Comments on The Daily Dietribe: Elimination Diet Wrap Up, Part 1

Wow. This is my first time visiting your blog, an...

2010-03-23T15:29:13.820-04:00

Wow. This is my first time visiting your blog, and I deal with similar issues. Thank you for your honesty and willingness to put it all out there.

Jennifer, How are you feeling so far? I would love...

2010-03-08T22:00:57.143-05:00

Jennifer, How are you feeling so far? I would love to hear more about how the diet's working for you! Did you make the apple pie?

I can totally see how this diet would aggravate a ...

2010-03-08T17:09:27.590-05:00

I can totally see how this diet would aggravate a tendency towards binge eating! I am on day 8 and am on your site frantically looking for that yummy apple pie because I need something sweet besides dried currants and figs! I made my daughter yummy oatmeal pancakes and they're in the fridge right now and it is so hard to avoid them around 3-4:00 when I seem to crave sweets. I'd like to just eat them all, like right now.

I am lucky that I am not dealing with a lot of other crazy things in my life right now. Doing this when I was in grad school would have been utter insanity. I would have fallen off the wagon and ended up a puddle of jello on the floor when dinner time rolled around. As is, if we leave the house for a whole morning, I feel like I need to bring food for a week. It's just not possible to cook like that and do anything else with a day.

Best wishes to you--things will level out! Learning about what nourishes our bodies is an ongoing journey--and as long as we listen to what our bodies are saying, it's a forgiving journey. Don't be too hard yourself! :-).

I totally feel for you! I'm currently going th...

2010-03-04T15:34:09.140-05:00

I totally feel for you! I'm currently going through some interesting times because I recently added back food into my diet (rice, canola oil). It's so hard to not binge on the recipes that these two simple foods have added to my diet. My schedule is not as stressful as yours sounds, but I've made a bunch of big decisions this year (new house, new town, new jobs, new dogs, etc) to where I hear ya. I just take solace in the fact that I'll get bored of these foods in a month or so and then I'll be able to handle myself a little bit better. My weight will go up by a couple of pounds, but then it'll level off and go back down to normal. Until then, I'm taking an extra run/walk or two a week with my dogs, and watching lots of CSI, Little House on the Prairie, and MythBusters.

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2010-03-04T11:41:53.693-05:00

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Thank you for sharing so transparently about the s...

2010-03-03T13:14:53.866-05:00

Thank you for sharing so transparently about the struggles you've faced. Hang in there. You'll be able to get back in balance is you allow yourself some grace.

And, by all means, do not try to "do" everything. {{{hugs}}}

Iris, thanks for honestly sharing your troubles he...

2010-03-03T11:11:55.986-05:00

Iris, thanks for honestly sharing your troubles here with us. Many can relate - I can as well. I have troubles with going on super-restrictive diets either. Once I allow myself to be "done" with it - whether I was really done or else I just got fed up with it - I then allow myself to eat a massive amount of sweets. It's certainly not a healing way to eat. I am glad you are digging yourself out - I am also comforted in knowing that this isn't a phenomenon that only I deal with. Keep up the positive emotional space you're starting to put yourself in - and we're all here for you too!

Thanks so much for your honesty. I commend you for...

2010-03-03T10:46:22.901-05:00

Thanks so much for your honesty. I commend you for all your hard work and your sharing truely your experiences. I am sure your posts are gifts to many people. Handle yourself with the same grace I am sure you extend to your clients. There is so much freedom to be found in letting go of perfection.

Thanks so much for sharing your experiences so hon...

2010-03-03T09:04:18.237-05:00

Thanks so much for sharing your experiences so honestly, Iris. It's helpful to so many. I agree with Alea. Usually if I'm put on a restrictive diet, I get very rebellious and start binge eating. I don't binge eat any other time ... except when I'm told I can't have this or that. Or that, I can only have a 8 nuts at a time. When nobody tells me I need to only eat 8 nuts, well, I actually eat about 8 nuts and I'm satisfied, but if someone (or the little voice in my head) tells me to limit myself, I do completely the opposite. I also think that old adage of "whatever you focus on expands" applies. If you take a comfortable, easy approach(and forgive yourself when necessary), things just seem to work out better. Hugs on getting through all you have on your plate--literally and figuratively, so to speak,

Shirley

As a former binge comfort eater myself, I can rela...

2010-03-03T06:22:23.163-05:00

As a former binge comfort eater myself, I can relate to the feeling of shock when this beast rears it's ugly head just when you thought it was done and dusted.

These days, I am more commited to being healthier after seeing the effects of bowel cancer on my gran, so when life does occasionally leave me feeling overwhelmed, I try to limit the damage of eating for comfort rather than just sustenance to larger portions of healthier foods. I rationalise that at long as it isn't loads of processed foods, your body can handle it.

Balance will be restored, just you wait and see. Just be gentle on yourself. Eat that little bit more cheese or whatever, and in a week or so, you'll have had enough and then you'll move on. Just like the feedback loop in homeostasis :-)

Thank you for your honesty. I know how you feel. T...

2010-03-03T01:59:34.540-05:00

Thank you for your honesty. I know how you feel. The reason I have not done the elimination diet is because of my stress right now. I hope to do in the future when I am not so busy and stressed. I feel like I am still struggling with binging and at times fall back to my worst ways also. I think it happens the most when I am the most stressed.

I would probably have had the same reaction to the...

2010-03-03T00:28:18.996-05:00

I would probably have had the same reaction to the elimination diet! I have found that there are a lot of wonderful diets that don't work for me. I don't do well with deprivation - plus I am extremely rebelious, so I don't do well with too many rules. :-)

Well done, Iris.

2010-03-02T23:50:57.598-05:00

Well done, Iris.

SO proud of your insight and honesty with yourself...

2010-03-02T22:59:53.514-05:00

SO proud of your insight and honesty with yourself and others.

Love you

-your sister (and biggest fan)

Thank you for such an honest, truthful and heartfe...

2010-03-02T21:54:09.023-05:00

Thank you for such an honest, truthful and heartfelt post. It's so easy to talk about the good - but often more important to talk about the real, I think. I think if we're honest, most of us are all dealing with some kind of food relationship issues, thank you for sharing with us.

Elimination can be tough, and yes bringing food ba...

2010-03-02T21:49:59.977-05:00

Elimination can be tough, and yes bringing food back in can be tough. I struggles with binge eating too, which is why I suffer from digestive issues. But slowly over time I have had to retrain how I look at food, but some days it is still hard to be perfect.
Thanks for sharing you story.

Hi Iris, I've been following your blog for a ...

2010-03-02T21:49:59.976-05:00

Hi Iris,

I've been following your blog for a while now, but I don't think I've commented before (or at least not much). Having struggled with a bit of bingeing in my own past, I really felt a connection with you and your triumphs and struggles with food.

I am so sorry that the elimination diet took you down a path you didn't want to tread. However, I can completely understand how you would end up there. It sounds like a very challenging program and it's not surprising that your mind/body were putting up a fight. I'm really glad to hear that you are not beating yourself up over it - I have to agree that guilt is one of the worst parts of bingeing and that doing away with the guilt is one of the key steps in healing. I think it's great that you've shared your experiences so openly on the blogosphere. I'm sure that even doing that will take you great lengths in getting to where you want to be. I know I find that if I let others (ANYONE) know what my struggles are, I feel almost instantly liberated from them.

Anyway, (sorry about that huge rant!) I just want to let you know that I think you're an absolute inspiration. Keep doing what you're doing :)

D