Food problems? Would like suggestions please

[dreamrawalwz]

I keep having a little situation. I'm still recovering from my ED, but it's just frustrating. Yes, I don't worry about what I eat (too much), but it's the amount volume wise and when I consume it. This is embarassing and I really hope I'm not the only one...

I'm binging about half my calories in one meal twice a day (sometimes it's a 1/4 then 3/4 my calories per meal). It's a HUGE volume since I don't consume nuts, seeds, or fats and it's all from watery fruits and vegetables. I know this is not good for digestion at all. I just can't stop eating though and I don't understand why (not emotional issues anymore). I know I have an absorbtion problem in my small intestine (half removed) so I could be craving the nutrients, but I don't know. Sorry if this is getting confusing! If I have one food I'm not hungry, nor am I full so I crave to eat more until I get that really stuffed feeling and I look pregnent. I don't know where I'm going with this, just...understanding?

On another note, how do you all plan for the week or don't you? I still have the OCD of planning my meals and foods obsesively and I want to be free of that. Do you plan how many apples, ect. you need for the week (x amount per day and you must stick to it) or do you just buy bags and grab one when you want it?

[ryana]

I tend to overeat until I look pregnunt. and I tend to do acts where some claim i'm ocd. I have this think I can't leave any leftovers and if i take anything home from a resturant for example i'm eatin it in the car. and if by some mircial the food makes it home i'm obsessively thinking about it in the fridge until i eat it same goes for dehyrator goodies. I remeber one time I bought a raw food bar thing wasn't very good and I was already full but I contunied to eat it I tried to save half of it but I couldn't then It was 3/4 gone i was very full so i threw it out the window and drove away. just to prove I don't need to eat it. mind you I paied 2 dallars for that bar. still i felt freed from it in a weird way. I don't plan my meals i shop about 2x a week for only food i want in a couple of days. why no nuts and seeds I believe they are nessary for a well rounded diet. mabye your right and your body is really craving the food in that case do you take any enzymes? mabye they can help digest the food. I'm food obsessed and I know it. I try to do other things and stay busy so i'm not obsessivelly thinking about food which I tend to do. but here i am on a raw food fourm which i check by the hr. ok I won't lie every 15min. but hey I have a slow desk job thats my excuse. Sorry I can't help fix your probs but at least you can know you'r not alone on your thinking.

[dreamrawalwz]

I tend to overeat until I look pregnunt. and I tend to do acts where some claim i'm ocd. I have this think I can't leave any leftovers and if i take anything home from a resturant for example i'm eatin it in the car. and if by some mircial the food makes it home i'm obsessively thinking about it in the fridge until i eat it same goes for dehyrator goodies. I remeber one time I bought a raw food bar thing wasn't very good and I was already full but I contunied to eat it I tried to save half of it but I couldn't then It was 3/4 gone i was very full so i threw it out the window and drove away. just to prove I don't need to eat it. mind you I paied 2 dallars for that bar. still i felt freed from it in a weird way. I don't plan my meals i shop about 2x a week for only food i want in a couple of days. why no nuts and seeds I believe they are nessary for a well rounded diet. mabye your right and your body is really craving the food in that case do you take any enzymes? mabye they can help digest the food. I'm food obsessed and I know it. I try to do other things and stay busy so i'm not obsessivelly thinking about food which I tend to do. but here i am on a raw food fourm which i check by the hr. ok I won't lie every 15min. but hey I have a slow desk job thats my excuse. Sorry I can't help fix your probs but at least you can know you'r not alone on your thinking.

Yep, I have done the same things. I can't have left overs or anything in the fridge! I too have thrown things out the car window while I was driving and eating. I don't do nuts or seeds because I'm allergic/intolerant of them all. I can't do avocado and bananas for the same reason. Hmm yea, I check this forum about every 15 minutes :( Not that this is a GREAT forum, but I shouldn't do that!!

[Lunar*Fey]

Dreamrawalwz,
I am the same way! Don't worry though, I think it starts to wear off. Here's the trick...simply don't think about calories, fat, etc. just don't think about it. If you find yourself thinking about it find something to take your mind off it. I know this is much harder than it sounds, believe me. I'm trying today without using fitday, without counting calories, etc. And it's really helping. Try reading or something while you eat so it forces you to eat more slowly and then you can really listen to your body. For a day, try this and try not counting calories at all....some days our bodies need more and somedays less. We have to learn to trust our bodies and I know this is hard. I am struggling with it right now too. Also, are you sure you are allergic to the foods you mentioned? when I first tried an avocado I HATED the taste and my body simply could not digest it. For some reason I kept trying them, little bits a day...and now I can eat them no problem...and my body can digest it. The weird thing is, now I love avocados. I know your body will have a really hard time digesting fats at first but we do really need them. Now, I'm not by any means saying this is what is going on...but really contemplate if it is the eating disorder deep inside there telling you not to eat fats and allergies seem a good excuse. I am not by any means suggesting you are doing this, so please don't take that the wrong way...I just mean to be helpful. I know from experience how our minds can be played with. And remember, if it is raw fat it isn't bad at all. In fact, our bodies really truly need it to make cells and let our joints move freely and make our skin and hair and such look radiant. and all that. I'm sure you know all this already.
Anyway, I am the exact same way...and I'm glad you posted this because I thought I was the only one. I hope this goes away for all of us who suffer from it. It is no way to live our lives.

Love,
Lunar*Fey <3

[dreamrawalwz]

No, I've gotten tested that I can't have nuts and seeds. The avocado, salt, bananas, dates, ect. all have the same reaction of edema all over so that's no fun. I'll have an avocado, it's not the ED, but my body just doens't like it for whatever reason. Thanks for responding though! I'll do my best to not plan or think about things, but my anxiety sky rockets if I don't.