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Originally Posted by FooZe
What, exactly, comes up for you when you don't "give in to these desires"? I'm not saying you have to post about it, just notice it for yourself. It could very well turn out to be one of the things you're working on in therapy, only viewed from a different angle.
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That hasn't happened. I have not been successful in "not eating." That's why I started this thread.
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I think you may be getting a little ahead of yourself here, trying to be where you aren't. If you keep giving in you may become obese, and if you become obese you may not like it... etc. I say, start from where you are. Be here now. Say you're in the place that serves the food and you experience hunger. You have a choice. You can decline the food and notice what comes up for you: feelings of hunger, thoughts about deprivation, memories of your mother, or whatever. Or you can eat the food and notice what comes up for you then, quite likely including thoughts about becoming obese. It's much less important which you choose than whether or not it's your choice and you allow yourself to experience it (along with whatever comes up for you after that, and after that, and after that...)
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I don't think I'm getting ahead of myself at all. I've added twenty pounds and more is coming. When I get that hungry I do NOT have a choice. I just eat. My "willpower" has nothing to do with it. My "conscious" choices and desires are just steamrollered. It's obssessive. That's why I started this thread.
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