Profound Outburst from HeidiE ....ready?

[HeidiE]

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[Adena]

Ummm..... what she said. Well put, Heidi.

[qbu]

Great post!

[ValidRouge]

Excellent point Heidi! This is why I pass up foods. People (non-Atkins people) are staring at me like I have two heads when I said that I didn't partake of those foods during the holidays. Like I just sprung two more when I tell them about THROWING OUT THE GIFTED GOODIES INTO THE TRASH AND POURING NASTY RAINWATER OUT OF ANOTHER CAN ONTO IT (so I wouldn't go dumpster diving). The addict in me WOULD have gone dumpster diving. Anyway...I can't touch it. If I don't touch it, I'm FINE, perfectly FINE. But if I allow myself to go there, I'll fall right back into the trap. I'll be hooked again. It's scary. And, I don't want to undo what I've worked so hard to do.

[Qjakal]

What's really scary is how many of us there are and how strong these addictions are within our systems.

It's absolutely amazing how we parallel each other.

If there's an amount of buttered popcorn I can't eat I've never seen it...

If there's a can of cashews too big for me to finish I haven't found it (that includes the ones they sell in Price Club/Sams Club/Bjs and whatever..)

If there's a pizza I can't eat, that too is hiding very well.

Bag of chips...not even a challenge. Case of chips? I'd bet on me if I were a gambling man.

Rice pudding? Sushi? Chocolate covered cherries? I'd break ya...

My list is long and varied and I'll bet yours is too...

Q

[julirama723]

Heidi, excellent post.

I too was one of those people who would taste something like cookie dough off my finger, and before I knew it, I was eating spoonfuls of dough. And when the cookies would come out of the oven, I'd be eating them before they'd even cooled. By the time they'd cooled a couple dozen would be gone and I didn't even realize it...I remember once just standing by the table, eating cookies like I was some sort of machine. I snapped myself out of this daze somehow(probably after I'd gotten my fill, which after much calculating, was about 3 dozen cookies) and realized "Oh my god, what am I doing?" But this realization didn't cause me to stop making cookies...in fact, I made them every chance I got, with the excuse that they were for "friends" or for going "camping" and yes, the cookies really did go to the people they were supposed to, but only about 1/3 of them...1/3 I had already eaten, and another 1/3 I kept at home for me.

Ahh so anyway, you can't imagine (or well, yeah you can!) how good it feels to be free from that cycle...but it's one of those things, like any other drug, that one taste and I could be right back where I started. LIke today I made chocolate chip muffins for my boyfriend, and I almost absent-mindedly licked my finger...oh my god I freaked out, washed my hand right away. I can't even imagine the downward spiral that would have invoked...

Once again, great post Heidi--this is something PEOPLE NEED TO READ!

[Stella]

Thank you HeidiE - I could almost cry reading this - I have blamed my weakness and everything else about me for eating this way since I was a child. I used to steal sweets when I was a kid (from the cupboards, once even from a neighbors counter top!)- I am STILL embarrassed about that and only a few months ago (thinking I had binge eating disorder), did I ever admit it to my own mom and sister! When I was a kid only wanted to grow up and work at a gas station so that I could eat all of the candy I wanted. LOL!!

Anyway, Never once did I blame this crap that I was eating! It was always, ME, weak and stupid (and fat!) me!

That is why I tell my husband and sister now that the reason I always failed was because you do not give an alcoholic one drink and tell him to stop. I am the same way with sugar/starch/flour - I want MORE and MORE and MORE!! This is why I believe Atkins is working for me, I'm not eating any of these things! I feel like I FINALLY have control of my eating - I can not remember a time since before Jr. High (and vending machines) Feeling this FREE!!

Thank you Dr. Atkins for finally figuring this out for me!!

Great Post HeidiE!

[Tracie515]

I can't say anything that wasn't already said by these lovely ladies, all i can say is Iagree Iagree Iagree!! Thanks Heidi for the fantastic post.

[Kate113]

Gosh, I really can't add anything as mindblowing as Heidi's post, but BRAVO! Great post!

[angelstar]

Oh Heidi...I wish you lived next door!! I wouldnt leave ur house!!

Fantastic post....as always.