Before You Take That First Compulsive Bite: Reaching out

Thursday, 8 July 2010

Reaching out - the lesson I need to keep learning

I am terrible at asking for help. I am too used to acting 'in control' or pushing through and 'coping' no matter what the cost. If things get really tough I might cry out and ask my HP for support, as in 'oh god help me'.

The last week I have really needed help and so I decided to do something different and actually ask for it. I have made calls every day to people I don't usually call. And the support that has come my way has been amazing. I feel completely reminded of the hope that surrounds me in program, and feel the strength of recovery cushioning me at this time.

I will be OK thanks to asking for help - I hope I keep flexing this support muscle and that it gets easier for me to ask for help. I am worth it.

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My abstinence

Three moderate meals a day, nothing in between except unsweetened coffee.

No Food with sugar as one of its first 4 ingredients including:
Biscuits
Cake
Chocolate
Sweets

Need to be mindful of eating food that can affect me, if I am not in a good space I need to be careful eating:
Bacon
Crisps
Dried fruit - apricots, prunes, sultanas
Fatty meat
Nuts
White bread

I need to keep my body healthy and happy. I can eat greens such as vegetables and salads, if eaten as part of a meal. Cooking myself healthy and tasty meals, meals that do not have to 'look' like I am on a diet, is an important part of loving self-care.