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<blockquote data-quote="AndBreathe" data-source="post: 968639" data-attributes="member: 88961"><p>To be fair to [USER=53120]@akindrat18[/USER] , I doubt he's toddling downstairs at 2am thinking I'm going to stuff every carb I can find in my mouth and sod it all. If he's anything like I was when I was deeply gripped by my anorexia, I used to have lovely food at home, I would even prepare it, but just <em><strong>could not</strong></em> make myself eat it. I am a highly intelligent, highly qualified woman who was working in a clinical medical environment at the time, so I knew what was happening to me. I knew there was a potential for the worst outcome. But, I again, I just <strong><em>could not</em></strong> make myself eat. Until I had something happen that made me seek truthful help, then more importantly the incidents I talk about earlier in this thread, I couldn't find a way of changing my life.</p><p></p><p>It is a highly, highly complex situation. Any addiction (whether it be eating, not eating, drinking, gambling or drugs) is highly personal to the sufferer and until <strong><em>their</em></strong> time is right for <strong><em>them</em></strong>, little will happen to break the cycle. The difficult we have with food (too much or too little, it's irrelevant) is that we do need to take nourishment, unlike, say gambling where life goes on without using slot machines or betting on horses. Treating something requiring moderation is a real challenge. Treating something requiring abstinence is still very ,much a challenge; I'm not belittling that challenge at all, but it can be dealt with by complete abstinence.</p><p></p><p>I remain a very driven, strong, determined, stubborn (some would say cussed) personality, but to this day, I am mindful of not allowing behaviours to become too obsessive. There are still times when I have to give myself a bit of a talking to, but, as with life in general, it's a work in progress.</p><p></p><p>So, nothing changes in akindrat needing to dig very deep to find his reason to change, but I do think I need to acknowledge some of the thoughts probably screaming at top pitch in his brain when he reads this thread. I don't believe he is enjoying life much at all at the moment, but just hasn't found the compelling enough reason to change, yet.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AndBreathe, post: 968639, member: 88961"] To be fair to [USER=53120]@akindrat18[/USER] , I doubt he's toddling downstairs at 2am thinking I'm going to stuff every carb I can find in my mouth and sod it all. If he's anything like I was when I was deeply gripped by my anorexia, I used to have lovely food at home, I would even prepare it, but just [I][B]could not[/B][/I] make myself eat it. I am a highly intelligent, highly qualified woman who was working in a clinical medical environment at the time, so I knew what was happening to me. I knew there was a potential for the worst outcome. But, I again, I just [B][I]could not[/I][/B] make myself eat. Until I had something happen that made me seek truthful help, then more importantly the incidents I talk about earlier in this thread, I couldn't find a way of changing my life. It is a highly, highly complex situation. Any addiction (whether it be eating, not eating, drinking, gambling or drugs) is highly personal to the sufferer and until [B][I]their[/I][/B] time is right for [B][I]them[/I][/B], little will happen to break the cycle. The difficult we have with food (too much or too little, it's irrelevant) is that we do need to take nourishment, unlike, say gambling where life goes on without using slot machines or betting on horses. Treating something requiring moderation is a real challenge. Treating something requiring abstinence is still very ,much a challenge; I'm not belittling that challenge at all, but it can be dealt with by complete abstinence. I remain a very driven, strong, determined, stubborn (some would say cussed) personality, but to this day, I am mindful of not allowing behaviours to become too obsessive. There are still times when I have to give myself a bit of a talking to, but, as with life in general, it's a work in progress. So, nothing changes in akindrat needing to dig very deep to find his reason to change, but I do think I need to acknowledge some of the thoughts probably screaming at top pitch in his brain when he reads this thread. I don't believe he is enjoying life much at all at the moment, but just hasn't found the compelling enough reason to change, yet. [/QUOTE]
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