tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-911781641026447637.post2114586070258132685..comments2018-01-25T04:47:52.941-06:00Comments on Trapped in the Pantry: I Am Not A Yetijoshadamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17360185005157018989noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-911781641026447637.post-11251007277155366482013-12-26T19:23:56.839-06:002013-12-26T19:23:56.839-06:00I hope you post again, josh. I just watched the i...I hope you post again, josh. I just watched the intervention and your own follow up and see how you found your feet for a while. Coming out must have been huge! Good for you.<br /><br />Re: eating. Well what's worked for me is largely habit I think. I balk now at the portion sizes I used to devour. But something preceded all that. For me I think it was a comfort and vision. I'd feel and look mist like me at around 140. And so I backed into that. "Just a snack for dinner tonight thanks ...we ate lunch st the OG. baby steps. They shape your life.<br /><br />You're amazing.Deirdrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02554753583814995298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-911781641026447637.post-89674583397228028572012-11-24T17:52:51.422-06:002012-11-24T17:52:51.422-06:00I can really relate to you and your story, on many...I can really relate to you and your story, on many levels. Overweight as a kid, still as an adult. Tried liquid diets, hypnosis, weight watchers and almost did gastric bypass. I stopped that before it got too far because I know too many people that have died from it or complications.<br /><br />I think you are being a bit too hard on yourself with your weight. We do use food as a drug but society sets us up for it. <br /><br />I don't want to ramble more than I have with my first reply but just know you have another supporter on your side.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-911781641026447637.post-61455248164732949012012-07-09T21:39:34.335-05:002012-07-09T21:39:34.335-05:00Remember food is actually CAUSING the depression, ...Remember food is actually CAUSING the depression, extreme moods, etc that we use food to numb. Food (overeating/drugging with it) f***s us up. After a while in abstinence you will feel better but you have to get through the initial lousy/crazy/uncomfortable period first. And DON'T blame yourself, it's a disease, it's not a moral issue, it's not your fault - just ACCEPT (& surrender to) the reality of it. If you were dealing with heroin instead would you ever think it made sense to give it on more try, one more bite, or that you could control it? These are things that have worked for me lately. Good luck! Don't give up trying to get to the point of surrender.CheetahCat44https://www.blogger.com/profile/16131855624152540700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-911781641026447637.post-40458687187325656462012-07-09T21:29:06.474-05:002012-07-09T21:29:06.474-05:00Relapse sucks the big one! Don't give up tryin...Relapse sucks the big one! Don't give up trying to get back on track, find your way to realizing that food (despite the highs, the ecstasy) is truly the PROBLEM & not the solution. Accept you can't get out of it without some sort of weird, inexplicable surrender thing like the boys in the Big Book did. For me it helped to admit that I was powerless not just over my trigger foods but all of it: food, just the whole food, eating, my desires & ideas around it, all of it: food period.CheetahCat44https://www.blogger.com/profile/16131855624152540700noreply@blogger.com