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Ping Tweed "Eating for England"
"Bastette" wrote in message ... Christina Websell wrote: "MaryL" wrote in message Christina Websell wrote: It's about the Cat Olympics. surely you know about eating for Britain? Somehow, I don't. I have heard the phrase but don't know what it denotes. Unfortunately, I am not even familiar with Cat Olympics. Sorry, it's a joke. There is no Cat Olympics but if there was, Boyfie would get the gold medal for the eating competiion, although Finland's entry, Caliban, would give him a run for his money. ;-) I was going to say! Well, if there was a special category for eating cucumbers, he would definitely win. He regained his weight and he no longer moans about "is it time for food?" in case he gets more than he wants ;-) That's one way to overcome an overeating pattern! (Seriously!) Actually, he overate like mad at first and it gave him diarrhoea. I knew it would make him ill but now he is more sensible. He moderates his food intake himself now. When he gets more sprinkles at 10 pm than he needs, he actually says "too much"! Well I never thought that Boyfie would ever say "too much" I can't say that I was not slightly worried about the vet's idea, but I have to admit it worked. He was slightly underweight because of "that cat" and she told me to stuff him with food. so I did. At first he liked it. ~then he decided it was too much. Now he never moans about being starving by 3 pm just in case he gets too much food. |
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Ping Tweed "Eating for England"
Christina Websell wrote:
"Bastette" wrote: Christina Websell wrote: He regained his weight and he no longer moans about "is it time for food?" in case he gets more than he wants ;-) That's one way to overcome an overeating pattern! (Seriously!) Actually, he overate like mad at first and it gave him diarrhoea. I knew it would make him ill but now he is more sensible. He moderates his food intake himself now. When he gets more sprinkles at 10 pm than he needs, he actually says "too much"! Well I never thought that Boyfie would ever say "too much" I can't say that I was not slightly worried about the vet's idea, but I have to admit it worked. He was slightly underweight because of "that cat" and she told me to stuff him with food. so I did. At first he liked it. ~then he decided it was too much. Now he never moans about being starving by 3 pm just in case he gets too much food. There's a whole program for helping people overcome their eating disorders (overeating, that is, not anorxia), and that is to buy all the foods you crave, lots of it, and keep it in the house so you always know it's available if you want it. And if you want it, you eat it. You don't have to agonize about whether you should or you shouldn't have something - all foods are "legal." This doesn't work for everyone, but for the people it does work for, it's kind of similar to what happened with Boyfie. Suddenly all these exciting foods become ordinary. There's nothing like something being forbidden to make it glamorous. So a lot of people who've tried this have said that after a while, they lost interest in having ice cream or candy all the time, and started craving things like vegetables. This didn't mean they never had ice cream again, it just lost its "shiny" aspect because it was always available. That said, I think there are people who have genuine food addictions, whether it's physical (sugar probably has that property for some people) or mostly psychological, if someone's problem is that once they start, they can't stop, they might be better off with an abstinence program. Anyway, I'm not expert on the subject, but it does strike me that there is one way that both programs, although mostly opposite in their approaches, are similar. And that is that there's no obsessive decision-making about each and every item of food that someone might want. If someone is using the abstinence approach, then the question is: Is this item in your food plan? No? Then you don't eat it. End of story, no agonizing. If you're doing the Boyfie method, then the question is, do you want it? Then have it. No agonizing there, either. I really think this whole "should-I-or- shouldn't-I" dance is extremely obsessive and that might even be the worst part of an eating disorder. You just end up spending all your time thinking about and worrying about food and whether or not you should eat this or that. Both approaches eliminate that vortex. In any case, I'm glad Boyfie is back to his usual weight and usual personality, and in fact, has a more relaxed attitude about food. Maybe by providing food on demand, you finally cured him of his insecurity about where the next morsel is going to come from, due to his being a wandering stray. He finally knows there is enough to eat. -- Joyce I wonder, wonder, whooooo, WHO! Who rode the moo-cow now? -- Misheard lyric from "Book of Love" |
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Ping Tweed "Eating for England"
"Bastette" wrote in message ... Christina Websell wrote: "Bastette" wrote: Christina Websell wrote: He regained his weight and he no longer moans about "is it time for food?" in case he gets more than he wants ;-) That's one way to overcome an overeating pattern! (Seriously!) Actually, he overate like mad at first and it gave him diarrhoea. I knew it would make him ill but now he is more sensible. He moderates his food intake himself now. When he gets more sprinkles at 10 pm than he needs, he actually says "too much"! Well I never thought that Boyfie would ever say "too much" I can't say that I was not slightly worried about the vet's idea, but I have to admit it worked. He was slightly underweight because of "that cat" and she told me to stuff him with food. so I did. At first he liked it. ~then he decided it was too much. Now he never moans about being starving by 3 pm just in case he gets too much food. There's a whole program for helping people overcome their eating disorders (overeating, that is, not anorxia), and that is to buy all the foods you crave, lots of it, and keep it in the house so you always know it's available if you want it. And if you want it, you eat it. You don't have to agonize about whether you should or you shouldn't have something - all foods are "legal." This doesn't work for everyone, but for the people it does work for, it's kind of similar to what happened with Boyfie. Suddenly all these exciting foods become ordinary. There's nothing like something being forbidden to make it glamorous. So a lot of people who've tried this have said that after a while, they lost interest in having ice cream or candy all the time, and started craving things like vegetables. This didn't mean they never had ice cream again, it just lost its "shiny" aspect because it was always available. That said, I think there are people who have genuine food addictions, whether it's physical (sugar probably has that property for some people) or mostly psychological, if someone's problem is that once they start, they can't stop, they might be better off with an abstinence program. Anyway, I'm not expert on the subject, but it does strike me that there is one way that both programs, although mostly opposite in their approaches, are similar. And that is that there's no obsessive decision-making about each and every item of food that someone might want. If someone is using the abstinence approach, then the question is: Is this item in your food plan? No? Then you don't eat it. End of story, no agonizing. If you're doing the Boyfie method, then the question is, do you want it? Then have it. No agonizing there, either. I really think this whole "should-I-or- shouldn't-I" dance is extremely obsessive and that might even be the worst part of an eating disorder. You just end up spending all your time thinking about and worrying about food and whether or not you should eat this or that. Both approaches eliminate that vortex. In any case, I'm glad Boyfie is back to his usual weight and usual personality, and in fact, has a more relaxed attitude about food. Maybe by providing food on demand, you finally cured him of his insecurity about where the next morsel is going to come from, due to his being a wandering stray. He finally knows there is enough to eat. there has always been enough to eat for him here. Yes, he was once a wandering stray boy with no home to go to and nothing to eat until Kitty FC brought him in. He is not doing the same with anycat that he sees in the garden. Far from it. " see you in my garden, and you are one dead cat" he can be a dreadful fighter if he wants to make sure nocat comes near his house. .. |
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