Visiting Home...The Ultimate Test

July 8, 2008

Latoya this is wonderful news I am so happy that you truly enjoyed your visit home. Eva

Hey All,I went back home to Ohio to visit my relatives from Thursday to thispast Monday for the holiday. Going home is the ultimate test for mebecause my grandmas cook loads of food, my hometown has the best junkfood in the world, and I can't find certain food items anywhereelse...so I have always had the tendency to over-indulge big time oneach of my visits. This was my first visit since reading Intuitive Eating. I am quitehappy to share that I had a very different experience. For the firsttime, I really paid attention to my hunger, I was able to stop and putfood aside without eating everything on my plate, I walked everydayfor an hour except for the morning after we got home at 2 a.m., Idrank water instead of drinking sodas/pop constantly, I ate an applefor a snack instead of going to a fast food joint, I bought a smallbag of cheese curls and waited a WHOLE day before eating them. I feltmore peaceful around food than ever. What's interesting is that I didn't really feel pressure or tensionaround food so much with my family...I felt more tension aroundmoving. A relatively sedentary lifestyle is a norm in my hometown, soI was very tempted to not walk everyday...and I did miss one. My awareness has changed, which I think is key. Before reading IE, Iwould have never thought to track myself in terms of hunger, fullness,satisfaction, emotional eating and give priority to physical movementwhile at home. Instead I would have eaten whatever I wanted whenever Iwanted (in a kind of mental fog), sat on my butt the whole visit, andarrived back home feeling like crap (this has been the automaticscript for years). I plan to read through the summary of principles right before my nextvisit and I expect to experience even more progress. Even though Icontinue to have episodes of eating out of emotional hunger (boredom,anxiety), I feel an overall sense of peace, empowerment, and commitment. Latoya:)------------------------------------

July 8, 2008

Hey All,

I went back home to Ohio to visit my relatives from Thursday to this

past Monday for the holiday. Going home is the ultimate test for me

because my grandmas cook loads of food, my hometown has the best junk

food in the world, and I can't find certain food items anywhere

else...so I have always had the tendency to over-indulge big time on

each of my visits.

This was my first visit since reading Intuitive Eating. I am quite

happy to share that I had a very different experience. For the first

time, I really paid attention to my hunger, I was able to stop and put

food aside without eating everything on my plate, I walked everyday

for an hour except for the morning after we got home at 2 a.m., I

drank water instead of drinking sodas/pop constantly, I ate an apple

for a snack instead of going to a fast food joint, I bought a small

bag of cheese curls and waited a WHOLE day before eating them. I felt

more peaceful around food than ever.

What's interesting is that I didn't really feel pressure or tension

around food so much with my family...I felt more tension around

moving. A relatively sedentary lifestyle is a norm in my hometown, so

I was very tempted to not walk everyday...and I did miss one.

My awareness has changed, which I think is key. Before reading IE, I

would have never thought to track myself in terms of hunger, fullness,

satisfaction, emotional eating and give priority to physical movement

while at home. Instead I would have eaten whatever I wanted whenever I

wanted (in a kind of mental fog), sat on my butt the whole visit, and

arrived back home feeling like crap (this has been the automatic

script for years).

I plan to read through the summary of principles right before my next

visit and I expect to experience even more progress. Even though I

continue to have episodes of eating out of emotional hunger (boredom,

anxiety), I feel an overall sense of peace, empowerment, and commitment.

Latoya:)

July 8, 2008

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