Guest guest Posted August 19, 2008 Report Share Posted August 19, 2008 Welcome, Helene. It is nice to have another " older " person here - I am 73 and wondered if there was anyone else with a long history of dieting. I started at 14, and although my weight was really normal until my late 40's, I thought I was fat and developed horrible eating habits, primarily binge and diet. For the last 15 - 10 years I have been 100+ pounds overweight. Usually lost 15 to 25 pounds by dieting, then gained it back with a bonus. I no longer want to be thin or normal weight, but I hope to lose enough to be comfortable in my own skin. However, no more diets. I'm retired and living in " Paradise " , in Mexico with the world's best climate. I think you will find this group a tremendous help = I know it has been a great support for me. Barbara I am not sure how I am supposed to start this. There are a bunch ofmessages that came to me, last night and more, today. One asks me tointroduce myself. I am not sure if this is where I am supposed to dothat or not. I am to do that and hope it is the right thing to do.I am 67 years old---68, next month. I been on and off of diets since Iwas 13. Always losing a littel and gaining it back. I lost significantamounts of weight twice. Once about 35 years ago, lost 110 pounds and over a period of time, gained it back with an additional 40. The secondtime, about 4 years ago, 75 pounds. I've gained about 56 of it back. I have been reading lots of books about not dieting. A friend I met at another website told me about the book " Intuitive Eating " . Recently, shetold me about this on line place where we could talk to each other. I have been working at listening to hunger and satisfaction for about two months. It is a process. I threw my scales out over a year ago. I wasweighed at the doctors a couple of months ago, so I have an idea of mypresent weight. I am hoping to make peace with my body and with foof and with eating. I don't care if I lose any weight. I would love to loseweight----but not if I am going to gain it back. I am so tired ofdieting and I hate the thing of losing weight and gaining it back and the way people look at me and the thoughts that go through my mind about whatthey must be thinking.I am an attorney, a public defender. I love my job. It is hard work,but very interesting and I love to be around attorneys. My name is Helene.__________________________________________________________Free quote and debt consolidation information. Click Here.http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/Ioyw6i3m2XiTUIoHW17bQOmg2UrEi7xgkKZYfOsmu3lhiTz3m3w4Um/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 19, 2008 Report Share Posted August 19, 2008 Welcome Helene. You did perfectly well with your introduction. Yes there are a few emails auto sent when you join here, but from here on out, you will only receive emails of the posts of other members or none if you choose to read at the actual (Yahoo) group site. I am glad you are here and I think you will find that you certainly are not alone in your body ups and downs I'm 57, turning 58 in a few months, and while I haven't been dieting all my life, I am finding that I had added diet mentality to my life even without actual dieting! Just right in with any reaction, thought and comment about other posts, or start one of your own with questions, insights you are experiencing via your IE journey and even rants and whines are allowed here Looking forward to more posts from you Best to you, Katcha IEing since March 2007 PS - wow still working at 67 - you must love it I've been 'retired' for some time now and I love that too > > I am not sure how I am supposed to start this. There are a bunch of > messages that came to me, last night and more, today. One asks me to > introduce myself. I am not sure if this is where I am supposed to do > that or not. > > I am to do that and hope it is the right thing to do. > > I am 67 years old---68, next month. I been on and off of diets since I > was 13. Always losing a littel and gaining it back. I lost significant > amounts of weight twice. Once about 35 years ago, lost 110 pounds and > over a period of time, gained it back with an additional 40. The second > time, about 4 years ago, 75 pounds. I've gained about 56 of it back. > > I have been reading lots of books about not dieting. A friend I met at > another website told me about the book " Intuitive Eating " . Recently, she > told me about this on line place where we could talk to each other. > > I have been working at listening to hunger and satisfaction for about two > months. It is a process. I threw my scales out over a year ago. I was > weighed at the doctors a couple of months ago, so I have an idea of my > present weight. I am hoping to make peace with my body and with foof and > with eating. I don't care if I lose any weight. I would love to lose > weight----but not if I am going to gain it back. I am