Guest guest Posted January 8, 2008 Report Share Posted January 8, 2008 I'm overwhelmed at the options. I think I'm just overwhelmed in general. But as I was walking through the grocery aisles tonight I was thinking to myself " You can buy anything you want. " I didn't go 'crazy' at all. I bought most things I normally would. But the fact that I thought I *could* have it if I wanted it was pretty appealing. As you're re-training yourself, how long has it taken you to trust yourself? Do you think it's ever 100% possible? It seems like a dream for me personally. I've been living a restricted food lifestyle my entire life. Another thing I feel super guilty about is drinking real soda. I LOVE Dr. Pepper and Coke. I know it's terrible for me, yet I can't seem to stop drinking it. With the IE approach, I'm trying not to be so judgmental...but at the end of the day, soda is still bad for me, isn't it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 8, 2008 Report Share Posted January 8, 2008 for me personally I know it is a day to day struggle to trust that I can stop when I am full I have not been doing IE as long as others and I admit some days I do well and some days I over eat so I think the trust issue is different for everyone but for me I have to work on it each day one day at a time. EvaStart the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape in the new year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 8, 2008 Report Share Posted January 8, 2008 I think you have to trust yourself immediately when entering the realm of IE. By allowing yourself the power to choose ANY FOOD YOU WANT at any time, you are already putting great trust in yourself. It's an immediate decision - when you choose IE you choose to trust yourself. IE is possible only because we trust ourselves. It requires self-trust to follow our intuition in any of life's decisions. Soda, or any other " food " , is only as bad for you as it does bad things TO you. If you lived on Dr. Pepper and nothing else, yeah, that'd probably hurt your overall health after a while...but honestly, nobody's intuition that's based on physiological hunger is going to tell them they need soda every single time they're hungry/thirsty, because it's just one food, and no single food can supply everything our bodies need. The important thing is to listen to yourself and what your body is telling you you need, and not to worry about what you've been taught by society or diet books or weight programs or TV shows about whether a food is " good " or " bad " . It's so exciting, it really works, and I believe in it fully! I'm watching this work as we've been putting IE into practice with our preschooler and toddler, and it really does work! Their bodies know what they need, and so do ours...we only have to listen and obey! There's no guilt, no constant thinking and deliberation about food. It's so incredibly liberating...it's AWESOME! Everything we need is within us! Shauna > > I'm overwhelmed at the options. I think I'm just overwhelmed in > general. But as I was walking through the grocery aisles tonight I was > thinking to myself " You can buy anything you want. " I didn't go > 'crazy' at all. I bought most things I normally would. But the fact > that I thought I *could* have it if I wanted it was pretty appealing. > > As you're re-training yourself, how long has it taken you to trust > yourself? Do you think it's ever 100% possible? It seems like a dream > for me personally. I've been living a restricted food lifestyle my > entire life. > > Another thing I feel super guilty about is drinking real soda. I LOVE > Dr. Pepper and Coke. I know it's terrible for me, yet I can't seem to > stop drinking it. With the IE approach, I'm trying not to be so > judgmental...but at the end of the day, soda is still bad for me, > isn't it? > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 8, 2008 Report Share Posted January 8, 2008 I gave up caffiene over 2 years ago and it was the best thing I could have ever done. I had been having heart problems and I thought it might be attributed to the large amount caffiene I had been drinking....So what I did was go to caffiene free soda and then decided to drop it all together. Had I not been having the racing heart beat issues then I probably wouldn't have given it up. Michele > > Another thing I feel super guilty about is drinking > real soda. I LOVE > Dr. Pepper and Coke. I know it's terrible for me, > yet I can't seem to > stop drinking it. With the IE approach, I'm trying > not to be so > judgmental...but at the end of the day, soda is > still bad for me, > isn't it? > > > > Michele CR: How Drew Saved My Life by Barat-Logsted RR: Leaving Normal by Stef Ann Holm 4/5 __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 8, 2008 Report Share Posted January 8, 2008 , A few years back my husband & I built our own house - everything done with our 4 hands. When we first thought of what we had to 'do' it was overwhelming! But we learned to focus on foundation, then framing, then roofing then plumbing etc. and after a while lo and behold - a house was made! IE can be like that. So many things to learn all at once. Another person likened IE to learning to drive a car and someone else once said its like dancing. Just take an aspect that you can manage, hopefully enjoy, and work on that first, letting the other 'steps' follow as you can add them. Diets promise INSTANT! MIRACLE! etc. results and we all know the painful reality of those LIES. IE requires time and patience with ourselves. Definitely new skills for many of us. Do IE for the love of yourself Katcha > > I'm overwhelmed at the options. I think I'm just overwhelmed in > general. But as I was walking through the grocery aisles tonight I was > thinking to myself " You can buy anything you want. " I didn't go > 'crazy' at all. I bought most things I normally would. But the fact > that I thought I *could* have it if I wanted it was pretty appealing. > > As you're re-training yourself, how long has it taken you to trust > yourself? Do you think it's ever 100% possible? It seems like a dream > for me personally. I've been living a restricted food lifestyle my > entire life. > > Another thing I feel super guilty about is drinking real soda. I LOVE > Dr. Pepper and Coke. I know it's terrible for me, yet I can't seem to > stop drinking it. With the IE approach, I'm trying