Guest guest Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 Hi Dena, Thanks for writing. It is overwhelming at first. I'm new to IE too. I've decided that I'm going to keep things simple at first. I've also decided that since I'm never going to go on another diet I have the rest of my life to work on this. So I really am in no rush to get this figured out. I'm using the book Intuitive Eating as a guide. There are 10 principles listed in the book and I'm just going to focus on one of those principles each week for the next 10 weeks. This is week one for me. I'm just focused on " Rejecting the Diet Mentality " for this week. I'm still trying to learn when I'm hungry and stopping eating when no longer hungry. I'm allowing myself to eat whatever I really want to eat. But these things are not my focus this week, so if I don't get this down pat right now, its okay. I don't know if sharing my little plan of mine helps you at all since this thing is so individualized, but I wish you well on your IE journey. I'm sure things will fall into place for you. Arnie > > I'm hoping you all can provide some tips. I think I'm trying to do > too much at once. I'm trying to be conscious of when I'm hungry but > I'm finding that putting that together with getting out of the diet > mentality is a struggle. I'm finding that as I try to figure out if > I'm hungry, I'm also thinking a lot of what I " should/could " eat when > I am hungry. > > Can you all help me understand how you all got started and whether you > founding writing things down helped or do I really just need to go > through the process of eating everything I've deemed " forbidden " to > get them out of my system and make them allowable. > > I've finished reading the whole IE book and am struggling on how to > get started. > > Dena > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 Arnie, I really like your plan and I am thinking that perhaps many of us could study/do the 10 principles together over the next 10 weeks, sharing our experiences and insight as we work on each principle. What do you all think? Sue Hi Dena,Thanks for writing. It is overwhelming at first. I'm new to IE too. I've decided that I'm going to keep things simple at first. I've also decided that since I'm never going to go on another diet I have the rest of my life to work on this. So I really am in no rush to get this figured out.I'm using the book Intuitive Eating as a guide. There are 10 principles listed in the book and I'm just going to focus on one of those principles each week for the next 10 weeks. This is week one for me. I'm just focused on " Rejecting the Diet Mentality " for this week. I'm still trying to learn when I'm hungry and stopping eating when no longer hungry. I'm allowing myself to eat whatever I really want to eat. But these things are not my focus this week, so if I don't get this down pat right now, its okay. I don't know if sharing my little plan of mine helps you at all since this thing is so individualized, but I wish you well on your IE journey. I'm sure things will fall into place for you.Arnie>> I'm hoping you all can provide some tips. I think I'm trying to do > too much at once. I'm trying to be conscious of when I'm hungry but > I'm finding that putting that together with getting out of the diet > mentality is a struggle. I'm finding that as I try to figure out if > I'm hungry, I'm also thinking a lot of what I " should/could " eat when > I am hungry.> > Can you all help me understand how you all got started and whether you > founding writing things down helped or do I really just need to go > through the process of eating everything I've deemed " forbidden " to > get them out of my system and make them allowable.> > I've finished reading the whole IE book and am struggling on how to > get started. > > Dena> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 I think that is a great idea!! Rejecting the diet mentality is a challenge in itself as it's everywhere. I still occasionally get that little voice that creeps into my head and I have to reject those thoughts. J. > > > > > > I'm hoping you all can provide some tips. I think I'm trying to do > > > too much at once. I'm trying to be conscious of when I'm hungry > > but > > > I'm finding that putting that together with getting out of the diet > > > mentality is a struggle. I'm finding that as I try to figure out > > if > > > I'm hungry, I'm also thinking a lot of what I " should/could " eat > > when > > > I am hungry. > > > > > > Can you all help me understand how you all got started and whether > > you > > > founding writing things down helped or do I really just need to go > > > through the process of eating everything I've deemed " forbidden " to > > > get them out of my system and make them allowable. > > > > > > I've finished reading the whole IE book and am struggling on how to > > > get started. > > > > > > Dena > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 you know I eat sometimes because i am going to be gone awhile like a meeting etc and afraid my bs will drop as i am diabetic then I am to high Betty Re: How to Start? I think that is a great idea!! Rejecting the diet mentality is a challenge in itself as it's everywhere. I still occasionally get that little voice that creeps into my head and I have to reject those thoughts.J.> > >> > > I'm hoping you all can provide some tips. I think I'm trying to do> > > too much at once. I'm trying to be conscious of when I'm hungry> > but> > > I'm finding that putting that together with getting out of the diet> > > mentality is a struggle. I'm finding that as I try to figure out> > if> > > I'm hungry, I'm also thinking a lot of what I "should/could" eat> > when> > > I am hungry.> > >> > > Can you all help me understand how you all got started and whether> > you> > > founding writing things down helped or do I really just need to go> > > through the process of eating everything I've deemed "forbidden" to> > > get them out of my system and make them allowable.> > >> > > I've finished reading the whole IE book and am struggling on how to> > > get started.> > >> > > Dena> > >> >> > > >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 Sue (and all others), myself and several others have done this using a specially set up Yahoo group and while I liked it, it turned out that others found the 'class' like study format too 'rules' like. Gillian is in the process of discovering how she can set up a COACHED group which would be a membership one. But in the mean time, I can't think of any reason why you couldn't start a Topic on one of the Principles and everyone can respond to it. The only hard part could be timing in that members join at different times and may be more 'new' or 'advanced' compared to others? Here that works out well because we all learn so much from each other! So why not give it a try and see if it adds to the info here? ehugs, Katcha IEing since March 2007 > > Arnie, I really like your plan and I am thinking that perhaps many of us > could study/do the 10 principles together over the next 10 weeks, sharing > our experiences and insight as we work on each principle. What do you all > think? > Sue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 13, 2008 Report Share Posted August 13, 2008 All - Thanks for providing some guidelines. It would be great to at least set up a topic for each principle (if I'm not being too bold by suggesting this given I've just joined). I know I'm spending time going back to older posts to get advice so if people see a principle in a topic, they can go to it whenever they join. I think I'm going to start trying to write my thoughts and really spend time on getting rid of the diet mentality. I'm guessing it will be a lot of mental coaching. I'm also going to slow down trying to do it all immediately. Thanks! Dena > > > > > > > > I'm hoping you all can provide some tips. I think I'm trying to > do > > > > too much at once. I'm trying to be conscious of when I'm hungry > > > but > > > > I'm finding that putting that together with getting out of the > diet > > > > mentality is a struggle. I'm finding that as I try to figure out > > > if > > > > I'm hungry, I'm also thinking a lot of what I " should/could " eat > > > when > > > > I am hungry. > > > > > > > > Can you all help me understand how you all got started and > whether > > > you > > > > founding writing things down helped or do I really just need to > go > > > > through the process of eating everything I've > deemed " forbidden " to > > > > get them out of my system and make them allowable. > > > > > > > > I've finished reading the whole IE book and am struggling on > how to > > > > get started. > > > > > > > > Dena > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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