Food is nourishment and a source of pleasure for everyone I know. For me, food is those things as well as being deeply, unhealthily tied to emotional satisfaction, happiness, self-love, etc. How can I stop having food be an emotional crutch? Snowflake details inside.
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posted by anonymous
on Jun 2, 2013 -
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Around 2 weeks ago I decided to actually properly recover from my eating disorder.
And I am hoping that some people here with relevant medical knowledge or personal experience might be able to give me some advice on how to proceed and information on what I can physically expect, as the information given online is often very contradictory. I live in a rural area (UK) and have had very negative experiences with the local medical professionals/counselling services (I also get the impression that most GPs will not be very well informed anyway) so I am attempting to do this very much on my own.
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posted by anonymous
on Mar 12, 2013 -
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I've regularly eaten salad as part of a healthy diet, including a period my freshman year of college eating it twice a day. I had no issues. But now, no more.
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posted by anonymous
on Mar 11, 2013 -
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Okay, this is a bad time to be without money and there's nothing I can really do to change that immediately. I am on assistance. I have food stamps that can buy only food stuff. Because of last minute car repairs and things like extra gas for appointments that I couldn't miss with government agencies, I have zero on the cash assistance (non-food side of food stamps).
I slowly developed a cold today. It's just a cold. Sore throat, coughing, running nose and headache.
I have Tylenol for the headache, but my throat is killing me and coughing keeps adding to the burn.
There's no money for non-food cough/throat stuff. No cough drops or meds.
What can I buy that is a food item that can make my throat feel less like it's been scraped with a brillo pad with each cough.
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posted by anonymous
on Dec 21, 2012 -
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What can I *add* to my life to help with my binge eating and/or desire to lose weight? Additionally, what texts or exercises helped you work past bingeing?
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posted by anonymous
on Aug 15, 2012 -
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I have so many problems--I'm so far from being the person I want to be --that I don't even know where to start. If you were me, what would you do
this week to try to build up to some change?
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posted by anonymous
on Jul 23, 2012 -
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I tried a low-carb diet. I didn't lose much weight and my experience was different from what most other people report. Why?
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posted by anonymous
on May 4, 2012 -
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My wife loves baking cakes, but I'd really like her to stop. What other things could she cook that meet her requirements and mine?
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posted by anonymous
on May 1, 2012 -
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[Grossness warning] I accidentally ate food that was tainted with a small amount of feces. I am concerned about parasites. How do I take care of the fallout, and what are my best human deworming options? Everything I can find on this topic (information and, annoyingly, worming tablets too) seems to be geared towards deworming dogs, cats, and horses.
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posted by anonymous
on Mar 16, 2012 -
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I am returning from Chicago to NY on a foodie's birthday. What, if anything, can I bring back for him? Limitations/details inside.
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posted by anonymous
on Feb 22, 2012 -
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I'm considering eating meat again after more than a decade of being a vegetarian. I'm looking for blogs or long articles about going back to meat after a significant period without it. I'm looking for people talking about why the change happened and how they re-acclimated themselves to meat. I would also welcome articles about people who struggled with it but stayed vegetarians anyway.
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posted by anonymous
on Feb 1, 2012 -
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Please help me in my goal, which is to gain weight in a healthy way, and to do so as cheaply as possible.
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posted by anonymous
on Jan 2, 2012 -
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My husband is overweight. I'm not at the end of my rope, but it's getting closer. Advice, any advice is welcome, even if you tell me I'm being unreasonable. SS details inside.
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posted by anonymous
on Dec 28, 2011 -
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How do I eat a low-carb diet that satiates me, doesn't make me lose weight and leaves my skin clear?
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posted by anonymous
on Aug 22, 2011 -
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My overweight roommate is growing increasingly depressed about aforementioned extra weight. She makes poor eating choices. Should I say something?
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posted by anonymous
on Jul 26, 2011 -
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Going gluten free: how long to really tell a difference, if gluten intolerance is really a problem?
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posted by anonymous
on Feb 25, 2011 -
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I would like to know if other people commonly feel that food they have bought needs to be thrown out because it is somehow contaminated, or whether I'm actually too hyper about this.
Often -- more than once a week -- I throw out food because something seems to be wrong with it. Here are my recent examples
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posted by anonymous
on Jan 14, 2011 -
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My boyfriend is putting weight on. It doesn't bother me, but it bothers him. How can I help him change his habits without damaging his self-esteem?
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posted by anonymous
on Nov 23, 2010 -
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After I eat certain foods, I have to pee a lot more often than usual. What is going on?
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posted by anonymous
on Oct 28, 2010 -
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Please help me find the mandolin slicer to end all mandolin slicers! Bonus points if you can find me one under $100.
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posted by anonymous
on Oct 12, 2010 -
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Which alcoholic drinks would you recommend to someone who has GERDs? I would like to have a few drinks to get a little buzz going this weekend with friends without damaging my stomach. Also, what food and/or OTC would be good to take before and after drinking?
posted by anonymous
on Sep 23, 2010 -
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Boston Filter: Moving to Boston in the middle of August. Looking for restaurant/music store/cool stuff/anything else recommendations.
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posted by anonymous
on Jul 22, 2010 -
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It seems likely that I will be literally made to eat a hat, sometime in the next week. How can I do this in a clever way that is (a) feasible; (b) funny?
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posted by anonymous
on May 5, 2010 -
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My best friend and his girlfriend both seem to have a rather unhealthy relationship with food. This isn't currently at a critical level for either of them, but I think in the past it has been, and I'm worried that it could get like that again. I'm particularly concerned that they rely on each other quite heavily for emotional support and that in this area they may not be best placed to help each other. Am I right to gently suggest to each of them that they seek proper help for this? What resources could I refer them to, or how could I suggest they might best go about getting the support they need? We're in the UK.
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posted by anonymous
on Apr 18, 2010 -
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So, I have a roommate. We were friends before living together, and for the most part we get along fine. We've had some arguments, but we seem to have gotten past them. Now I'm just feeling frustrated by some nit-picky things she does and I want to know if I should address them at all, and how not to be insulting or irritating.
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posted by anonymous
on Sep 11, 2009 -
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Romantic getaway this weekend in Toronto, staying at Sutton Place Hotel near university. What's the coolest stuff to do relatively nearby when we're outside the room?
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posted by anonymous
on Aug 20, 2009 -
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How can I find a general therapist who specializes in helping people with eating issues?
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posted by anonymous
on Jul 2, 2009 -
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Very obese woman. Gone from entirely sedentary to going to the gym 4 days a week over the past year. Lost inches but not a whole lot of weight considering my new level of activity. Problem lies in eating....
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posted by anonymous
on Jul 1, 2009 -
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I've been told I'm a very good conversationalist, but when I talk to people, I often get nervous about silences. This leads to two problems: 1) I compulsively fill in silences with questions or comments, in a way that eventually exhausts me, and 2) if food's available, I tend to impulsively snack and mindlessly eat to have *something* constantly happening (admittedly I often am munching away even when there isn't a silence). Any tips on changing these behaviors?
posted by anonymous
on May 22, 2009 -
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Raised in a super-strict, health-conscious household - I never learned "moderation" with not-so-healthy foods. Can I, as an adult, re-train good eating habits that do not include restriction, and do not include binging?
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posted by anonymous
on Mar 23, 2009 -
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What kind of hope is there for the average person to lose weight and keep it off when someone like Oprah who has personal trainers and personal nutritionists and personal chefs and personal minders and more money than God can't manage to do it?
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posted by anonymous
on Dec 17, 2008 -
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