Living in today is such a gift because I can focus on what’s happening right now instead of what happened yesterday. When I don’t project a broken view of the future and am open to what’s happening around me and to me, I find that things generally go really well.

Thank you for posting this. I had an enlightenment moment through this. Can’t quite put it in words, but I have that calm that something that my HP wanted me to hear at the right time when I’m open to it was just waiting for me.

Everything you wrote spoke to me. Hope you don’t mind if I pingback to this and the next entry in my journal, because it’s something that I think will speak to people ready to hear this.

Being a dessert-person myself (my trigger foods are the classic junk foods–chips, cookies, candy). That sense of being mindful of why I want a trigger food is huge. I love how you put the powerlessness over food into such great terms. When I am “in control”, I binge because I choose to put value into the process of eating–knowing full well that whatever is missing in my life will never be filled by cakes and candies and cookies and chips.

First of all, I completely agree about being PROUD of what you have accomplished. I don’t think I know even of “normal” eaters who would say they haven’t binged in the last 2 years. That is HUGE!

I think learning what is making you – and myself, too – give food this power is key. Sometimes I actually know what it is (stress, loneliness, anxiety), but other times I haven’t a clue. It’s just SO difficult when you’ve used food for YEARS as a coping mechanism. Obviously we need to find other coping mechanisms, or deal with the issues at hand head-on. But that is scary, too! The good thing is that it sounds like your therapist has AMAZING advice to offer up. And I couldn’t agree more about the intuitive eating. It sounds terrifying to completely embody that principal right now, so why cause ourselves the stress? One step at a time….

Can’t wait to read part 2!
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