Re: Newly onboard

[Guest guest]

Hi Dawn, and welcome! It sounds like you have a great attitude. I

feel like we are all pioneers in Intuitive Eating...I just hope that

the rest of the world will catch on someday. I get so excited when a

woman is able to accept herself!

Tasha (IEing since 2003)

>

> Hello everyone

> I am a new member and found the group after joining FatSecret.com

and seeing Intuitive Eating as one of their " diets. "

> I have been trying the intuitive eating method for a few months. In

April I saw McKenna and watched his shows over several weeks.

His main premise was eat what you want when hungry and stop when

full. Eat whatever you want. That made much more sense to me than the

diet mentality that I have struggled with for so long.

> I have tried many diets. I fail at each one, sometimes after a lot

of weight loss and even after following plans for over a year. I just

can not restrict myself the way these diets want you to. I have

finally accepted that and realized there is nothing wrong with me-it

is the diet mentality that is wrong. It has taken a long time but I

am really grateful to have been able to accept that and myself after

so many years.

> I have lost a few pounds since that time and gained a few as well.

I am currently down about 20 pounds from my high of 238 last year. It

does not matter as much to me though as the fact that I feel like I

am making healthier choices because I want to and not because I am

supposed to.

> I hope to be able to continue this journey and stop the diet

mentality completely once and for all.

> Thanks for listening!

> Dawn

>

[Guest guest]

Dawn - From one newbie to another, welcome and thanks for sharing

your experience. I have never been one to share on-line but always

appreciate others' openness. I am trying something new by sharing my

own struggles and success.

What areas are you particularly challenged by in the Intuitive Eating

model? What areas do you believe you are gaining some mastery?

Thanks again - Lake

>

> Hello everyone

> I am a new member and found the group after joining FatSecret.com

and seeing Intuitive Eating as one of their " diets. "

> I have been trying the intuitive eating method for a few months. In

April I saw McKenna and watched his shows over several weeks.

His main premise was eat what you want when hungry and stop when

full. Eat whatever you want. That made much more sense to me than the

diet mentality that I have struggled with for so long.

> I have tried many diets. I fail at each one, sometimes after a lot

of weight loss and even after following plans for over a year. I just

can not restrict myself the way these diets want you to. I have

finally accepted that and realized there is nothing wrong with me-it

is the diet mentality that is wrong. It has taken a long time but I

am really grateful to have been able to accept that and myself after

so many years.

> I have lost a few pounds since that time and gained a few as well.

I am currently down about 20 pounds from my high of 238 last year. It

does not matter as much to me though as the fact that I feel like I

am making healthier choices because I want to and not because I am

supposed to.

> I hope to be able to continue this journey and stop the diet

mentality completely once and for all.

> Thanks for listening!

> Dawn

>

[Guest guest]

Bravo Dawn!! That is a success story Lovely to be along on your IE

journey too. Thanks bunches for sharing

Katcha

IEing since March 2007

>

> Hello everyone

> I am a new member and found the group after joining FatSecret.com

and seeing Intuitive Eating as one of their " diets. "

> I have been trying the intuitive eating method for a few months. In

April I saw McKenna and watched his shows over several weeks. His

main premise was eat what you want when hungry and stop when full. Eat

whatever you want. That made much more sense to me than the diet

mentality that I have struggled with for so long.

> I have tried many diets. I fail at each one, sometimes after a lot

of weight loss and even after following plans for over a year. I just

can not restrict myself the way these diets want you to. I have

finally accepted that and realized there is nothing wrong with me-it

is the diet mentality that is wrong. It has taken a long time but I am

really grateful to have been able to accept that and myself after so

many years.

> I have lost a few pounds since that time and gained a few as well. I

am currently down about 20 pounds from my high of 238 last year. It

does not matter as much to me though as the fact that I feel like I am

making healthier choices because I want to and not because I am

supposed to.

> I hope to be able to continue this journey and stop the diet

mentality completely once and for all.

> Thanks for listening!

> Dawn

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Lake

I would say I am still stuck on calorie counting plus weighing

myself. Later at night when I am relaxing I want to eat as well. I

honestly feel hungry then though so I eat something and stop when

full. I worry it is boredom eating however.

