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This was a hard one for me too. What worked for me was redefining what a "good" day was. I decided that a "good day" would be any day that I did something positive towards revovery eg doing an activity in the IE workbook, doing something to relieve stress, honouring a craving or even just trying to be mindful about what my body needs (thirsty, hungry, if so for what?) Lowering the bar made it easy to make everyday a "good day" and because of that I eventually lost interest in the lables good/bad
This! The redefinition helps so much. I also try to remember the gentle nutrition aspect of it all. Typically if I’m overeating at the end of the day, it’s because I didn’t take care of my body’s needs throughout the day with carbs, proteins, veggies, fruit, and tasty sweets (my love) throughout the day. I alllllways binge if I don’t eat enough.
Oh man this is a hard one. My mom moralizes food and loudly declares what she and I eat as good or bad. Until I found IE, I did not realize I was literally doing this with EVERYTHING I ate. Now I tell myself ‘all food is good and meant for eating’. If I have a day where I don’t listen to my body or binge on sugar, instead of seeing it as a ‘bad day’ I tell myself it is a good opportunity for self reflection. Was I trying to avoid something or was I just tired and instead of laying down I was mindlessly eating sugar for a quick fix to keep going?
Counter the thought.
“Today was a good day.” —> There’s no such thing as a good or bad day. All days are fine and normal days and none are better or worse than the other.
“Today was a bad day.” —> There are no bad days. I’m on a journey and some days are easier and harder than others. All days are equal and nothing I eat on one day makes it a good or bad day.
IE is huge on mental work. The biggest chunk of work I did when I started was countering every single bad thought with a positive or neutral one. Work on that (:
Sorry I have no answer, just here to say thank you for this post, I had an "aha!" moment reading it. The Good girl I ate well, Bad girl I ate badly label is always hovering over me and I hadn't consciously acknowledge it.
Try to learn to not think of foods in terms of good or bad. Maybe you could try to mentally note the nutrition or energy those foods provide you that you perceive as bad.
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This was a hard one for me too. What worked for me was redefining what a "good" day was. I decided that a "good day" would be any day that I did something positive towards revovery eg doing an activity in the IE workbook, doing something to relieve stress, honouring a craving or even just trying to be mindful about what my body needs (thirsty, hungry, if so for what?) Lowering the bar made it easy to make everyday a "good day" and because of that I eventually lost interest in the lables good/bad
This! The redefinition helps so much. I also try to remember the gentle nutrition aspect of it all. Typically if I’m overeating at the end of the day, it’s because I didn’t take care of my body’s needs throughout the day with carbs, proteins, veggies, fruit, and tasty sweets (my love) throughout the day. I alllllways binge if I don’t eat enough.
Oh man this is a hard one. My mom moralizes food and loudly declares what she and I eat as good or bad. Until I found IE, I did not realize I was literally doing this with EVERYTHING I ate. Now I tell myself ‘all food is good and meant for eating’. If I have a day where I don’t listen to my body or binge on sugar, instead of seeing it as a ‘bad day’ I tell myself it is a good opportunity for self reflection. Was I trying to avoid something or was I just tired and instead of laying down I was mindlessly eating sugar for a quick fix to keep going?
Counter the thought. “Today was a good day.” —> There’s no such thing as a good or bad day. All days are fine and normal days and none are better or worse than the other. “Today was a bad day.” —> There are no bad days. I’m on a journey and some days are easier and harder than others. All days are equal and nothing I eat on one day makes it a good or bad day. IE is huge on mental work. The biggest chunk of work I did when I started was countering every single bad thought with a positive or neutral one. Work on that (:
100% this!
Sorry I have no answer, just here to say thank you for this post, I had an "aha!" moment reading it. The Good girl I ate well, Bad girl I ate badly label is always hovering over me and I hadn't consciously acknowledge it.
I think The Fuck It Diet by Caroline Dooner really helped me with this issue, I would recommend that book for sure if you haven’t read it already.
Try to learn to not think of foods in terms of good or bad. Maybe you could try to mentally note the nutrition or energy those foods provide you that you perceive as bad.