Eating Disorders Support Group
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i'm not sure if this will trigger anyone. if it does, i'm sorry.
i have been doing pretty well all week. i've eaten all three meals with the exception of wednesday and today. wednesday, my legs hurt. i had to lay down and fell aslleep during lunch. today, i slept in past breakfast. i ate my 2 other meals both days.
today, i had to order food to make myself eat dinner. it was a fairly large dinner-salmon, shrimp, potatoes and beans from tgi fridays. i figured whatever i couldn't eat i'd save. i ate the seafood and most of the potatoes. but didn't want the beans because they had onions in them. i was too full to finish the potatoes.
it took me a good half hour to throw the rest out because i felt guilty about it. i kept thinking "that's a lot of food. maybe i should just force myself to eat it. i bet people who are homeless would love my leftover dinner."
does anyone else feel bad when they throw out left over food-even if you've eaten a healthy amount? i don't know why i felt that way. it's frustrating because even when i do really well, i feel horrible if i have to throw food out at all.
i have been doing pretty well all week. i've eaten all three meals with the exception of wednesday and today. wednesday, my legs hurt. i had to lay down and fell aslleep during lunch. today, i slept in past breakfast. i ate my 2 other meals both days.
today, i had to order food to make myself eat dinner. it was a fairly large dinner-salmon, shrimp, potatoes and beans from tgi fridays. i figured whatever i couldn't eat i'd save. i ate the seafood and most of the potatoes. but didn't want the beans because they had onions in them. i was too full to finish the potatoes.
it took me a good half hour to throw the rest out because i felt guilty about it. i kept thinking "that's a lot of food. maybe i should just force myself to eat it. i bet people who are homeless would love my leftover dinner."
does anyone else feel bad when they throw out left over food-even if you've eaten a healthy amount? i don't know why i felt that way. it's frustrating because even when i do really well, i feel horrible if i have to throw food out at all.
I always throw out food but first before I do I always have a mini panic attack---I freak out because I feel so guilty that other people don't have food and here I am throwing it out.
What I do sometimes, to deflect the guilt, is buy one of those bags at the supermarket they donate to homeless shelters and food shelves. I dont' know if they do that everywhere.
but now I just dont care. As long as my son eats I am happy