Sun, Mar-03-02, 10:54
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Senior Member
Posts: 2,193
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Plan: mostly paleo
Stats: //
BF:also don't care
Progress: 100%
Location: West Coast, USA
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I don't even know what happened
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this is the challenge...trying to figure out what happened. Something did!
Journaling with great accuracy can help. Think about the 24 hours before the act--who were you with, how were you feeling, what had you eaten in the 24 hours before. Then what was going on in mind/spirit while the stuff was being consumed? It's possible that a return to carbs can be simply an unthinking repeat of old automatic behavior, just triggered by the smell and availability...but it also might be an old pattern emerging that, if you can detect it, can be dealt with in ways other than self-medicating with carbs.
I'm with fi--sure, I could have that chocolate bar in the house for a few weeks...but then something would happen (I'd be angry about something or feeling guilty over something else or, most likely, just come home from work exhausted one day) and I'd grab the chocolate. Sometimes I can limit that to one piece/bite/serving...but at times in the past, it has led to a 24-hour return to carbs, or a week's worth or a month's worth, even though the initial emotional or situational trigger is far in the past. That's the nature of addictive substances, eh?
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