thework.com. :-)

 

You can do it! :-)