tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8334630318757421721.post8780678100233787863..comments2023-10-26T04:42:50.820-07:00Comments on Garden Girl: The switch is off for binge eating for me- 5th year , #1 tool abstaining from sugars and grains for the WINKarenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06454945489632370863noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8334630318757421721.post-84275710815200347732016-05-06T23:48:59.330-07:002016-05-06T23:48:59.330-07:00excellent. i am also a binge eater. and like any a...excellent. i am also a binge eater. and like any addict... i am not someone who can eat moderately of certain foods. its all the way. my drug if choice is bread and things pastry. alcohol often leads me down the path of grains....going to seedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02608576644985379192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8334630318757421721.post-59803189745025214352016-05-03T06:30:55.513-07:002016-05-03T06:30:55.513-07:00Thanks again for sharing your wisdom, Karen. I hav...Thanks again for sharing your wisdom, Karen. I have vastly changed my diet as a result of following blogs like yours. While I still struggle a bit with removing sugar completely from my diet, grains is a no brainer for me now. The freedom of not having to spend hours in the gym because I make better food choices (and don't moderate)is wonderful. I see a lot of women, in particular, who try to moderate, and frankly, I am not impressed with the majority of their results. <br /><br />And by the way, I LOVE using broccoli slaw as a type of noodle base! I learned that from you! I don't miss pasta at all now.Alihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17817568743485129053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8334630318757421721.post-14292386985949604232016-05-03T05:23:58.396-07:002016-05-03T05:23:58.396-07:00Joanie, thank you!!! The room in my head (after a ...Joanie, thank you!!! The room in my head (after a few years of kicking out addictive thoughts and living with the disease in remission) is awesome. I can dig deeper into work, my photography, and relationships with others. Plus, I've got to say, even with an 8 pound re-gain in menopause- I have low visceral fat- and that really impacts my blood glucose, the way my clothes fit, how I feel, etc. <br /><br />Good luck on experimenting with Low Carb. It's been life saver in many different ways. Just not having to sink a bunch of my money into type 2 diabetes. It's wonderful!!! <br /><br />The longer you are away from the addictive properties, the less pull and thoughts and more replacement with other habits. I'll always have an urge to binge during stress, but I've built in a buffer zone so that the delay has me turning to different habits. Take care. Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06454945489632370863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8334630318757421721.post-55553108362319395502016-05-02T10:39:45.352-07:002016-05-02T10:39:45.352-07:00Congratulations! I just found your site recently ...Congratulations! I just found your site recently and am enjoying looking around. You have done a marvelous job of showing the ins and outs of sticking to a way of eating/living that enables you to be healthy and content. I am just touching my toe in the low carb water. I am not obese, but miserable with the weight I need to lose. Worst, I am miserable with the addiction I have to certain foods ( starches). I don't like being controlled by food. I am a caregiver to a son whose illness takes so much out of us that it is very easy for me to want to reward myself or use food as a way of coping. The nice thing is that when I stop eating a good number of triggers, my desire for this stuff wanes. The crazy thing that really shows how deep the problem is is that even when I don't desire the foods I want to desire them. If I have had a stressful day and everyone has gone to bed - I want to snack. When there is no appetite for it I eat the foods anyway. If I do this enough, the desire comes back, of course, But the problem goes deeper than food. <br /><br />Anyhow, you are an absolute encouragement. Thank you for sharing all this. joaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06786607020220841570noreply@blogger.com