Eating Disorder

[MajestyJo]

Sunday, January 26, 2014

You are reading from the book Food for Thought

Planning

There is a saying in our group to the effect that if we fail to plan, we plan to fail. If we do not have a food plan each day, we leave ourselves vulnerable to the attack of impulse and old habit.

Most of us find that we need to write down our three measured meals. Many of us continue to call them in to a food sponsor, even after the initial twenty-one days of abstinence. We can then go about the activities of the day without worrying about what we will eat. We become free to live without being obsessed with food.

Our pride often balks at the thought of calling another person and asking for help. We do not like to be committed to an eating plan. Let's remember that we tried to go it alone our own way, and that old way did not work. Let's be willing to try a new way that has worked for hundreds of OA members who are now at normal weight.

By Thy Grace, Lord, may I follow my food plan today.

Maybe this is a solution for me, don't always plan my food. If I do, and not feeling good or don't get much sleep, don't feel like eating and can never seem to finish what is on my plate.

I hope to get another test at the sleep disorder clinic, yet that could be many months away. I just grab sleep when I can, which in turns puts my eating routine all out of whack. Often want breakfast instead of dinner and quite often it is brunch and I end up missing a meal.