• lfbno7 said on Apr 13, 2008....

  Because it is a source of satisfaction. Food is great. Now as for me, I have to spread the peanut butter very thin and even cause I don't like lumps, and the same for the jelly. And I can't put it on regular white bread because that tastes chalky to me. And I can't have too much bread because I have found that wheat products give me heartburn. I learned that through experience. Happy to say I haven't had heartburn in a while. Nothing beats success. At one point you're hopeless because every night is heartburn, and next thing you know, you just aren't getting it anymore.

• Twylarants said on Apr 13, 2008....

  I'm going through the same thing right now, Flyn. I'd like to blame it on the fact that I've stopped smoking, but it started before that.
  I've been on an eating binge for about 6 months now, and that's not a smart move for someone with type 2 diabetes. 
  Once I begin eating carbs, I begin craving carbs...that's what happened, and now I can't stop.  Then I become insulin resistant and gain tons of pounds really quickly....aarrgghh!
  I eat when I'm bored, and I'm always bored lately. Boring, boring, boring!
  I have no advice for you except the carb thing.....the more carbs you eat, the more you crave them. Eat protein...it's boring but better for you.
  

• pickersplock said on Apr 13, 2008....

  It's not the end of the word, Fallyn.
  It's just food after all................when you're ready, when you find something else to replace it with, you'll stop. :)

• Twylarants said on Apr 13, 2008....

  I'd be more than willing to replace eating lots of food with spending lots of money.
  Or traveling to lots of places.
  Or doing lots of anything other than the lots of boring nothing I do now.
  Ooh, somebody's crabby.
  

• pickersplock said on Apr 13, 2008....

  Traveling would be excellent!  I tend to shop, myself!

• queenparanoia said on Apr 13, 2008....

  i have the same problem too. sometimes i can't help overeating...

• Fallyn said on Apr 13, 2008....

  *laughing* shopping doesn't do much for me...it's to the point where i have everything i need and it's just not fun anymore.
  painting takes so much effort.....the mess.....keeping the kids out of it....etc.
  i think right now food is replacing a decent social life....and romance.
  

• Twylarants said on Apr 13, 2008....

  Romance...bleh.  Been there, done that, tired of doing that.
  I'll take the money, thanks.
  

• Fallyn said on Apr 13, 2008....

  and what would you spend it on?
  and i haven't really been there or done that.....i got one tiny little taste.......and then it got all messed up......and i want it again really really badly.
  but i'm at a loss as to guys...or whatever.....cause i'm not who i was......and i don't think the same guys would be attracted to me anymore........cause i'm not who i was...and i'm not completely sure who i am.....and i'm probably SERIOUSLY overthinking this.
  

• MissMimi said on Apr 13, 2008....

  I don't have any great wisdom on the subject, but I do sympathize and empathize about a million percent.  I've always used food as a substitute for whatever was missing in my life.  Now that I know I'm diabetic, it seems like all I want is carbs, and then I feel guilty, and then I eat more, and then I feel...  And I feel like telling the food police to stick it where the sun don't shine.

• Fallyn said on Apr 13, 2008....

  *grin* i can understand that one.
  i'm just finding out that i may have celiacs disease.....or however you spell it.....
  and i'm cringing to think what that will involve.
  

• amyispretty said on Apr 14, 2008....

  I ate a lot today too.  You are not alone.  Some days I'm just really, really hungry.  I do notice that the less active I am, the more I eat.  Maybe it has something to do w/boredom.

• Fallyn said on Apr 14, 2008....

  i don't know...but it's driving me crazy.
  i eat even when i feel full.
  like nothing is satisfying at all.
  

• silverwhisper said on Apr 17, 2008....

  how are you managing now, fallyn? i have a concern that you're prone to obssessive behavior.
  
  ed

• Fallyn said on Apr 17, 2008....

  when it comes to food? *grin* yes.
  it's hard.
  i get obsessive about food. i'll freely admit it.
  i have figured out that i get fearful that it will disappear.
  it stems from my childhood....as far as i can tell anyway
  
  

• Twylarants said on Apr 17, 2008....

  Food is going to disappear???? Why wasn't I warned of this??
  I always joked that I eat as though there won't be any food tomorrow, but it was a joke! I never thought.................................................
  Oh. Never mind.
  

• Fallyn said on Apr 17, 2008....

  well......i was 5'8 by the time i was 12.
  i grew so fast that i was starving all the time.
  and we were really really poor. and because my dad was self employed we couldn't get public assistance.
  dad was doing physical labor 18 hours a day.....so was eating a lot himself.....
  no one really realized i wasn't getting enough to eat.
  i was super skinny......and then suddenly i stopped growing and puberty hit at the same time.
  and that's when the issues with food started......just looking at it seriously it really feels as though if i don't eat it it won't be there later......cause that's how it was when i was little.
  
  

• Twylarants said on Apr 17, 2008....

  Oh, I am absolutely like that! I've never been able to eat a little now, save some for later. I'm not about to ask for a doggie bag, I will eat it all, thank you.
  My mother always cooked just enough for everyone, no more, no such thing as seconds....but she was such a bad cook no one wanted more anyway.
  And she cooked for 5 o'clock. If you didn't get home til 6, your dinner was cold. Too bad for you. She bought snacks and desserts, but hid them for herself.
  I was so skinny my grandmother thought I had a tapeworm. No, I had huge tonsils and couldn't swallow most foods, so I wouldn't eat.
  I've made up for those days.
  

• Fallyn said on Apr 17, 2008....

  my mother is a really bad cook too. and HATED it....she wouldn't cook till my sister and i were begging for dinner.
  i liked when dad cooked. he'd cook enough for an army......
  those were the times i had like four platefuls......
  i LOVED vegetables when i was little..but didn't realize that was probably why i was hungry all the time...i didn't ever get filled up.
  
  

• Fallyn said on Apr 17, 2008....

  i keep practicing saying "it will be there later"
  "the store doesn't run out."
  "i'm not poor."
  i am...but i can get the food i need.
  
  

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