Re: Stepping back and making myself take a deep breath

[Guest guest]

YIKES Gail, I would be very scared too. It is very understandable.

I wonder if that part of you wants to eat so much because you have

been repressing it for so long. Maybe once it's out and over eats

it will realize that it doesn't feel good and it's not what will

make it happy.

I am constantly struggling with the " would a naturally slender

person eat this? " question. My answer is YES! They would if they

really wanted it. But why would they eat it? Because they were

hungry. Not because they were tired, bored, unhappy, stressed,

thirsty...the list goes on and on. So I stopped asking myself

the " would a naturally slender person eat this? " question and

started asking myself, " why do I want to eat this? " Being a

naturally slender person, the only answer should be because I'm

hungry and I made a concious decision to have this.

Just my rambling thoughs...hope you don't mind.

Let us know how your test goes this weekend.

>

> When I started listening to IOWL I was at my perfect weight I

> accomplished that using a really really really restrictive always

> weighed food plan that I have been on for 3 years. I have decided

to

> let go of this restrictive prison I have been in the last three

years.

> 's tapes are really giving me hope BUT…..now that I have

walked

> out of my prison the part of me that wants to eat is alive and

well and

> feels like it wants to go on a rampage every waking moment. And I

am

> terrified I will balloon back up to over 200 lbs if I trust my

body to

> only eat when she's hungry and stop when she's full. Right now I'm

5lbs

> up from my perfect weight.

>

> I have listened to tons of 's pod casts so I guess it's time

to

> trust and see how well my two part will dance with each other???

> So………for this weekend I have given my " selves " (the part that

wants to

> eat and the naturally slender me) permission to eat what ever they

> want. I guess I need to test and see what is the worst scenario

that

> can happen if I let my two part at each other. I'm up 5lbs by

trying to

> control them, so obviously that is not keeping me at me perfect

weight.

> I'm scared but it seems like the right answer.

>