While I do not care if I consume what others would think of as " too

much " or eating " bad foods " I do still write down what I eat and how

much I exercise. I do that with FatSecret.com.

I kinda have to laugh because it always says I eat double what " most

others " are eating but then when you look at exercise I double

what " most others " are too, so of course I eat double! I am not

obsessed like I once was but am using the site as a tool to

understand that what I am eating is OK because I am balancing things

out. I guess I needed to see it in black and white in order to accept

it. I know I should just have faith in it all but it was too

difficult for me to do so-I guess I am a black and white girl

sometimes!

I actually can go several months without weighing but I began

weighing myself when my clothes were not fitting properly and I was

thinking, well, heck I could not have lost THAT much weight, could

I?? LOL Then I saw I HAD lost about 15 pounds. It was a strange

feeling but I find myself hopping on the scale again now. It is

another tool to me. It shows that sometimes even when I eat less I

still gain and I accept that. This week I gained 2 pounds but I had

my period so it was fine. In the past I would have obsessed and drank

herbal teas that I know are diuretic (I am an herbalist) to " get rid

of " that 2 pounds. Now I accept it and move on.

I have to say I accept myself, what I eat and anything that comes

along with that. In the past I did not. I beat myself up for it and

could not let it go and then sometimes ate more to soothe myself or

said things like " screw it! I am a fat pig any way I am going to eat

whatever I want! " That was a sad time in my life. I am happy to say I

do not feel that way any longer.

Well, I guess I babbled enough for the time being! LOL

Dawn

>

> Dawn - From one newbie to another, welcome and thanks for sharing

> your experience. I have never been one to share on-line but always

> appreciate others' openness. I am trying something new by sharing

my

> own struggles and success.

>

> What areas are you particularly challenged by in the Intuitive

Eating

> model? What areas do you believe you are gaining some mastery?

>

> Thanks again - Lake

[Guest guest]

Don't beat yourself up Betty-you are doing the best you can right now

and are trying to move forward.

I know that is easy to say and hard to do! I have beaten myself up

for years and years. I felt like no matter what I did it was not good

enough. Now I just try my best and leave the rest! Again, very hard

for this perfectionist to do but I am learning and have found I need

to forgive myself.

Accepting myself was the first step for me. I hope you will find the

ability to accept yourself just as you are. The rest will follow if

you can do so.

Dawn

>

> My husband does this has for about 2 years has lost 100 lbs. we

know because he weighs only at drs office. he eats anything he wants

when hes hungry stops when full. I rember telling him I don't see how

your doing it eat ing what you do.he'd try and explain it to me I'd

say I can't eat like that and loose weight/I know3 I still have some

stinking thinking sorry if my post offens trying to explain how I

came to be here

> Betty

[Guest guest]

Hello Dawn,

Welcome! I am a newbie too, and I am very amazed by IE, how

liberating it is. I got fat because of dieting mentality,and I am so

happy I have found ie. I wish you an rich journey through IE. By the

way, this group is the best thing to keep at it...

Nat

>

> Hello everyone

> I am a new member and found the group after joining FatSecret.com

and seeing Intuitive Eating as one of their " diets. "

> I have been trying the intuitive eating method for a few months. In

April I saw McKenna and watched his shows over several weeks.

His main premise was eat what you want when hungry and stop when

full. Eat whatever you want. That made much more sense to me than the

diet mentality that I have struggled with for so long.

> I have tried many diets. I fail at each one, sometimes after a lot

of weight loss and even after following plans for over a year. I just

can not restrict myself the way these diets want you to. I have

finally accepted that and realized there is nothing wrong with me-it

is the diet mentality that is wrong. It has taken a long time but I

am really grateful to have been able to accept that and myself after

so many years.

> I have lost a few pounds since that time and gained a few as well.

I am currently down about 20 pounds from my high of 238 last year. It

does not matter as much to me though as the fact that I feel like I

am making healthier choices because I want to and not because I am

supposed to.

> I hope to be able to continue this journey and stop the diet

mentality completely once and for all.

> Thanks for listening!

> Dawn

>