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Hi Sugarssweetpea

Great to hear that you are going to try using a plan of eating, it is a tool today that i cannot do without. My desease is very powerful and cunning and is only looking for a small crack to slip back into my life but as long as i continue to work program in my life and use the tools of recovery it can find no way in. They are if you like my sheild of protection against a very powerful demon.

Yesterday was a great day for me, when i wrote my food plan in the morning i was convinced i had some minced beef in the freezer for my spaghetti bolognese but when i checked there was none. I had a choice to make, either change my food plan or walk into the village to get some. Today i chose to walk into the village to buy what i needed for my meal, these are miracles all be it small in my life today as it shows i will go to any lengths to stay in recovery. Years ago i would have just rustled something together but i love myself too much to put my recovery at risk today.

Hope it works out for you, just a little note about what i've leanrt about using a plan of eating. I know for me when i get bogged down with fat content and calories it doesn't work out well for me as this in itself becomes an obsession and reminds me too much of all the diet clubs i had attended before i found OA. I today choose to write my food plan before i have even left my bed, when my life is calm and i head is clear, this allows me to make the right choices concerning my food. I also learnt that i get it wrong sometimes and maybe do not plan enough food for a day but i have also learnt that i will not starve between meals so i stick to my food plan and learn from the experience. Remeber that a food plan is only a tool to be used along side so many others, on its own it is only a diet.

One day at a time we can live free of the bondage of food.

Loves and huggs