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I feel sick, from emotional eating

staceypin
staceypin
The babysitter brought my son some huge chocolate cupcakes for his birthday. I have been so well disciplined since March, eating healthy, no binging, exercise, and I just had a total relapse in 2 minutes and 3 cupcakes later.. feel like shit.. certain foods should not be allowed in my house because its like a drug for me.. I abuse it
deleted_user
deleted_user
you have just had a slip-up, don't beat yourself up over it! take some time out and go for a walk or do something you enjoy and then jst get back on-track xx
deleted_user
deleted_user
If yu allow guilt and regret and self doubt to creep it, it will only lead to more binges...

Someone in recovery once said to me "normal ppl over do it now and then" so you are normal... youve been doing great tell yourself that over and over again...

or I always say Im fine !!! Im fine !!!
jasgall
jasgall
that's great that you've gone so long without bingeing! congrats! kudos! it's good that you recognize certain foods trigger you. the next step is to start telling people. tell the babysitter she's welcome to do things like that for your son, but to please keep the sweets out of your home. maybe have her give him sweets at her house.
deleted_user
deleted_user
Sugars (glucose) is a big time precursor to the production of Serotonin in the brain.

Oftentimes, with these artificial sweetners, the three amino acids that bind and make aspartame also work to reduce, in a saturated fashion, the amount of serotonin available in the brain.

The small intestine produces the vast majority of your serotonin and a reduction of available sugars will drop this production accordingly.

The craving for sweets is your brains way of saying..."hey, I need some serotonin up here".

You need to eat and not feel guilty. It's other things that can help calm you down...like massage, neurofeedback, and really deep conversation to allay fear and calm your spirit.
deleted_user
deleted_user
its ok, you had a slip up. as you said, you have been doing really great, and tommorrow, actually later today is a new start.try and not feel guilty and beat yourself up.
deleted_user
deleted_user
Like the others say it was a slip but I can totally understand how this is dragging you down a bit, especially after doing so well. Next time toss those suckers in the trash or bring them to the next neighbor.