Re: New to this group

[Guest guest]

Welcome to the group,

I have been reading the work of Byron . www.thework.com and I wonder if it can really help us with our issues. I'm going to do the work with your post and see if we go to any conclusion that might help you and us.

" I'm sick of being disgusted with my body and thinking of food 80% of the time is wearing."

1. Is it true?

Yes!

2. Can you absolutely know that it's true?

well , yes, I have been struggling with an eating disorder, I want to be normal I don't want food to consume my thoughts and life.

3. How do you react, what happens, when you believe that thought.

I get panicky when I see a smaller person I get discouraged

I get frustrated with myself when I'm not controlling what I eat.

When I do control what I eat is depressing.

4. Who would you be tastysuirrel2 without the thought.?

Close your eyes and drop your story, just for a moment,

You can say for exemple, I would be more peaceful, I will trust myself. I could take care of me and others. I will enjoy life. I will eat intuitibly and be healthy. etc... You do it!

Now we are going to do the turnaround:

"I'm not disgusted with my body and I don't thing on food ". This is the right body for me, to do what I have to do in my life. or

" I'm content with my body and greatful with the food that norish me." You have a great body , not even fat. in spite of all healthy, and beautiful, even muscular. aren't you greatful? say the truth.

What we want to accomplish is to let go the stinky thougth that have you in a state of panic and depresion, because it doesn't help in anyway all the opposite it stops you of living a peaceful life.

The story , the thought you are telling to yourself is a lie, is making you sick and all you have to do is drop it.

I hope the work help you. bye

Subject: New to this groupTo: IntuitiveEating_Support Date: Thursday, August 14, 2008, 10:20 AM

Hi, I've been reading the posts for a while before I finally decided to post one of my own. I have been struggling with an eating disorder since January, and I am really working on it now. I want to be normal, I want food to not consume my thoughts and life. But it is so much easier to just decide on yet another plan or strategy to lose weight. I lost about 20 pounds before I got help, and now I've gained 5 back after taking progesterone (a hormone to try to restart my period). The thing is, I'm not really that small. I was 138-ish before everything started, but muscular, so a lot of the weight was that. And I'll bet I lost muscle most, because I got down to 116 and looked not much different. But now at 120 I look bigger. A bit of a paradox. So now I get panicky when I see a smaller person, or see me now, and I want SO bad to be really slight and slender. I know that is an unhealthy thought, but it

is in my mind nevertheless. Any ideas or thoughts? I am sick of being disgusted with my body, and thinking of food 80% of the time is wearing. I have read the book through a couple times, and have earnestly tried to intuitively eat and apply the principles, but I get discouraged after a day or so and fall right into a diet again. I think I get frustrated with myself when I'm NOT controlling what I eat. But when I do control what I eat it's depressing. A bit of a catch-22. Any input would be greatly appreciated.C

[Guest guest]

I think that you should accept that You are sick of being disgusted with your body and thinking of food 80% of the time and admit that it takes you anywhere and that also You might really be content with your body and the food that nourish it. is true, but you should find your own statement that is as true as or truer than your original statement. It is going to help you.

From: tastysquirrel2 <tastysquirrel2@ yahoo.com>Subject: [intuitiveEating_ Support] New to this groupTo: IntuitiveEating_ Support@yahoogro ups.comDate: Thursday, August 14, 2008, 10:20 AM

Hi, I've been reading the posts for a while before I finally decided to post one of my own. I have been struggling with an eating disorder since January, and I am really working on it now. I want to be normal, I want food to not consume my thoughts and life. But it is so much easier to just decide on yet another plan or strategy to lose weight. I lost about 20 pounds before I got help, and now I've gained 5 back after taking progesterone (a hormone to try to restart my period). The thing is, I'm not really that small. I was 138-ish before everything started, but muscular, so a lot of the weight was that. And I'll bet I lost muscle most, because I got down to 116 and looked not much different. But now at 120 I look bigger. A bit of a paradox. So now I get panicky when I see a smaller person, or see me now, and I want SO bad to be really slight and slender. I know that is an unhealthy thought, but it

is in my mind nevertheless. Any ideas or thoughts? I am sick of being disgusted with my body, and thinking of food 80% of the time is wearing. I have read the book through a couple times, and have earnestly tried to intuitively eat and apply the principles, but I get discouraged after a day or so and fall right into a diet again. I think I get frustrated with myself when I'm NOT controlling what I eat. But when I do control what I eat it's depressing. A bit of a catch-22. Any input would be greatly appreciated.C

[Guest guest]

Having gone through something similar in my teens, the thing for me

was it was about control. I had to take time and still do to some

degree to sit down with myself and find out what is really bothering

me as the food control is really just a symptom of some other issues.

Am I facing a big change in my life? Am I scared or anxious about

something? Am I angry about something and pushed it down? For me it

was about digging below the surface of food and finding out what that

control or obsession with food was covering up. I wish you the best.

