Another tool that helps me is taking the time to log the food -- even AFTER I've eaten it. There's a little piece of sanity that usually manages to slip in before I move to the next item -- or the next. Sometimes, I have to change my position -- get off the computer, get off the couch, go lay in bed and read -- something anything that shifts my perspective even a tiny bit. For instance, today at lunch, after my salad, I was still hungry. My intake has been dropping radically at night, so my body is going through an adjustment period. My weight loss the last few days shows how radically not over-eating (especially at night) makes my body happy. So, my point being that I ate my salad -- still hungry. Allowed myself a serving of two good snack items, but then found myself leaning more toward 2 servings of one and ignoring the other. Tried to put in the bar code: No luck. Entered it manually, put back the other item, completed my total, refilled my water and stepped away from the kitchen. This time -- the strategy worked.

I felt "the need for speed" tonight! After a business appointment, I stopped to get some stickers to go onto my new Vision Board that I had created over the weekend. Went in to one store, noticed the "binge shopper" was out, and left without any purchases. Went to the second store and bought the stickers (valid), Dad's Day Cards (needed to wait until I had my daughter with me, cause now there is a second trip, but it was the "perfect" card), and then hit trouble by purchasing two separate bags of "ok" items. I really was hungry, but heard the almonds and Fit Chews I carry in my purse go "whoohooo remember us?" but ignored their call. I ate a serving in the car on the way home, had my second and dipped my toe into a dip -- and realized immediately it was not a good choice. Put it away. Took out my hummus instead and had that. It was ok, but could have turned disasterous.

The hardest part of my dis-ease is when that still, small Tug calls and I choose to ignore it. I ALWAYS HEAR IT. It is a CHOICE that I ignore it. That's the insanity.

Except for those 30 minutes, my day with food was awesome -- and even those 30 minutes were a gift. It is so awesome to feel this good. :flowerforyou:

I shared on one of the other threads that today is Day 1 of Abstinence for me. Those 12 days were a blessing; allowing my feeling and fears to overtake me were overwhelming. And, quite interesting. All is good.