Beware of Trigger Foods

Beware of Trigger Foods

          I have learned that there are certain foods that once I start eating I have a hard time stopping.  These foods give me severe cravings that make me eat more.  It is like an out of body experience.  My mind knows that I should stop eating, but the cravings are saying eat more and before I know it I am eating a lot more.  After I have consumed way to much, my body feels very sick and unhealthy.  I ask myself why I ate to large of a portion size if I knew it was going to make me sick.  The answer is I just do not know.  I always have the best of intentions that I am only going to have one serving, but one serving turns into many more servings.  The food takes on an addicting quality and becomes an addicting substance. I just have to have more and no is just not the right answer to satisfy my body's craving.  Trigger foods plus emotional binge eating is a an ongoing challenge for me that I am working hard to conquer.  On my healing journey I am learning how to control my portions and also how to stay away from my trigger foods.

          Do you have a food that once you eat it you just keep consuming more until you feel sick?  Sunflower seed butter known as sunbutter is a trigger food for me.  I so badly want to have the control to eat a small amount and be done, but it is very hard for me.  The infamous spoon comes out and reaches in the jar several times and before I know it a whole jar of sunbutter is gone in a few days.  Not to mention the number on the scale goes up too.  Recently I am also noticing that seeds may be to gut irritating for my body to process at this point in my journey. This trigger food also seems to make my cravings more severe for more treat like foods and more sunbutter.  In the future I hope I will be able to process seeds better and control my consumption of this trigger food without the intense cravings.

           I ask myself why I want to eat this if it is causing me so many problems.  I just love it but I am starting to realize consuming it may not be worth the adverse affect it keeps causing on my healing journey.  Part of my food plan is following the specific carbohydrate diet's illegal legal food list.  I noticed sunbutter is on the illegal list, and am starting to realize why.  My small intestinal bacterial overgrowth seems to be negatively effected when I consume a large amount of sunbutter. The constipation, bloating and gas seem to become more pronounced.  I am committed to my healing journey, so I will have to make a hard choice to leave the cap on the sunbutter for now to promote more healing in my intestines.  The road to wellness is long and hard, but it is worth the sacrifices to feel better.  Do you have issues with trigger foods on your journey to wellness?