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This is the first time I have blogged. Always wondered what the fuss

was all about. I do recall hearing somewhere that people who were on

blogs regarding healing body and weight issues were getting many

benefits. I listened to 's podcasts over Xmas and found it very

grounding amidst the business. In the eighties I was introduced to

the idea that food was not the only 'fuel'that was causing a weight

gain. I even participated in a workshop that was pretty much based on

Geneen Roth's book " Feeding the Hungry Heart " also books by

others " Fat is a Feminist Issue " and " Eating Awareness Training " . I

remember that after the workshop a group of us gathered but soon it

all seemed to disintegrate. I have never forgot that experience. I

had never experienced that level of compassion, honesty, kindness and

eating great food without guilt. Consequently I have never been able

to look at a diet the same way even though I keep going back to WW. I

realize now that gaining a new perspective is only the first step.

And it can be painful in that the same behaviors which I still insist

on doing are now a bit sour. It was much like cracking that outer

shell on a onion and then peeling the next layers which are a

combination of the old and new never exposed.

I have used the checking in with hunger level and trying to check in

with what I really want to eat. In the beginning it took some effort

as I am not very in the now when it comes to food and eating. It has

been a asset to being present as food for me is one of the many

weapons of mass distraction in my bag.