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hope101 wrote:My first thought, just looking at your food description, is that you might have been undereating starch. If you haven't already watched Dr. Lisle's two Youtube interviews on emotional eating, I'd highly recommend them. Might ring a few bells.
hope101 wrote:Nobody--that is, nobody human--will go without experimenting periodically. Adjusting their long-time habits to see if they still fit and are absolutely necessary.
DeborahAnn wrote:I think that Hope has a very good point about not eating enough starch. That being said, I do not see anything wrong at all about the amount of food you are eating. I mean, how bad can a whole head of cauliflower be? It seems like you are eating large quantities of excellent, low fat foods. Did you gain weight from eating this way? I would be surprised if you did. But as Hope says, maybe if you add more solid starches to your diet with rice, legumes and TATES! That would slow down your eating, if it is even a problem at all.
Katydid wrote:I agree with the other posters that your diet may be a bit "understarched". Not that you ever need to limit your vegetables, but I hope fear of "carbs" isn't causing you to restrict your starch intake. I also wonder why your are eating so late at night if you aren't eating for hunger. If the overeating is a way to handle internalized stress (speaking from experience here), you may want to consider another outlet.
Partly Cloudy wrote:I will third the opinion that it sounds possible that you'd just not eaten enough starch.
From my understanding of Doug Lisle's talks, I think maybe you actually weren't eating to satiety. That the cauliflower and red bell peppers, peaches and apples just weren't calorie-dense enough to set off your stomach's "OK I've had enough" signal, and you kept on eating until you were over-stuffed.
It doesn't seem like all that would add up to more than 500-600 calories, so I don't think there was too much harm done.
But if it makes you feel "icky", then I understand why you want to stop eating that way.
Have you tried eating raw foods first, then cooked starch, then legumes? Raw to start to fill your stomach, then starch and legumes to help send the satiety signal to your digestive system.
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