WendyBusse
Forum Replies Created
-
Posts
-
That’s great, Melissa! It sounds like those “unpleasant sensations” are sinking into the background of your life, rather than being your focus.
That’s exactly what the program is for!
It sounds like the crackers are a great addition to your meal planning!
Try freezing them individually, then you can take one out at a time.🫐
They can be a support even if they don’t know it!
That sounds like a wonderfully mindful, intuitive approach to eating.
That is a great (and common) question. Yes, I would suggest waiting until you start to feel better. A cold is enough to deal with, 🤧 without adding the extra work of food reintroductions.
I love those examples – Clare! And you hit the nail on the head with ……even though they don’t fit into my food rules because they bring me joy and connection.
Just as you said, when people have been caught in the C-FAST for a long time, finding the connection between food and pleasure is very difficult.
We all get set in our way, and shaking up our routines with something different can be refreshing. Did you have a chance to take a picture and save it in a “Happy Food Memories” album on your phone?
I give specific guidelines (i.e. start reintroduction on Week 4), so participants have a structure. But everyone charts their own path! ❤️ I’m glad you enjoyed the hummus.🎉 You can make (or purchase) many different types of hummus – and it freezes beautifully. It may open up many new mealtime possibilities. Check out – Pulse Dip – in the Simple Flexible Recipes (Bonus Resources).
Excellent – I’m sure you’ve seen it, but if you haven’t, check out my Creative Ideas article.
“Shaking up,” your usual routine can get you out of the “food boredom rut.” When you start to look forward to an interesting meal, your associations with food (and eating) start to change.
Those are great steps toward Fostering Food-Pleasure Associations. It takes time!
There’s so much fear-mongering about food that the belief/feeling that food is “bad” can seem like a reality, rather than a misperception.
It does not sound odd at all!🌷 I am repeating a story from the course, but I used to have high levels of dental anxiety (developing this course has helped me work through it). Any sensation in my gums would “sound the alarm bells,” and I would be concerned that I needed more dental work.
