Welcomes

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Welcome to all the " new ones " in the past few days. Patty, I too

take insulin and all kinds of drugs - it's a pain isn't it? Just

insulin by itself makes you hold on to fat.

I think the most important thing to learn about in IE is that

everyone has to find the things that work for YOU. If you start

comparing your way of IE to someone else's it will make you crazy.

I've been doing my version of IE for several years, and I still learn

new things about myself every day. The one thing I do every single

day is look at myself in the mirror and make this statement to

myself: " No matter if I gain or lose weight, I promise myself that I

will NEVER torture myself with a diet again " . I lose, but very

slowly. I still eat feelings sometimes, I eat dessert for dinner

sometimes. I sometimes get distracted and don't pay attention to my

hunger and full signals. But I don't diet. I don't gain weight

either. And I feel better about myself, because I'm not always

beating myself up about failing yet another diet. Am I overweight??

You bet, but I'm not trashing myself about it, and to me that's the

best part of IE.

I love the support on this group and all the different ways we all

work our programs. Good luck on your journey.

jb