7 Comfort Foods that are Good for You

7 comfort foods that are good for you


Not a bad article overall, well to be honest I just barely glanced at it I was having a hard time just getting past the topic in order to drink in the body of the article.

They were kind enough to provide us with both the definition for Comfort & Food.  Now I cannot speak for anyone else here but I think comfort food is half the reason I am here.  I don't drink or do drugs or smoke, I eat.
All of those things are soothing and comforting, granted they f*** you up pretty badly in the process no matter what your addiction is.

Actually the more I read this article the more I personally dislike it.  I feel this was written for a "normal" person and I am not normal and I never will be.  I am a compulsive eater, a food addict and a binge eater.  I will never be "cured" I will never control this beast inside me, it will never go away.

I will never be able to eat like a "normal" person.  Now not being normal does not mean I am bad or a freak or anything of the nature, I am sure there are some things that those normies can't do that I can.  I can not drink not smoke, not do drugs and be perfectly fine with it whereas some other people cannot do those things.  It doesn't make me better or worse than them just different.

I always find it facinating when people tell me they "used" to have an eating disorder, I think we covered why above but I never correct them, its their thinking not mine

What I hope to accomplish is to work my action plan to the best of my ability, to work my 12 step program to the best of my ability and recover and be abstinent from compulsive eating.  I will have to be on my guard every meal, everyday for the rest of my life.  Because the first moment I think I am "ok" and that I have control and I am running s*** well my friends thats the first step on the very slippery yet inviting slope of relapse.

I think this article was written with the best of intentions but it was not written for me, I cannot and should not relate to it because I have used food as comfort my whole life and 500 pounds later look where that has gotten me.

Now that I think about it I don't even want to public this but I did take the time to rant about it so rather than flush all that hard work down the drain I will do it none the less.

Maybe it strikes a cord with you, maybe you agree or maybe you don't.  Perhaps using food as comfort works for you, rock on with that.  It doesn't work for me and never will.  I don't judge those who have a different opinion than mine hey its your life your health not mine so I really don't care what you do :D I mean I care in the sense of you being a fellow human and I want the best for you but aside from that I don't have the time and energy to waste on others who are doing their own thing if it does not fall into my personal code.

I don't mean that in a mean or cruel way, if you do weight watchers or diet pills or any of that other crap rock on, I don't agree with it and never will but I support your choice to do whatever you want, and I fully exercise my choice to not have to sit around and watch things I don't agree with, its a mental change the channel if you will :D

I have never shot a drug into my vein nor have I known or personally seen anyone who does this.  Watching Tv and movies you see that moment where they shoot up and get that ahhhhhhhhh moment of bliss. I can only imagine thats what it feels like when I take my first compulsive bite whatever food I am stuffing into me in order to make the pain go away.

Food is my drug and I cannot afford it to be, perhaps I won't overdose instantly like possible with drugs, I think my overdose is a longer drawn our process although a stroke or heart attack can be pretty sudden.

So I don't recommend taking this article to heart but if you want to thats your choice.   I know people believe you have to "live" a little and let your self splurge once in a while so you don't crack.  This is something else I do not personally believe in anymore.  I have a bad problem with certain foods so its really best if I just avoid them altogether.  just having a taste has never worked for me, if it did I wouldn't be here

I believe that we must find what works best for us and that if we have a problem with chocolate cake then we need to stay the hell away from it and not indulge ourselves.  The more we work towards a healthy lifestyle and do the things we need to do in order to be healthy I believe these cravings will fade and weaken.  That does not mean they will vanish they will always be their, but to give in for me even a little is to give strength back to a monster that is just waiting to run rampent and kill me.

Maybe we have have that proverbial one slice of cake and be satisfied, maye we eat the whole thing we won't know till it happens.  Maybe it nothing happens but I believe its adding fuel to a slow buring fire that will one day explode.

So do what you want with the article, as always the choice is YOURS!

**knowledge is power**