not to be so > judgmental...but at the end of the day, soda is still bad for me, > isn't it? > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 8, 2008 Report Share Posted January 8, 2008 Michele, count me in the de-caf crowd too. I live in high gear and didn't need the 'turbo boost' that caffeine gives to me. Life continued on lovely and those around me don't go wide-eyed when I used to talk a mile a minute after drinking a cup of coffee. Hubby used to joke that I could run along side the car on the way back home if I had caffeine while we ate out or visited. Katcha > > I gave up caffiene over 2 years ago and it was the > best thing I could have ever done. I had been having > heart problems and I thought it might be attributed to > the large amount caffiene I had been drinking....So > what I did was go to caffiene free soda and then > decided to drop it all together. Had I not been > having the racing heart beat issues then I probably > wouldn't have given it up. > > Michele Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 8, 2008 Report Share Posted January 8, 2008 Katcha, So no " Red Bulls " for you? You already have wings? LOL! > > > > I gave up caffiene over 2 years ago and it was the > > best thing I could have ever done. I had been having > > heart problems and I thought it might be attributed to > > the large amount caffiene I had been drinking....So > > what I did was go to caffiene free soda and then > > decided to drop it all together. Had I not been > > having the racing heart beat issues then I probably > > wouldn't have given it up. > > > > Michele > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 8, 2008 Report Share Posted January 8, 2008 Good for you, Michele!.......I gave up caffeine, as well, over 3 years ago...felt better in about a week and a half...don't have the highs & lows anymore from the caffeine......then I gave up sodas entirely about 2 & 1/2 years ago....I loved diet coke and diet rite!---so this was very hard for me....i gave it up because of the artificial sweeteners & because i kept reading that sodas leach calcium from your bones...so now I just have water, iced tea or almond milk--->(comes in chocolate or plain).....i think my body appreciates this more.... --debra ----IntuitiveEating_Support , Michele Hagenlock wrote: I gave up caffiene over 2 years ago and it was the best thing I could have ever done. I had been having heart problems and I thought it might be attributed to the large amount caffiene I had been drinking....So what I did was go to caffiene free soda and then decided to drop it all together. Had I not been having the racing heart beat issues then I probably wouldn't have given it up. Michele---- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 8, 2008 Report Share Posted January 8, 2008 Debra, I drink a lot of water and sometimes I have some juice high in fructose corn syrup but I only do that like once a month and then I also drink a lot of ruby red grapefruit juice. Michele --- fireflynites27 wrote: > Good for you, Michele!.......I gave up caffeine, as > well, over 3 years > ago...felt better in about a week and a half...don't > have the highs & > lows anymore from the caffeine......then I gave up > sodas entirely > about 2 & 1/2 years ago....I loved diet coke and > diet rite!---so this > was very hard for me....i gave it up because of the > artificial > sweeteners & because i kept reading that sodas leach > calcium from your > bones...so now I just have water, iced tea or almond > milk--->(comes in > chocolate or plain).....i think my body appreciates > this more.... > --debra > > ----IntuitiveEating_Support , Michele > Hagenlock > wrote: I gave up caffiene over 2 years > ago and it was the > best thing I could have ever done. I had been > having heart problems > and I thought it might be attributed to the large > amount caffiene I > had been drinking....So what I did was go to > caffiene free soda and > then decided to drop it all together. Had I not > been > having the racing heart beat issues then I probably > wouldn't have > given it up. Michele---- > > > Michele CR: How Drew Saved My Life by Barat-Logsted RR: Leaving Normal by Stef Ann Holm 4/5 __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 8, 2008 Report Share Posted January 8, 2008 > > As you're re-training yourself, how long has it taken you to trust > yourself? Do you think it's ever 100% possible? It seems like a dream > for me personally. I've been living a restricted food lifestyle my > entire life. > , all I can say is that, yes, it does seem like a dream at first, and you feel a bit scared because you fear you can't trust yourself. And having all that choice can be overwhelming, and you may think " this is okay for other people, but I'm too HARD CORE - I can never be trusted to eat intuitively " . But (from my experience), if you have *truly* committed to end dieting forever, and never restrict yourself from anything you really want and will honestly enjoy, you take away the magic power that " bad " foods may have had over you. If there are always cookies in the cookie jar, where's the fun in cookies? If chocolate isn't " special " anymore, and I know I can have it whenever I really feel like it, then I know I'm free NOT to have it if I don't feel like it right now. It may take a few months to really relax around ALL foods (or drinks), and you may find you consume quite a bit of them at first as you experiement with what you *really* want, and the limits of your freedom. And you may possibly even gain a few pounds at first, during this experimentation period. But with familiarity and security of supply comes a calmness and a greater understanding of your own real desires. One day you'll wake up and realise that food just isn't that special anymore - yes, it's enjoyable and of course necessary, but it doesn't have power over you anymore. And that's the most wonderful feeling - being free of the fear of food. I hope that " aha " moment comes to you soon in your IE progress. Anecdotally, it seems to me the more committed you are to giving up dieting FOREVER and shutting out the diety messages and behaviours (counting, weighing, measuring, feeling guilty about consumption), the quicker your intuition can develop and the benefits will be realised. Best to you, S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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