tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5808767913621890148.post2312813757413424710..comments2023-10-17T03:55:53.511-05:00Comments on Diary of a Mad Overeater 2.0: Keep Coming BackCharlie O. Edinburghhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14743399304828375276noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5808767913621890148.post-5745072119839079782010-03-06T14:30:15.766-06:002010-03-06T14:30:15.766-06:00Awesome! Thanks for the comments and encouragement...Awesome! Thanks for the comments and encouragement, you two!<br /><br />PJ Geek, I'll add your blog to my blogroll. Feel free to return the favor!Charlie O. Edinburghhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14743399304828375276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5808767913621890148.post-89342040633213324102010-03-05T20:46:06.185-06:002010-03-05T20:46:06.185-06:00Hi Charlie, I'm PJ Geek and I'm a food add...Hi Charlie, I'm PJ Geek and I'm a food addict. I found your blog from the blog of another..nice little community we have. Yours is the first I've found that has the OA aspect and the added bonus that you are a Christian and worship pastor. I always need to work on my spiritual side. <br /><br />I 'm a lapsed former OA member though I'm doing pretty well working the program actually. I commend you for working the program and getting a sponsor and committing to a plan. When I went to OA regularly I could never get the nerve to get a sponsor. I've grown since then , Thank you GOD. <br /><br />My food addiction started probably as a toddler as I remember having binges after climbing out of the crib. I recall climbing up the cabinets of our kitchen and standing on top of the counter as a child to the cookies that were hidden in the highest cabinets (to keep them away from me). So the addiction is pretty entrenched. <br /><br />I've been working with a nutritionist / therapist/ exercise / prayer / re reading my OA materials and Hazeldon meditation books. Bottom line I've dropped 114 lbs over the last 3 years. It is always work. I slip. I'm not perfect. My philosphy is progress not perfection and trying to make good choices one choice at a time. I've had year long periods of complete sugar free / sugar substitute/caffeine abstinence. But for me, just as gastric bypass surgery just wasn't a consideration so is complete avoidance of different food substances. That's just how I do it though I know it doesn't work for everyone. <br /><br /> My food addict developed to take care of my little hurt child self who couldn't deal with the neglect, drama, fear , that was a part of my early home life . <br /><br /> I just wanted to drop in ..say HI. ...invite you to my blog. You may inspire me to go back to an OA meeting. They are quite a drive for me , but I think that is just probably a little excuse. <br /><br />the blog name is Pjs and Pounds http://pjsandcocoaontheporch.blogspot.com/PJ Geekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16550278783075004470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5808767913621890148.post-22807757496060289362010-03-05T14:43:18.263-06:002010-03-05T14:43:18.263-06:00That sounds like a very good plan. A lot of peopl...That sounds like a very good plan. A lot of people I know in abstinence do very well on that kind of plan. They say the frequency of chemically-triggered cravings for processed foods is almost nil, making the emotional binge triggers just about the only things to contend with.<br /><br />I'm glad you've stopped weighing. I had an odd week, where my weight crept up depending on where the scale sat on the bathroom floor. Now, I've also been drinking a lot of coffee and nearly no water. I assume that when I properly hydrate so my body flush out the toxins, my weight will go down.<br /><br />Like I've been told by others about themselves, I can be compulsively addicted to just about anything. I've boxed my scale because it was depressing the heck out of me when I weighed daily. My next official weigh date is March 14 (my 5-month-abstinent monthiversary).<br /><br />Keep the faith, and I am sure when you get back on that scale, there will be changes in a positive direction--be it weight loss, fat loss, or muscle gain (remember, muscle weighs more than fat, so converting it to muscle and not "losing weight" is a great thing!)Jesshttp://innerpilgrimage.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com