tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3298495631546915310.post7190809208499345181..comments2023-07-17T08:06:07.933-04:00Comments on Fig and Thistle : The Difference between Cookie and CookiesAmanda Roperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10285981792704101992noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3298495631546915310.post-55394691875511948432012-01-22T13:15:04.368-05:002012-01-22T13:15:04.368-05:00I love this post - so honest and really resonates ...I love this post - so honest and really resonates with me as well. Many of us have fought these battles. Thanks for your courage in sharing - I hope you will keep on (as you're comfortable).Aprilhttp://adventuresindesicooking.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3298495631546915310.post-37875744293526543342012-01-22T10:38:48.271-05:002012-01-22T10:38:48.271-05:00I need to get some eating issues under control as ...I need to get some eating issues under control as well. I have not been very healthy about it in recent years and John's risk for cardiac troubles is exacerbated greatly by our eating and lack of exercise. My problem is that I love volume. It is never enough for me to take one bite, one cookie, or even one piece of whatever. Sure I like the taste of sweets, but I also want a lot of it all at once. I will eat it until I am sick. I can eat a half gallon of ice cream in one sitting without batting an eye. And baking is so much fun. And discovering great food when we travel is so fun...argh. It really does require a mind shift. I hope I am up to it.Thomas Hogglestockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14284352537015457974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3298495631546915310.post-22772685135637256932012-01-22T07:25:52.641-05:002012-01-22T07:25:52.641-05:00This is probably one of the best posts I've ev...This is probably one of the best posts I've ever read and I can relate to it completely.<br />All my life I've been a little chubby, not dramatically overweight, but always a little heavier than other girls.<br /><br />Last spring I decided to do something about it and...exaggerated. My eating was normal before, a little bit too fatty, but I had normal eating habits. Then for some months I would count every calory, eat like a bird and work out like an athlete. I knew some anorexic girls and I spent more and more time with them, although I didn't want to become like them, I just wanted to copy their habits, not their illness in order to lose weight. I really thought I could handle this, but I played with the fire and burned myself.<br /><br />I would not go as far as saying I was anorexic, although I lost more than ten pounds within a month, but since then my eating has been disordered. When I noticed that my experiment didn't work and I was becoming more and more not like the anorexic girls but one of them, I decided to "fix myself" by eating unbelievable amounts of junk food, and since then I am in the same state as you.<br /><br />I admire you for the cookie, I admire you so much. I wish I had your strength.Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06672158633910811092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3298495631546915310.post-55185708469763124842012-01-21T17:52:16.225-05:002012-01-21T17:52:16.225-05:00This post has me teary - I completely get it, and ...This post has me teary - I completely get it, and I know the achievement when you have just the one coolie - the victory of it, how it symbolises ordered eating instead of disordered.<br /><br />A few years back I had that problem, all binge, no purge. God knows how, but I dieted and lost so much I went to underweight very fast. Now, for the past few months, I'm back to where I was - all binge, no purge, and no order. No one knows how terrifying it is unless they've been through it, and I'm glad you spoke out so others like me know they're not alone. I hope I get to the "one cookie" stage. It's so awful, this. So awful.ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01245931629228090133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3298495631546915310.post-26098270123629319492012-01-19T18:53:10.503-05:002012-01-19T18:53:10.503-05:00Thanks for sharing Amanda! This really helped me t...Thanks for sharing Amanda! This really helped me think about my own relationship with food. I've gained a lot of weight the last few years (and have lost about half of it), although I've stayed mostly in the "healthy" weight category. I thought that meant I was fine, but I gained 40 pounds (and I'm a short girl) in just a few years from emotional eating. I was frustrated at work and let that be my excuse to eat whatever I wanted. I would eat fast food for lunch, "sneak" a candy bar in the afternoon, have Hostess cupcake after work, have pizza or something equally bad for dinner, then have a bowl of ice cream. When my husband worked retail, I would get excited over eating a whole frozen pizza and more snacks when he worked lately and wouldn't notice. Ugh. I would tell myself I deserved it because I had a bad day, but that only made things worse in the long run. And I was still skinnier than a lot of people, so I'd say it was okay. Now I'm having