Guest guest Posted July 28, 2008 Report Share Posted July 28, 2008 Hi and welcome. It seems to be a very usual part of starting out with IE to end up dealing with the changes in one's eating patterns as a (horrors!) diet! SET 'rules', instant results are the siren song of diets. IE is totally the opposite and that can and often does feel so odd and uncomfortable mainly because the diet gremlin in us continues to whisper in our heads - weight! weight! weight! One secret I found via IE is that I was hearing that wrong - its not weight, it WAIT! Wait for hunger, wait for the right taste, wait for letting your body do and be the expert for YOU. etc. etc. If you will just do one little thing at a time, I bet you will soon find that you have adopted more IE than you realized. All or nothing, black or white type thinking if dieting mentality. IE is a full spectrum of choices and tastes to be enjoyed rather than feared or dreaded. Keep us posted on your IE journey! Best to you - Katcha IEing since March 2007 > > Hi everyone, > > My name is and I have been doing IE for about a month now. I > have been surprised at how many times have had success however more > recently I have started to go back to that diet mentality because I > have not seen much of a weight loss and I have started to feel guilty > about certain foods I was eating again. > > Can anyone share with me how they avoid going back to the diet > mentality? Thanks!!! > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 28, 2008 Report Share Posted July 28, 2008 cafst50 wrote: > Can anyone share with me how they avoid going back to the diet > mentality? I wish I could. I'm currently struggling with it big time again after about a year of ND. I blame it on my upcoming exam. Worrying about dieting and weight is much more bearable than failing my final exam (well, I have three tries and luckily it's not a matter of intelligence but a matter of time to repeat all the stuff of four years after having worked for a year without much time to study, but I don't want to think about what happens if I really should fail three times... I wouldn'd know what to do then, but of course I have these thoughts in my head, being a chronic worrier). Like many times one has to point you to Katcha. :-) I love her posts. Regards s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 28, 2008 Report Share Posted July 28, 2008 For me I have to remind myself of one thing that rings true for me and that is no diet is ever going to be the " answer " . There is no quick fix, or food combo, or whatever that is going to " take care " of me and my perceived " failings " with food. Hang in there... My best, > > Hi everyone, > > My name is and I have been doing IE for about a month now. I > have been surprised at how many times have had success however more > recently I have started to go back to that diet mentality because I > have not seen much of a weight loss and I have started to feel guilty > about certain foods I was eating again. > > Can anyone share with me how they avoid going back to the diet > mentality? Thanks!!! > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 29, 2008 Report Share Posted July 29, 2008 Hi , and welcome. Rest assured it takes most people a fair while to shake off that diet mentality – after all, it's all pervasive, surrounding us every day, ingrained in the way our society thinks. Fighting off this mindset and learning to eat intuitively takes practice. You learn from experience, like many other skills in life. Just remember, you want to achieve and maintain a healthy, comfortable weight without being deprived of food or losing quality of life. Long term change doesn't come from disgust or self- rejection but from a realistic acceptance of who and what we are, and from a desire to be the best person we can possibly be. So developing a positive attitude towards your body will also motivate you to want to look after your body, rather than punish it through strict diets. By looking after yourself and your body in the best and most positive way you can, hopefully your weight will evolve to the healthiest level that is possible for you. It may not be the " dream " weight you imagined you could reach in your dieting days, but perhaps it's time to develop some more realistic expectations, and make peace with who you're genetically programmed to be? Think about all of the things we could all accomplish with the time and energy we have wasted worrying about our appearance. I try to remind myself – life is too short to waste time hating my body! Health and vitality come in all types of body shapes and sizes. Remember that nobody is perfect, and no body is perfect! Good luck with this new phase of your life. We look forward to hearing more from you. Cheers SiGiGee > > Hi everyone, > > My name is and I have been doing IE for about a month now. I > have been surprised at how many times have had success however more > recently I have started to go back to that diet mentality because I > have not seen much of a weight loss and I have started to feel guilty > about certain foods I was eating again. > > Can anyone share with me how they avoid going back to the diet > mentality? Thanks!!! > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 29, 2008 Report Share Posted July 29, 2008 > > Hi everyone, > > My name is and I have been doing IE for about a month now. I > have been surprised at how many times have had success however more > recently I have started to go back to that diet mentality because I > have not seen much of a weight loss and I have started to feel guilty > about certain foods I was eating again. > > Can anyone share with me how they avoid going back to the diet > mentality? Thanks!!! > Thanks for all the support! I will do my best to trust this process and try to gauge success based on how I feel more than what weight I am. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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