Posted by Poet on December 1, 2003, at 9:59:20
In reply to Re: bulimia at 240 lbs????? » Poet, posted by Dinah on November 29, 2003, at 12:27:03
Hi Dinah,
Planning what I eat absolutely helps. I figure out all meals and snacks the day before. Pizza for dinner, means, fruit for breakfast and a veggie salad with fat free dressing for lunch.
I always have low cal and fat free food at home. Lean Cuisines are my normal dinner if my husband isn't cooking. He gets crabby that I ask him what's for dinner tomorrow, but he's used to my "obsession with food." He has no clue that I still binge/purge. He thinks that's all in the past.
He has high cholesterol so we don't have a lot of junk food in the house. I buy small bags of chips, so I eat a few ounces and not a pound in one sitting. I don't buy the giant snack pack, I mean I buy one little bag at a time. The chips are calculated in my meal plan as a snack or with a sandwich (no mayo or cheese, thank you.)
Controlling my eating is easier than controlling the emotions that trigger the binging/purging. Therapy is tough right now, lots of digging into childhood pain. I'm trying hard to avoid my favorite binge foods. I made it through Thanksgiving without eating an entire pie, not that I've ever done that... :-(
I think my menu planning is like Weight Watchers without calculating points. I can't gain weight or it triggers a binge/purge frenzy. It works for me, if you try it I hope it works for you.
Poet
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