Please don't yell at me but.........

[Guest guest]

Please don't yell at me but.......Its important for me to know that

others have gotten small by using Intuitive eating.

I'm small and have been for a very long time.......I accomplished that

by using overeaters anonymous.

I don't want to go back to OA I would just like reassurance that people

do get small/stay small after practicing IE for a while. I know I might

need to be willing to put on a little while I learn.....but I really

like the weight I am now.....it feels good and I can do all my

activities easily at this weight. I would just rather not " diet " to

stay this size if there is a better way.

Cheshire cat's IE blog

http://cheshiresintuitiveeatingjourney.blogspot.com/

[Guest guest]

No yelling here!

Yes, there are others that have gotten small with IE. When you learn to eat intuitively, you don't end up eating too many calories because: you're not stuffing your feelings, you're not panicked that the food is going to run out, you're not mindlessly eating because you are trying to avoid feeling guilty about food, you're not eating food that you "should" instead of what you want, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. Your body DOES know how to balance itself, but we live in a world that bombards us with external stimuli.

I, personally, am in a smaller size clothing than I have worn in more than ten years. BUT, it has taken almost two years of work. Not dieting, but real, hard work. It's HARD to love myself. It's HARD to trust myself. It's HARD to ignore the "advice" of every expert in town.

Even better than the pants size, for me, is the feeling I get from trusting my intuition. It has spilled over into so many other areas of my life-- in ways that losing weight never could.

So, while I have gotten smaller, my life has gotten larger. That's what makes the work worth it.

Traci

Creating a great day is all about finding ways to turn ordinary moments into extraordinary opportunities. Tom Feltenstein(¯`v´¯) `*.¸.*´ ¸.•´¸.•*¨) ¸.•*¨ (¸.•´ (¸.•´ Traci

[Guest guest]

I love how you said that - Hard work in that loving yourself,

trusting yourself and ignoring 'expert' advice instead of Hard work

at restricting yourself, staying on track and not being 'bad' -

being new at this IE I am finding that's the biggest struggle right

now, letting go of all that I have 'learned' and learning to trust

and love myself. It's hard to do when you worry about losing weight

(and it's hard not to worry about losing weight with the messages we

are bombarded with) - but looking forward to having a 'larger' life

and the 'smaller' self will come...

thanks,

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> No yelling here!

>  

> Yes, there are others that have gotten small with IE. When you

learn to eat intuitively, you don't end up eating too many calories

because: you're not stuffing your feelings, you're not panicked that

the food is going to run out, you're not mindlessly eating because

you are trying to avoid feeling guilty about food, you're not eating

food that you " should " instead of what you want, et cetera, et

cetera, et cetera.  Your body DOES know how to balance itself, but

we live in a world that bombards us with external stimuli.

>  

> I, personally, am in a smaller size clothing than I have worn in

more than ten years. BUT, it has taken almost two years of work. Not

dieting, but real, hard work. It's HARD to love myself. It's HARD to

trust myself. It's HARD to ignore the " advice " of every expert in

town.

>  

> Even better than the pants size, for me, is the feeling I get from

trusting my intuition. It has spilled over into so many other areas

of my life-- in ways that losing weight never could.

>  

> So, while I have gotten smaller, my life has gotten larger. That's

what makes the work worth it.

>  

> Traci

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> Creating a great day is all about finding ways to turn ordinary

moments into extraordinary opportunities.  Tom Feltenstein

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> (¯`v´¯)

> `*.¸.*´

> ¸.•´¸.•*¨) ¸.•*¨

> (¸.•´ (¸.•´ Traci

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[Guest guest]

Traci, what a brilliant post! I loved it!

Best wishes,