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> Hi, I've been reading the posts for a while before I finally decided

> to post one of my own. I have been struggling with an eating

> disorder since January, and I am really working on it now. I want to

> be normal, I want food to not consume my thoughts and life. But it

> is so much easier to just decide on yet another plan or strategy to

> lose weight. I lost about 20 pounds before I got help, and now I've

> gained 5 back after taking progesterone (a hormone to try to restart

> my period). The thing is, I'm not really that small. I was 138-ish

> before everything started, but muscular, so a lot of the weight was

> that. And I'll bet I lost muscle most, because I got down to 116 and

> looked not much different. But now at 120 I look bigger. A bit of a

> paradox. So now I get panicky when I see a smaller person, or see me

> now, and I want SO bad to be really slight and slender. I know that

> is an unhealthy thought, but it is in my mind nevertheless. Any

> ideas or thoughts? I am sick of being disgusted with my body, and

> thinking of food 80% of the time is wearing. I have read the book

> through a couple times, and have earnestly tried to intuitively eat

> and apply the principles, but I get discouraged after a day or so and

> fall right into a diet again. I think I get frustrated with myself

> when I'm NOT controlling what I eat. But when I do control what I

> eat it's depressing. A bit of a catch-22. Any input would be

> greatly appreciated.

>

> C

>

[Guest guest]

Thank you. I will really try to work with that.

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> Subject: New to this group

> To: IntuitiveEating_Support

> Date: Thursday, August 14, 2008, 10:20 AM

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> Hi, I've been reading the posts for a while before I finally

decided

> to post one of my own. I have been struggling with an eating

> disorder since January, and I am really working on it now. I want

to

> be normal, I want food to not consume my thoughts and life. But it

> is so much easier to just decide on yet another plan or strategy to

> lose weight. I lost about 20 pounds before I got help, and now I've

> gained 5 back after taking progesterone (a hormone to try to

restart

> my period). The thing is, I'm not really that small. I was 138-ish

> before everything started, but muscular, so a lot of the weight was

> that. And I'll bet I lost muscle most, because I got down to 116

and

> looked not much different. But now at 120 I look bigger. A bit of a

> paradox. So now I get panicky when I see a smaller person, or see

me

> now, and I want SO bad to be really slight and slender. I know that

> is an unhealthy thought, but it is in my mind nevertheless. Any

> ideas or thoughts? I am sick of being disgusted with my body, and

> thinking of food 80% of the time is wearing. I have read the book

> through a couple times, and have earnestly tried to intuitively eat

> and apply the principles, but I get discouraged after a day or so

and

> fall right into a diet again. I think I get frustrated with myself

> when I'm NOT controlling what I eat. But when I do control what I

> eat it's depressing. A bit of a catch-22. Any input would be

> greatly appreciated.

>

> C

>

[Guest guest]

So glad to have you with us you will find a lot of support and knowledge here. Eva

Good morning! I found this group yesterday while searching for "intuiive eating" tips on the internet and I'm already enjoying the messages I'm receiving in my in box. I am 36 year old female and I have struggled with my weight since my freshman year in college. I have been on every diet there is and have yo-yo'd up and down on the scale for the last 10 years. I read "Intuitive Eating" about a year ago and have tried the principles but have not really committed myself to it and of course have done a couple of different diets in between. I recognize that I'm an emotional eater and I know that I really need to tackle that before I will ever be successful or comfortable in my own skin. Yesterday I had a bad day and went home and ate non-stop until I went to bed. The hard part is that I don't even realize I'm doing it until after the fact.....it's like I'm in a hypnotic state! Does anyone experience this? I want to make conscious choices to eat only when I'm hungry but I have no idea how to break zombie like cycle when I don't even remember how it started each time! New MapQuest Local shows what's happening at your destination. Dining, Movies, Events, News more. Try it out!

[Guest guest]

Hi Jody and welcome Your story touches on a couple of same places

that my own does too - I first discovered non-dieting via Geenen

Roth's books (about 15 years ago!). I loved her books, but couldn't

incorporate her methods for myself. Happily I did not diet in the mean

while, but I also did 'creep' UP the scale too. My saving was in

finding this group as well as a few other books that struck more a

cord with/for me. (There's a Book List in the Files section at this

site for everyone's reference)

I too seemed to be only able to recognize my gobble fests in

retrospect. I am happy to tell you that thru encouragement from this

group, I no longer beat myself up over these events and even am slowly

zeroing in on understanding cause and effect self feedback to overcome

these too. Believe me I have a very entrenched and usually invisible

gremlin that delights in playing 'Gotcha!' with me at these times, but

that little pest is being ignored and booted more these days - yea!

Keep posting and hope you enjoy the feedback too -

Best to you, Katcha

IEing since March 2007

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> Good morning!  I found this group yesterday while searching for

" intuiive eating " tips on the internet and I'm already enjoying the

messages I'm receiving in my in box.  I am 36 year old female and I

have struggled with my weight since my freshman year in college.  I

have been on every diet there is and have yo-yo'd up and down on the

scale for the last 10 years.  I read " Intuitive Eating " about a year

ago and have tried the principles but have not really committed myself

to it and of course have done a couple of different diets in

between.   I recognize that I'm an emotional eater and I know that I

really need to tackle that before I will ever be successful or

comfortable in my own skin.  Yesterday I had a bad day and went home

and ate non-stop until I went to bed.  The hard part is that I don't

even realize I'm doing it until after the fact.....it's like I'm in a

hypnotic state!  Does anyone experience this?  I want to make

conscious choices

> to eat only when I'm hungry but I have no idea how to break zombie

like cycle when I don't even remember how it started each time!

>