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Hello! My name is . I'm trying to become an intuitive eater.

I've had type I Diabetes for 29 years now (since I was 7), and

compulsively binged most of my life. It wasn't until I realized that

the " no sugar " mandate actually caused the binges that I started

forgiving myself.

I lost 30 pounds on Weight Watchers last year, but immediately started

gaining, went on WW again, continued to gain, thought I was crazy or

that something was seriously wrong with my body. After all, they kept

telling me that if I followed the program I would lose again -- I was

obviously doing something wrong: cheating. Then I started reading

some books about anti-dieting and they all started to make sense.

I read Intuitive Eating a month ago, and have been trying to implement

the principles in my life. My biggest challenge is to pay attention

while I'm eating. I tend to be very unconscious about my eating -

food has always been my enemy, so I kind of block it out.

Anyway, I'm glad to find a group of people talking about the same

thing. I'm learning to accept my body as it is, which is hard because

I am an actress, but I felt better the first day I threw out all my WW

materials.

Thanks!