Guest guest Posted July 20, 2012 Report Share Posted July 20, 2012 Welcome, Ingrid! I'm sure you'll find some insight here that will help. Eldred > > Hello, my name is Ingrid and I'm new. I found 's podcasts a couple of weeks ago while searching itunes for ANY sort of podcast to help ameliorate my body-despair. How lucky am I to have found IOWL? I've been listening almost non-stop, absorbing as much as I can. It's been interesting and I've been feeling more relaxed and a lot less desperate, which has been such a relief. My thighs aren't rubbing together quite so much either - another relief, LOL. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 20, 2012 Report Share Posted July 20, 2012 Hi - Ingrid. I haven't had those feelings from the program but was having similiar problems and thought it was an ulcer but it was due to my gallbladder. I think it would be a good idea to visit your doctor before next month. It may be nothing but wouldn't you feel better knowing and not waiting. I put it off for a several months and could have gotten rid of the pain a lot quicker. Take care. On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 6:57 PM, ingridgen wrote: > ** > > > Hello, my name is Ingrid and I'm new. I found 's podcasts a couple of > weeks ago while searching itunes for ANY sort of podcast to help ameliorate > my body-despair. How lucky am I to have found IOWL? I've been listening > almost non-stop, absorbing as much as I can. It's been interesting and I've > been feeling more relaxed and a lot less desperate, which has been such a > relief. My thighs aren't rubbing together quite so much either - another > relief, LOL. > > However, and this is the reason I'm writing (other than to take the plunge > and introduce myself), since I've been paying attention to how my stomach > feels around mealtimes (what might I want, what do I feel like eating, what > would it feel like later in/to my body, etc.) I've been having a lot of > stomach pain. And when I resolve something - for example, just the other > day my husband and I resolved a long standing feud that neither of us > realized we were in - the pain goes away and I can eat and digest again (it > was the horrible pain and the sensation of wanting to vomit every time I > ate something that clued me in to there being something wrong to begin > with). But then the pain and nausea comes back. > > I'm thinking that I've been paying so little attention to my body, really > (I mean I've been caring for it, but over caring - too much exercise, too > little love, too little food or too much) that now it's screaming at me. > It's screaming really loud, too. If I feel in pain this time next month > I'll go to the doctor. In the meantime, I suppose I'll just wait it out. > I'm feeling pretty clear about it being a message as opposed to an ulcer or > something like that (though I suppose an ulcer could be a message). Does > anyone have a similar experience or thoughts about listening to a > long-silent and suffering body? I'd love to hear them. I'm feeling sort of > terrible and guilty. > > Thank you! > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 21, 2012 Report Share Posted July 21, 2012 Welcome, Ingrid. First of all, I'd like to second what Barbara said. It's worth checking in with the doctor now. Secondly--congratulations on the progress you're making in connecting with your physical feelings--not just of hunger and fullness, but of pain and tension. Maybe while you're waiting for the doctor's appointment, you can have a bit of a chat with your body. Find a time and place when you can relax. Thank your body for sending such clear signals. If you're feeling guilty about ignoring the signals previously, take this time to apologize. Then reassure your body that you are becoming better at paying attention--so it can turn the volume down! You can now pay attention to milder signals--you will pay attention without nausea and pain. Without your body screaming at you. Another thing you might want to pay attention to--do you get these feelings for every type of issue, or specific types? When I started listening to IOWL, and said the feelings would be in the torso, not in the head... I noticed that sometimes I do have a specific type of tension in my head, around my temples. Then I noticed that when I had this feeling (and it couldn't just be attributed to eyestrain), it was *always* connected to scheduling. So maybe each individual issue/feeling was somewhere in my torso, but when combined, I'd feel it in my head. So I started taking this as a cue--when I start feeling that pressure, it means I need to stop for a moment, breathe, and check in. I start thinking of all the issues I'm trying to schedule/juggle. And I figure out a solution. (And if there's not a solution--I *have* to do this, so I *can't* do that, I at least come to peace with it.) The tension almost always goes away right after that. So if your stomach pain is always associated with a certain kind of issue, then next time you feel it, you'll be able to go directly to that issue, instead of going through all possible things that could be bothering you. Hope this helps... And please, make that appointment! >________________________________ > >To: insideoutweightloss >Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2012 2:46 AM >Subject: Re: Hello, I'm new > > >Â >Hi - Ingrid. I haven't had those feelings from the program but was having >similiar problems and thought it was an ulcer but it was due to my >gallbladder. I think it would be a good idea to visit your doctor before >next month. It may be nothing but wouldn't you feel better knowing and not >waiting. I put it off for a several months and could have gotten rid of >the pain a lot quicker. Take care. > >On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 6:57 PM, ingridgen wrote: > >> ** >> >> >> Hello, my name is Ingrid and I'm new. I found 's podcasts a couple of >> weeks ago while searching itunes for ANY sort of podcast to help ameliorate >> my body-despair. How lucky am I to have found IOWL? I've been listening >> almost non-stop, absorbing as much as I can. It's been interesting and I've >> been feeling more relaxed and a lot less desperate, which has been such a >> relief. My thighs aren't rubbing together quite so much either - another >> relief, LOL. >> >> However, and this is the reason I'm writing (other than to take the plunge >> and introduce myself), since I've been paying attention to how my stomach >> feels around mealtimes (what might I want, what do I feel like eating, what >> would it feel like later in/to my body, etc.) I've been having a lot of >> stomach pain. And when I resolve something - for example, just the other >> day my husband and I resolved a long standing feud that neither of us >> realized we were in - the pain goes away and I can eat and digest again (it >> was the horrible pain and the sensation of wanting to vomit every time I >> ate something that clued me in to there being something wrong to begin >> with). But then the pain and nausea comes back. >> >> I'm thinking that I've been paying so little attention to my body, really >> (I mean I've been caring for it, but over caring - too much exercise, too >> little love, too little food or too much) that now it's screaming at me. >> It's screaming really loud, too. If I feel in pain this time next month >> I'll go to the doctor. In the meantime, I suppose I'll just wait it out. >> I'm feeling pretty clear about it being a message as opposed to an ulcer or >> something like that (though I suppose an ulcer could be a message). Does >> anyone have a similar experience or thoughts about listening to a >> long-silent and suffering body? I'd love to hear them. I'm feeling sort of >> terrible and guilty. >> >> Thank you! >> >> >> > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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