Is it ok to like food?

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I tried one of maries chocolate seaweed cake thingy the other day , every work shop they sit there and i wonder and i think maybe today but i have always had that ''another time'' syndrome or ''thats not on your mealplan'' or ''you dont know the calorific content'' ..... but here is my problem, while i didnt and would not have done it alone i know nothing happened at all to the other person, so its completely illogical and neurotic to think i have doubled after a square of nuts chocolate and seaweed. is this something thats sorts itself out?

but more annoying when asked did i enjoy it ( i nearly hate this question as much as what did you do/any plans'') why am i so afraid to say yes like its a sin, head: you must hate all food never in any situation admit you like it its a sign of greed indulgence! this i know is ed but i have this fear that if i do like it and they know i will have mountains to eat everyday. esp when that day i could not focus on any part of the workshop with the fear and tears building up due to having to eat lunch(after a disastrous few days food wise after letting go of my rules and control its very scary to think i may end up in another cycle an never be able to stop eating), i know its silly, but even if asked whats wrong i could not find the words, along with that familiar choking feeling i have every day whatever it is makes it difficult to speak, almost like there is something or someone not letting me speak, or maybe its the fear of being honest and vunerable.

now i know i just have to say''i need help im not sure i can explain why but i need help''... thats all they need just something so they can start to try help me and figure it out. but i get so embarrassed i guess the idea of liking food, goes back to fear for me and it seems so petty and stupid to say all the small fears i have. i see kids munch away on things not a care in the world, others in condition sitting bravely to face their fear and nourish the body, and then i see me so deathly afriad of normal eating and going through imbalance either side of the coin to fin the balance.

letting go of rules has been a challenge for me, but liking food rather not liking food was a major one. i am working on changing my food thoughts. i know my body needs even if i dont completely agree with the amount of needs my body apparently has. i know my brain needs it. i know my organs do except some days i find it challenging to imagine and use this as i cant see it, i think thats why poor body image had such a hold over me: i can see my body hence i see the distortion not the starving organs etc... what is the difference between greed and liking food?

not sure if any of this makes sense but its been floating around my head for ages now.

Ciara xxx

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Hi Cir
I agree totally with what you're saying. I too, still early stage ED, and even though my behaviours may be quite different to yours, my thinking is very similar. I love food, love eating , and like you would never admit, Oh the shame of it! Its just so unladylike and vulgar to love eating and love food. But you know , today I say to myself, if I see someone enjoying a meal, do I think, really think and believe that they are vulgar. Well no, if you love life, you love all the pleasures of life, including food, eating, all the pleasures of the senses, and yes sex too. So really, if I see someone, shamelessly enjoying a icecream on a sunny day, I'm envious, they are living and using all their senses and are at ease with themselves and their world.
Alot of my over-love and over-thinking about food and eating and anxiety around greed comes into play when I'm just plain too hungry. My every cell is screaming for nourishment and I'm on edge, hyper anxious and sensitised and am terrified of losing the run of myself. So I do love food, but I think when I am adequately nourished, I like it as much as I like the smell of fresh cut flowers or seeing someone smile. The deprivation of that sense drives it to excess, so Kiz is not greedy, just hungry. Regular folk overindulge every now and then and think nothing of it. In fact they just think, yum that was nice and a bit bold!
So Cir, there's none of us greedy, just depriving the body on many levels and thus driving the extremes.
kiz

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if its a need then we need it

if its a need then we need it so we may as well like it or at least start to enjoy it..... i think at the start of recovery i never really thought about if i liked it or not and when it was then asked of me i kinda panicked to me it was something i was told to have so the idea of having something i enjoyed was so strange? i guess thats what we forget in ed. i think flavors too are so new to me too that i dont know what i like or dislike ... YET! thanks darlin' xxxx

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