Personal Evaluation
1. What are some foods you have found particularly hard to give up this week? What do you think it is about those foods that makes them so hard for you to give up? Definitely chocolate and bread. Chocolate has always been a comfort food for me, when something bad or exciting happens I would run to chocolate to celebrate. Now I have to think of different ways to celebrate my successes, and different outlets to express my sorrow or frustration. And I've always loved bread - the way it tastes and such. It's sad for me to let it go, but I'm feeling so good without it, I don't know if I want to start eating it again ever...
2. In the past, have you gone on "food binges" where you ate foods regardless of their appeal? Afterwards how did you feel emotionally and physically? Yes, I went on food binges all the time. Binges were my 'reward' after a job well done (in life or in my diet). I would binge on the foods I decided I wanted to eat, regardless of whether or not I was actually hungry for them... I always felt emotionally drained and exhausted. I felt like a failure and always wondered if I could ever have small amounts of the foods I loved without consuming an entire pan or bag of them. Physically, I would always be bloated, and I would usually swell the next day from water retention. I hated it.
3. What habits are you looking forward to removing from your life for a lifetime? What are you doing today that will help you succeed? I am looking forward to not binging anymore. To cutting out those foods that I have no control with, and finding healthy (or no) replacements for them. I am looking forward to eating less in general and exercising more... I want to make them part of my every day routine.
4. What does the term "addictive eater" mean to you? What habits have you formed in the past which parallel this definition? An addictive eater is someone who eats food just because - they aren't hungry, and they don't need the food but they eat it anyways. And they eat it in large quantities. Not just a little taste, but the entire bag/pan. I would make a pan of brownies for a dessert, and eat the whole pan single handedly. I remember telling my husband to hide the pan somewhere and give me only one for the day so I didn't eat them all before he had a chance to have one. I also made him hide our Halloween, Christmas, and Valentine's Day candy so I didn't go hogwild and eat it all in one sitting. I would go to family gatherings and single-handedly eat an entire bag of chips to myself. That's how much of a problem I have.
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