to try to relearn proper eating habits, get healthier and lower my cholesterol. I'm trying to replace stress eating with reading a favorite book, taking a bath, writing, or other things that relieve stress because I'm still so tempted to reach for food when I'm upset! I needed a reminder to be more aware of my eating, so thanks for posting!Lindsey Sparkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03654365166738983077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3298495631546915310.post-67837680794375984062012-01-19T15:27:15.015-05:002012-01-19T15:27:15.015-05:00Yay for cookie! You are such an inspiration to us ...Yay for cookie! You are such an inspiration to us all.Susan in TXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09550766549670690646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3298495631546915310.post-85361114081643980212012-01-19T13:32:12.307-05:002012-01-19T13:32:12.307-05:00Hi Amanda: Good for you! That's hard stuff. ...Hi Amanda: Good for you! That's hard stuff. I live alone and am overweight, but losing it (again). I cope by not buying what I don't plan to immediately eat. I can't imagine having cookies and snack foods around the house that I didn't eat too much of. So, I buy one cookie. But it would probably be better if I could have a bag of cookies in the house and just eat... I'm not really sure how much, let's say not the whole bag in a week (I don't think I'm a real binge eater, more like someone who regularly eats too much and it adds up). Very hard to relearn good habits - good for you! Ruby<br /><br />http://yearofreadingmybooks.wordpress.com/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3298495631546915310.post-37217661234091025732012-01-19T12:13:15.751-05:002012-01-19T12:13:15.751-05:00Opening up and being honest is the first step to a...Opening up and being honest is the first step to a healthy start, to a healthy relationship with yourself and food. I've been on both sides, from unhealthily thin to obese. <br />I am still learning on my weight loss journey. It's been 9 months since I started a new mind set and healthy habits. Some days are harder than others, especially with an entire background and surrounding extended family with health issues and unhealthy habits. <br />Some days I cry during workouts, Some days I quietly celebrate new- found muscle tone. Some days I feel like giving up and eating a full rack of ribs and dozen cookies, and some days I realize how far I've come. <br /><br />Hooray! For enjoying reasonable amounts of delicious food and getting through a decent amount of activity each day. XOXOXGigglyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15541084708662558978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3298495631546915310.post-27792859763952623022012-01-19T11:02:06.786-05:002012-01-19T11:02:06.786-05:00It's hard. It just is. I know exactly what you...It's hard. It just is. I know exactly what you mean and I've often related my emotions about food to those of an addict. <br /><br />I'm right there with you. This has to be the year I do things differently and re-learn these habits.Andihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05220718933942181809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3298495631546915310.post-31802302849837423362012-01-19T08:49:26.521-05:002012-01-19T08:49:26.521-05:00I know exactly what you mean in all of this post. ...I know exactly what you mean in all of this post. I'm sure you've heard of binge disorders and compulsive overeating disorders. I had/have the latter, developed in all the years when nothing I did caused me to gain or lose, and my body gained or lost at random moments because of the infection. When you have no control, you develop a very emotional relationship with food. I used to eat entire boxes of granola bars in my closet so no one could see me, or I'd eat until I made myself sick, though I never purged. I would eat to attack myself when I was frustrated or angry, or to give myself a reason to explain the sudden weight gain I had no control of, or any number of other reasons. In the last year, I've worked really hard on controlling the emotional aspects of eating, and I've been fairly successful, though I still have trouble when I'm frustrated or angry. I still have a tendency to throw up my hands, yell F-this, and attack myself with food until I feel completely sick. It's been worse the last 4 months or so as my weight loss has slowed down so drastically (which is really frustrating when you're doing everything you can). Thank you for talking about this.Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07026099426503180472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3298495631546915310.post-83973367789434943662012-01-19T07:13:24.127-05:002012-01-19T07:13:24.127-05:00Amanda I think that this such a REAL and HONEST po...Amanda I think that this such a REAL and HONEST post and totally appreciate your courage in opening up with your weight loss journey. Overweightness and obesity is as much a disorder as anorexia and bulimia. All has to do with retraining one's brain and relationship with food.christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16749333368560606659noreply@blogger.com