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Posts: 159
11/21/09 10:47 P

Thanks guys! I am definetly taking you up on the kids meal option... and I am going to store some low cal snacks in glove box. I get frustrated trying to find food that will fill me up and that doesn't taste like cardboard when I'm away from home, and that seems to be another slip up. I've started anticipating when I'm gonna be away from home and eating before I leave.

My boyfriend's medication is not controlling his seizures, so he's going to talk to the neurosurgeon about getting the VNS therapy surgery. Keep us in your prayers, it's going to be a long month or two.

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11/20/09 5:25 P

My stress trigger food is pickles! No calories but the sodium makes me swell. I like the idea of odering off the gids menu and keeping food in the car. I am going to try this sometime.

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11/19/09 12:36 A

Recognizing triggers is good, but there will also be times when life challenges will happen again. I have a habit now of NOT looking at the drive thru menu and automatically ordering the kids meal (hamburger) with a diet coke or milk. Sometimes the fries but I am a girl who can take them or leave them, so usually the apple slices. Stuff happens, you just need to know your go to option without thinking. I also keep those microwaveable things of soup in my car (campbells new select naturals are pretty good). Then I can bypass drive-thrus all together if there is a microwave where I might be stuck at. I also keep atkins bars in my car because the are low in sugar and high in protein. Over the years, I gained too much weight on those "I'll just stop here" moments. :) Good luck.

And I hope your boyfriend is doing better btw. I have nocturnal epilepsy and I know what I have put my boyfriend through at times. Message me if I can help with anything else.

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11/18/09 10:35 P

I think we all use food for comfort, it's recognizing it and then being aware of it then figuring out other ways to control it. Sounds like you're doing a great job of making positive changes.

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11/18/09 9:09 P

Stress triggers a lot of things and eating is one of them. I used to grab bacon cheeseburgers when I was major league stressed at my last job.

Now that you are noticing the trend, maybe you can be more prepared to deal with it. Maybe call a friend on the phone and ask them to talk to you until you get to where you are going. Come up with some strategies that will help you.

I know that's not much, but maybe it will help. I wish you well.

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11/18/09 4:44 P

I have refused to admit for the longest time at there is any type of eating that makes me "feel better". I know, even if I'm not Sparking my food, that if I go over, I feel full and lazy, and dread the extra pounds that will undoubtably follow my wonderful tasting meal. YET... my sister called and told me her water broke a couple of weeks ago and that she was going in to labor. She told me to meet her at the hospital in about 30 minutes, but I had already left work. SO, I pulled into the first 24 hour McDonalds I saw and grabbed a two cheeseburger meal with a regular coke and slammed it down before I got to the hospital. KILLED MY DAY of counting calories, drinking water, and exercise... for what?!

Same thing happened yesterday, on the way home from the hospital with my boyfriend, after a VERY STRESSFUL 30+ hours of monitoring his epileptic seizures, I stopped and grabbed a Big Bacon Classic from Wendy's with Fries... and a "diet coke" this time. Went over my calories by about 200 for the day, but can't tell you the last time I've been to a Wendy's at ALL let alone for a Big Bacon Breakdown...

AM I ACTUALLY EATING BECAUSE I'M STRESSED OUT!?! I've never made the coorelation until my second breakdown last night... it's upsetting to think about it that way, but, maybe it's true? I've made it through so many other things without stopping and binging, I don't know what triggers this "who cares" attitude that makes me do this!

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