Re: UGH- I keep getting sucked in!!

[Guest guest]

Hi Hunter,

I'm still a newbie at intuitive eating...and I think it's only human

to be tempted by some of those ads, particularly when you are still

starting out and the whole IE process is just being solidified.

Perhaps it's a good exercise and a reminder to go through this and

realize that IE is the right path...

I'm personally not tempted by any diet in particular, but the idea of

the quick fix still does get me sometimes and the controlling nature

of the diets, when I think things are not going my way with intuitive

eating or I feel out of control with food again.

I was off and on WW and diets for about 15 years now, and now that I'm

free of points counting, you couldn't pay me to go back to counting. I

feel like I wasted so many years being preoccupied in my mind with

diets...That and oh, the awful fat free food phase I went through in

my teens - you couldn't pay me to eat that FF cheese or dressing again.

I know you are going to do great - Take care!

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> This time of year, we are bombarded with weight loss ads, try weight

> watchers- it isn't a diet (yeah right!), have you called yet?

> Everywhere I look there is info on food and diets, calorie restriction

> and exercise. Everyone I talk to is starting a diet at the start of

> the new year. So I got sucked in. Yesterday I started thinking " i can

> count calories- that would be easy " So what do I do? I ate and ate and

> ate last night and then today? Restricted, restricted, restricted.

> Guess what happened tonight at 5pm? Yep- I binged.

>

> I am so dissapointed because I had been doing so well with not

> restricting and even starting to practice mindful eating and I felt

> good when I was doing it.

>

> I just keep getting sucked into these ad's on TV, these promises that

> if I just lose x amount of weight my life will be perfect! Argh!

>

> What do you all do when you get sucked in? Or don't you anymore!?

>

> This is going to be harder than I thought!

>

[Guest guest]

I think it's very easy to get sucked in by the diet mania this time of year. The

pressure is

everywhere; it's part of our social nature to 'join in' ; and most of us are so

saturated with all

the goodies and overeating this time of year many people they are looking

forward to a little

less food and sugar.

It can be very difficult to resist! but the more you learn - the more you can

see through the

whole thing - the easier it will be. hang in there

>

> This time of year, we are bombarded with weight loss ads, try weight

> watchers- it isn't a diet (yeah right!), have you called yet?

> Everywhere I look there is info on food and diets, calorie restriction

> and exercise. Everyone I talk to is starting a diet at the start of

> the new year. So I got sucked in.

[Guest guest]

I noticed that even the Food Network, which usually doesn't do a darn thing to help people watch their wastlines, is starting a week (or maybe it's for the month) of more healthful cooking. I guess that is my new years resolution, to keep eating inutitively, keep working on eating only when hungry and working on recognizing my satisfaction levels (this is still a tough one for me) and while not restricting, but just eating and cooking a bit more healthfully but still tastefully and not just eating anything and everything. There has to be a balance and my goal is to find that balance of not restricting but watching what I eat a bit more closely and just be more healthful.

--Alana

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This time of year, we are bombarded with weight loss ads, try weight watchers- it isn't a diet (yeah right!), have you called yet? Everywhere I look there is info on food and diets, calorie restriction and exercise. Everyone I talk to is starting a diet at the start of the new year. So I got sucked in. Yesterday I started thinking "i can count calories- that would be easy" So what do I do? I ate and ate and ate last night and then today? Restricted, restricted, restricted. Guess what happened tonight at 5pm? Yep- I binged.I am so dissapointed because I had been doing so well with not restricting and even starting to practice mindful eating and I felt good when I was doing it.I just keep getting sucked into these ad's on TV, these promises that if I just lose x amount of weight my life will be perfect! Argh!What do you all do when you get sucked in? Or don't you anymore!? This is going to be harder than

I thought!

[Guest guest]

AMEN! Everytime I see that stupid

Weight Watcher's ad I SCREAM at the

TV! " Diets don't work - Weight

Watchers Does " ??? WEIGHT WATCHERS

IS A DIET!!!!!!! Geeze...

[Guest guest]

I think the same thing. No matter what they try to call themselves - it's still

a diet.

>

> AMEN! Everytime I see that stupid

> Weight Watcher's ad I SCREAM at the

> TV! " Diets don't work - Weight

> Watchers Does " ??? WEIGHT WATCHERS

> IS A DIET!!!!!!! Geeze...

