Journaling question?

[Guest guest]

Hi everyone,

I have seen a few references in the posts about journaling. I would like to

start journaling

about my intuitive eating journey and I am wondering if anyone has some

suggestions about

the kind of things they journal about? Are there any guidelines for this in the

" Intuitive

Eating " book or in one of the files on this website? I haven't been able to

find this

information but I haven't had a chance to read through everything yet.

Thanks for any thoughts on this that anyone might care to share.

B.

[Guest guest]

i journal when i feel like i want to eat, but am not hungry, to try

and help myself figure out what im using the food for, if not hunger.

I also journal what i eat. not amounts, not calories, just the food

item. For me this is HUGE. I used to obsess over every morsel of food

i put in my body, id constantly think through out the day " well i ate

this this and this, so i cant eat this " by me putting on paper what i

eat, its out of my head, and i feel way less anxious. I rarely even

look back over or re-read it. I dont use it as a means to track what

im eating or to beat myself up, just to get it out of my head! I also

note next to it where i was on the hunger scale before my meal, and

where i was after.

[Guest guest]

,

I am a big fan of journaling as a way to see what I

am really thinking and how to work things out.

There are no " rules " to journaling. It's simply

writing what you think or feel.

I try to journal daily even when I don't feel like it

because I've found that when I don't feel like it and

I write anyway usually something comes up in my

writing that I find I have a lot to say about after

all.

I try to be very honest in my writing and to write it

as if no one will ever read it. That's not actually

true for me because my journal is on a public website

but if I think about while writing I tend to edit my

thoughts which defeats the purpose.

I try not to " over-think " things when I journal but

to just write what comes to mind, even if it seems

unrelated. Usually if I write long enough I will see

the connection I didn't know was there.

Writing has always been very powerful for me and I

prefer to journal on the comptuer because my fingers

can keep up with my thoughts better than if I try

to write it out. Some people don't find writing

easy or helpful but they still want a way to journal.

If that's the case I would suggest investing in a

small recording devise. You can speak your thoughts

instead of typing or writing and maybe that could

help you process information. It's also a good thing

to look back on to see how far you've come.

There isn't a right or wrong way to journal. Good

luck with this part of your journey.

[Guest guest]

Thanks, everyone, for sharing your thoughts about journaling. I guess I am so

used to going

on a diet and being told not only what to eat, but what to journal, that I was

waiting for

instructions! LOL.

As some of you have suggested, as time goes on, I will probably know

intuitively the kinds

of subjects I want to journal about. I do have good keyboard skills so I may

purchase some

kind of journal software. I am too " chatty " for a handwritten journal, I think.

Thanks again for your input!

[Guest guest]

Thanks, everyone, for sharing your thoughts about journaling. I guess I am so

used to going

on a diet and being told not only what to eat, but what to journal, that I was

waiting for

instructions! LOL.

As some of you have suggested, as time goes on, I will probably know

intuitively the kinds

of subjects I want to journal about. I do have good keyboard skills so I may

purchase some

kind of journal software. I am too " chatty " for a handwritten journal, I think.

Thanks again for your input!

[Guest guest]

Thanks, everyone, for sharing your thoughts about journaling. I guess I am so

used to going

on a diet and being told not only what to eat, but what to journal, that I was

waiting for

instructions! LOL.

As some of you have suggested, as time goes on, I will probably know

intuitively the kinds

of subjects I want to journal about. I do have good keyboard skills so I may

purchase some

kind of journal software. I am too " chatty " for a handwritten journal, I think.

Thanks again for your input!