loketron said:
just broccoli? thats crazy! i gotta try it, with some ranch? could be the
next big thing
There are few things which don't taste better with ranch: red bell pepper strips, cauliflower florets, celery and carrots, cherry tomatoes... I could go on and on.
I also eat all of those with hummus instead of ranch, especially if I'm on a vegan kick.
Luna said:
Ahhh ****...been feeling down, and I just finished stuffing myself with comfort foods.
Of course, I find comfort in all foods. >.>
Cheese, meat, bread, sweets etc...nothing is left untouched haha.
Now my stomach is sticking out even more than usual and that pisses me off.
Getting a handle on emotional eating is difficult. (((Luna)))
I try distraction techniques; sometimes I'll drink a full 16 oz of water first and then tell myself to wait 20 minutes. If I am legitimately hungry, then I'll have a snack.
Also I will write my thoughts a lot, looking for the specific emotional triggers that prompt me to comfort eat. If I can see exactly what's sparking it, then I can hope to find a different way to compensate.
For example, one of my biggest triggers is frustration. If I've had a hard day, I am much more likely to soothe myself with a tasty treat (Hello, Ben and Jerry's) than if I'm just blue. So if I find a more constructive way to deal with the frustration, it makes it less likely that I will binge.
But that said, if I do fail, I must not let myself succumb to self-loathing, because that just leads to the Brownie Shame Spiral, you know, where you decide you'd really like a brownie, bake a batch and then come to on the kitchen floor, crumbs in your hair with a half-eaten pan of brownies on the floor next to you.
Then you feel so awful that as a punishment, you eat the rest of them and lapse into a brownie coma.