>

[Guest guest]

I did the same thing!!! The commercial came on the other night and when I saw it was for WW I screamed "WW is a diet" and my sister just stared at me like I had lost my mind. The commercials make me so mad!! It's false advertising...gymisadrug wrote: AMEN! Everytime I see that stupid Weight Watcher's ad I SCREAM at the TV! "Diets don't work - Weight Watchers Does" ??? WEIGHT WATCHERSIS A DIET!!!!!!! Geeze...

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Diet Mentality is a DEMON in my mind. First order of dragon slaying is

to be able to recognize the beast, get to know it and then to fight it

in ways that #1 protect YOU and #2 injure the beastie as much as

possible. For me that means just saying PHOOEY to any and all 'diet'

input -

Yur no gonna FAT me!! And back the FAT OFF!! is what I silently say to

such intrusions into my well being. :) LOL LOL If we don't believe

in fairies, we don't have to clap to keep them alive (sorry Tinkerbell).

Katcha

AMEN! Everytime I see

that stupid

> Weight Watcher's ad I SCREAM at the

> TV! " Diets don't work - Weight

> Watchers Does " ??? WEIGHT WATCHERS

> IS A DIET!!!!!!! Geeze...

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[Guest guest]

Hi. Let me help you if I can. (Boy it takes courage to share this).

I have been on WW for the past seven months. Probably my fifth time

joining in my lifetime. I quit right before Christmas. Here is what

I lost and gained.

Lost $320

Lost 2.2 pounds (that comes to roughly $160 per pound)

Gained Wisdom. I am not blaming WW in any shape or form for my lack of

progress. I do not stick to diets and I know why. Overeating is how

I cared for myself. I love myself but I have an unhealthy way of

showing it. That is the bottom line. And no diet that deprives me of

my one true comfort will ever work. So, when WW tells me to stop at x

number of points and I need comfort, And food is the only way I know

to take care of myself, what do you think I do? My NYR this year is

no dieting. For one full year. I have three guidebooks this year.

Intuitive Eating, 7 secrets of slim people, and How to survive your

diet. Just as an experiment, I want to see what happens when I listen

to my body. And, if I have success, I can think of many ways to spend

that $320 on positive ways to enforce my new life.

Don't go there. Hold my hand if you need to. : )

Marie

AMEN! Everytime I see

that stupid

> Weight Watcher's ad I SCREAM at the

> TV! " Diets don't work - Weight

> Watchers Does " ??? WEIGHT WATCHERS

> IS A DIET!!!!!!! Geeze...

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[Guest guest]

thanks for passing this on!

Sue !See AOL's top rated recipes and easy ways to stay in shape for winter.

[Guest guest]

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> AMEN! Everytime I see that stupid

> Weight Watcher's ad I SCREAM at the

> TV! " Diets don't work - Weight

> Watchers Does " ??? WEIGHT WATCHERS

> IS A DIET!!!!!!! Geeze...

>

Ah, don't *get* me started ...

Anyone else who's pissed off about the stupid new WW campaign might

find this Kate Harding post both instructive and (as is usual with

Kate) quite amusing:

http://kateharding.net/2007/12/31/oh-mackereally/#more-1189

S

[Guest guest]

Same here....who are they kidding?? Of course it's a diet. Oh, no, I

forgot, it's a " Lifestyle "

AMEN! Everytime I see

that stupid

> Weight Watcher's ad I SCREAM at the

> TV! " Diets don't work - Weight

> Watchers Does " ??? WEIGHT WATCHERS

> IS A DIET!!!!!!! Geeze...

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[Guest guest]

Yep...it is a lifestyle. Dieting for the rest of your life.

AMEN! Everytime I see

> that stupid

> > Weight Watcher's ad I SCREAM at the

> > TV! " Diets don't work - Weight

> > Watchers Does " ??? WEIGHT WATCHERS

> > IS A DIET!!!!!!! Geeze...

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[Guest guest]

Do you know what's really funny? When I first saw this ad, I got

excited because I thought that Intuitive Eating's publisher decided

to publicize the book!

Suzanne

AMEN! Everytime I see

that stupid

> Weight Watcher's ad I SCREAM at the

> TV! " Diets don't work - Weight

> Watchers Does " ??? WEIGHT WATCHERS

> IS A DIET!!!!!!! Geeze...

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[Guest guest]

I agree!!!!!

--- gymisadrug wrote:

> AMEN! Everytime I see that stupid

> Weight Watcher's ad I SCREAM at the

> TV! " Diets don't work - Weight

> Watchers Does " ??? WEIGHT WATCHERS

> IS A DIET!!!!!!! Geeze...

