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3/9/11 7:42 A

You probably know about "free foods"....those low-glycemic veggies. There are so many of them. Try some that you haven't eaten raw. It's quite amazing how good they taste. This is how I solved my cooking issue. I have the ones I like already cut up in big chunks in ice water....I like the cold crunch. Then I put out a pretty plate & a small amount of dip ( I happen to just like olive oil & that's a good fat) & that is what I eat when cooking. I also put in some walnuts. It's my own form of trail mix. It's healthy for both mind & body.

Scales aren't my thing. They remind me of dieting & I despise that word. If I'm eating out I ask for my salad right away & always get dressing on the side. Again, I'm into olive oil. I should be slipping & sliding through life by now!

Love yourSelf & the food that truly nourishes you.

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3/9/11 2:04 A

Thanks Martha, I appreciate your response! I like your "clean plate" team idea! I still feel guilt from the lectures past! I was thinking of purchasing a food scale, but I don't really know which features are usable and which are just upping the price.
I suppose I will have to work extra hard at not snacking while cooking dinner. I probably eat an extra half meal before the food is cooked.
Thanks to all who responded and I look forward to learning more!

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2/26/11 12:23 P

Hi and welcome Allison! I thought about starting a "Clean Plate" team for those of us with this problem. I don't have a satiation point that is well defined and I will eat whatever is put in front of me. One of the ways that I deal with this is to measure my food and eat only what is on my plate.I only eat at the table. We don't eat family style, so there are not bowls of unconsumed food sitting there begging to be finished. Maybe this will help you.

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2/17/11 8:16 A

When my mother served something I didn't like ( & still don't like )....I was put in the closet with my plate. She closed the door, "so no one will see a girl who doesn't eat her dinner."

After that, I learned to move those particular foods off my plate & into my jeans pocket. Then I would flush them down the toilet. But, of course, some foods like "liver" left residue, so I had to wash just the pocket & get it to dry somehow before she got clued in to what I was doing. Then, I'm sure it would have been more than the closet for that bad girl.

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2/17/11 8:12 A

OK Allison...yes, it's not just about sugar, but eating behaviors/habits & then what the body gets used to. I also was a big eater. More than that, I ate all the time. There was always something in my mouth. I remember when a friend brought this to my attention. I was "so angry" with her....of course, she was tall, slim & beautiful. As for meals...I just seemed to "need" a lot of food. When I was just a young child, about 8 years old, my mother took me to the family MD because I ate so much. I wasn't fat & certainly by today's standards I was just a nice, normal weight. I was always playing outside, running, skating, playing ball, hopscotch, etc. So what did the MD do? He put the 8 year old on ampehetamines...yes, that's what he did. Three times a day. A different colored pill for each meal.

What no one knew was that I was eating the wrong types of foods that kept me eating big portions. So, for me that was normal. It was decades before I was able to get the Knowledge I needed & then to be able to change my emotions that believed differently.

I offer that to you here. It's in the Workshop. The thread is Sugar...the Hidden Eating Disorder. This is how we wake up, manage what went on before, edit those old messages & move into a life of High Level Health & Performance.

Welcome again....to you & all newbies & those who joined while I was away from the group.

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2/17/11 12:03 A

I can sympathize with this. I used to have to sit at the table until 8pm bedtime if I didn't eat everything on the plate. There are starving kids in India was my lecture!

I'm sure they meant well, but I'm 60 now! Lessons and beliefs drummed into your psyche at that young age are hard to erase.

Welcome to the group and good luck, Suzie

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2/16/11 9:19 P

Hello,
My name is Allison. I never put a lot of though into having a food addiction until I stumbled upon this group. It made me realize that I am totally addicted to food. Not necessarily sugar, but food in general.
I almost always overeat at almost every meal. I think it stems from being scared of getting in trouble for not clearing my plate when I was young. My sister never would and she would have to sit at the table for an hour sometimes until she ate her supper. We weren't beaten for it or anything bad like that, just didn't want to have to sit there and hear another lecture on the starving kids in Africa again.
In general, I eat very healthy food. My problem is I eat too much of it. I can't seem to be able to stop eating until I am stuffed full and nearly nauseous. I can out-eat almost anyone. I never really seem to notice until I'm done eating and feel ill.
I hope that there is some way I can learn to manage this, since it's hard for me to get started on anything new, and I often have a hard time with support.
Thanks for listening.