Comments on: For Better or Worse http://justonemorebite.wordpress.com/2008/04/01/for-better-or-worse/ Charting my struggles while changing my relationship with food and my weight Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:12:37 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Rose http://justonemorebite.wordpress.com/2008/04/01/for-better-or-worse/#comment-7 Rose Thu, 10 Apr 2008 17:24:08 +0000 http://justonemorebite.wordpress.com/?p=9#comment-7 I think I have found my "I Can Make You Thin" soulmate! I read your post on the McKenna web site where you told about not weighing because you don't own any scales, and the part about having a bag of M&Ms and not eating them, and I had to look at the name to make sure I had not written the post! I, too, do not own scales and have not weighed myself (and don't plan to any time soon, either). I, too, have had a big bag of M&Ms for about two weeks now, and I've eaten a few now and then when I'm hungry, but most of the bag just sits there day in and day out. This is a miracle! I'm not thinking about food all the time. I feel freedom and joy. I also felt a kinship as I read about your locked-down emotions. I have felt as though I were sleepwalking through life most of the time, with my emotions solidly bolted down and buried in the food and fat. I really believe I've used my weight and food as a tranquilizer for so many years. It's kept me from feeling and having emotions. I'm almost afraid of where this journey may take me, but I'm taking it anyway. It's nice to know there are others on the journey who are in the same situation. It's also evident that you like to write, and that you deal with things by putting them on paper (or in a blog!). We also share that. I have always loved to write, and feel that I can express myself much better in writing than I can when I try to talk to people. Email me if you'd like. I really do think we have a lot in common and can help each other as we go along. I think I have found my “I Can Make You Thin” soulmate! I read your post on the McKenna web site where you told about not weighing because you don’t own any scales, and the part about having a bag of M&Ms and not eating them, and I had to look at the name to make sure I had not written the post! I, too, do not own scales and have not weighed myself (and don’t plan to any time soon, either). I, too, have had a big bag of M&Ms for about two weeks now, and I’ve eaten a few now and then when I’m hungry, but most of the bag just sits there day in and day out. This is a miracle! I’m not thinking about food all the time. I feel freedom and joy.

I also felt a kinship as I read about your locked-down emotions. I have felt as though I were sleepwalking through life most of the time, with my emotions solidly bolted down and buried in the food and fat. I really believe I’ve used my weight and food as a tranquilizer for so many years. It’s kept me from feeling and having emotions. I’m almost afraid of where this journey may take me, but I’m taking it anyway. It’s nice to know there are others on the journey who are in the same situation.

It’s also evident that you like to write, and that you deal with things by putting them on paper (or in a blog!). We also share that. I have always loved to write, and feel that I can express myself much better in writing than I can when I try to talk to people.

Email me if you’d like. I really do think we have a lot in common and can help each other as we go along.

]]> By: Heather http://justonemorebite.wordpress.com/2008/04/01/for-better-or-worse/#comment-5 Heather Thu, 03 Apr 2008 12:03:01 +0000 http://justonemorebite.wordpress.com/?p=9#comment-5 Hey there, am doing alright. Just been crazy busy. Hope you are doing well. It's been interesting to see the changes in the way my family eats when I shared the rules with them. My 17yo nicknamed Hoover has slowed and my dh whom did not realize how much he was eating slowed down too and is eating less. I lost about 3 pounds and stopped loosing -- but that means I am not gaining so that is a good thing. Have a blessed day! Hey there, am doing alright. Just been crazy busy. Hope you are doing well. It’s been interesting to see the changes in the way my family eats when I shared the rules with them. My 17yo nicknamed Hoover has slowed and my dh whom did not realize how much he was eating slowed down too and is eating less. I lost about 3 pounds and stopped loosing — but that means I am not gaining so that is a good thing.

Have a blessed day!

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