>

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Lea

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[Guest guest]

I agree completely! I am the author of a non-dieting book, and

after seeing a WW ad over the holidays I couldn't stop talking about

it. WW IS A DIET, and yet their commercials say " Diets don't

work. " Go figure!

Warmly,

Maggie

www.eatwhenyourehungry.com

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> > AMEN! Everytime I see that stupid

> > Weight Watcher's ad I SCREAM at the

> > TV! " Diets don't work - Weight

> > Watchers Does " ??? WEIGHT WATCHERS

> > IS A DIET!!!!!!! Geeze...

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> >

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> Lea

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> I am me and I am okay.

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[Guest guest]

Y'know what makes me mad is that when I am sitting watching TV with

my daughters who are 10 and 12 years old and I have made such an

effort to not make body size an issue with them- and on comes 4 or 5

commercials within about an hour saying to try slimfast, weight

watchers, etc.

>

> This time of year, we are bombarded with weight loss ads, try

weight

> watchers- it isn't a diet (yeah right!), have you called

yet?

> Everywhere I look there is info on food and diets, calorie

restriction

> and exercise. Everyone I talk to is starting a diet at the start

of

> the new year. So I got sucked in. Yesterday I started

thinking " i can

> count calories- that would be easy " So what do I do? I ate and

ate and

> ate last night and then today? Restricted, restricted,

restricted.

> Guess what happened tonight at 5pm? Yep- I binged.

>

> I am so dissapointed because I had been doing so well with not

> restricting and even starting to practice mindful eating and I

felt

> good when I was doing it.

>

> I just keep getting sucked into these ad's on TV, these promises

that

> if I just lose x amount of weight my life will be perfect! Argh!

>

> What do you all do when you get sucked in? Or don't you anymore!?

>

> This is going to be harder than I thought!

>

[Guest guest]

Maybe we all just need to boycot our TV's especially if one can't turn off the pull into the diet mentality~!

--Alana

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Y'know what makes me mad is that when I am sitting watching TV with my daughters who are 10 and 12 years old and I have made such an effort to not make body size an issue with them- and on comes 4 or 5 commercials within about an hour saying to try slimfast, weight watchers, etc.>> This time of year, we are bombarded with weight loss ads, try weight > watchers- it isn't a diet (yeah right!), have you called yet? > Everywhere I look there is info on food and diets, calorie restriction > and exercise. Everyone I talk to is starting a diet at the start of > the new year. So I got sucked in. Yesterday I started thinking "i can > count calories- that would be easy" So what do I do? I ate and ate and

gt; ate last night and then today? Restricted, restricted, restricted. > Guess what happened tonight at 5pm? Yep- I binged.> > I am so dissapointed because I had been doing so well with not > restricting and even starting to practice mindful eating and I felt > good when I was doing it.> > I just keep getting sucked into these ad's on TV, these promises that > if I just lose x amount of weight my life will be perfect! Argh!> > What do you all do when you get sucked in? Or don't you anymore!? > > This is going to be harder than I thought!>

[Guest guest]

From: begemans begemans@...

> I am sitting watching TV with my daughters who are

> 10 and 12 years old and [...] on comes 4 or 5

> commercials within about an hour saying to try slimfast,

> weight watchers, etc.

That is definitely irritating. But I suppose it's a good opportunity to

spark some discussion with the girls. Hit the mute button & see what they

have to say about it. Maybe they find it as irritating as you do -- That

would probably make you feel great, that they really " get " what you've been

telling them. Also, without the sound playing, many commercials become

rather comical.

Of course, my favorite way to handle most commercials is via our DVR -- and

the fast-forward button! Yes, I will deliberately wait until the hour AFTER

a show runs to watch it, so that I can skip the commercials, and of course

it takes less than an hour to watch that way.

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[Guest guest]

I like this idea!

>

> Maybe we all just need to boycot our TV's especially if one can't

turn off the pull into the diet mentality~!

>

> --

> Alana

>

[Guest guest]

Simply explain to your daughters that 'All the birds can fly in the

WRONG direction.' Its like the 'If all of your friends jumped off a

cliff, would you too?' Each person has to make the best decisions they

can for themselves. And if dieting is so wonderful, why isn't the

world filled with willowy women? Raspberry on those commercials!!

>

> Y'know what makes me mad is that when I am sitting watching TV with

> my daughters who are 10 and 12 years old and I have made such an

> effort to not make body size an issue with them- and on comes 4 or 5

> commercials within about an hour saying to try slimfast, weight

> watchers, etc.