Plan of Action!!!!

Things I am doing right:

1. Keep a food log, which I am doing with this blog.
2. Exercise - I got to the gym 4 days a week and walk 3 miles 2 days. One day off
3. Going to OA - just started. Will go to 2 meetings a week.
4. Journaling

Things I need to Do:

1. Get a Sponsor in OA

2. See a Nutrionist

3. Discover and List my Trigger Foods

4. Write Down an Eating History

Past relationship with food
When did I begin eating compulsively? - Very Young
What did I eat? - Sweets
What was going on? - Alcoholic Parents
What did I eat then? What do I eat now - Sweets
What foods do I think about most - Sweets
What foods I crave? - Sweets
When do I overeat? - stress, loneliness,
What is the reaction to life events and our eating patterns?
What foods trigger craving behavior?

5. Help Others

6. Create a Daily Eating Plan (helps to minimize time that I have to think about food)
I do this by reviewing my eating patterns in order to learn which foods/behaviors create cravings.
Commit the plan to someone other than myself
Letting go of problem foods
Recognize the difference between physical and emotional hunger.