so tired of > dieting and I hate the thing of losing weight and gaining it back and the > way people look at me and the thoughts that go through my mind about what > they must be thinking. > > I am an attorney, a public defender. I love my job. It is hard work, > but very interesting and I love to be around attorneys. > > My name is Helene. > ____________________________________________________________ > Free quote and debt consolidation information. Click Here. > http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/Ioyw6i3m2XiTUIoHW17bQOmg2UrEi7xgkKZY\ fOsmu3lhiTz3m3w4Um/ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 19, 2008 Report Share Posted August 19, 2008 Welcome Helene. You did perfectly well with your introduction. Yesthere are a few emails auto sent when you join here, but from here onout, you will only receive emails of the posts of other members ornone if you choose to read at the actual (Yahoo) group site. I am gladyou are here and I think you will find that you certainly are notalone in your body ups and downs :)I'm 57, turning 58 in a few months, and while I haven't been dietingall my life, I am finding that I had added diet mentality to my lifeeven without actual dieting! Just right in with any reaction, thoughtand comment about other posts, or start one of your own withquestions, insights you are experiencing via your IE journey and evenrants and whines are allowed here Looking forward to more posts from you Best to you, KatchaIEing since March 2007PS - wow still working at 67 - you must love it I've been 'retired'for some time now and I love that too >> I am not sure how I am supposed to start this. There are a bunch of> messages that came to me, last night and more, today. One asks me to> introduce myself. I am not sure if this is where I am supposed to do> that or not.> > I am to do that and hope it is the right thing to do.> > I am 67 years old---68, next month. I been on and off of diets since I> was 13. Always losing a littel and gaining it back. I lost significant> amounts of weight twice. Once about 35 years ago, lost 110 pounds and> over a period of time, gained it back with an additional 40. The second> time, about 4 years ago, 75 pounds. I've gained about 56 of it back. > > I have been reading lots of books about not dieting. A friend I met at> another website told me about the book "Intuitive Eating". Recently, she> told me about this on line place where we could talk to each other. > > I have been working at listening to hunger and satisfaction forabout two> months. It is a process. I threw my scales out over a year ago. I was> weighed at the doctors a couple of months ago, so I have an idea of my> present weight. I am hoping to make peace with my body and withfoof and> with eating. I don't care if I lose any weight. I would love to lose> weight----but not if I am going to gain it back. I am so tired of> dieting and I hate the thing of losing weight and gaining it backand the> way people look at me and the thoughts that go through my mind aboutwhat> they must be thinking.> > I am an attorney, a public defender. I love my job. It is hard work,> but very interesting and I love to be around attorneys. > > My name is Helene.> __________________________________________________________> Free quote and debt consolidation information. Click Here.>http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/Ioyw6i3m2XiTUIoHW17bQOmg2UrEi7xgkKZYfOsmu3lhiTz3m3w4Um/> ____________________________________________________________ Click to receive credit card help and get out of debt fast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 19, 2008 Report Share Posted August 19, 2008 Welcome, Helene. It is nice to have another "older" person here - I am 73 and wondered if there was anyone else with a long history of dieting. I started at 14, and although my weight was really normal until my late 40's, I thought I was fat and developed horrible eating habits, primarily binge and diet. For the last 15 - 10 years I have been 100+ pounds overweight. Usually lost 15 to 25 pounds by dieting, then gained it back with a bonus. I no longer want to be thin or normal weight, but I hope to lose enough to be comfortable in my own skin. However, no more diets. I'm retired and living in "Paradise", in Mexico with the world's best climate. I think you will find this group a tremendous help = I know it has been a great support for me. Barbara On 8/19/08, Helene E Chabot <chazaam1juno> wrote: I am not sure how I am supposed to start this. There are a bunch ofmessages that came to me, last night and more, today. One asks me tointroduce myself. I am not sure if this is where I am supposed to dothat or not.I am to do that and hope it is the right thing to do.I am 67 years old---68, next month. I been on and off of diets since Iwas 13. Always losing a littel and gaining it back. I lost significantamounts of weight twice. Once about 35 years ago, lost 110 pounds andover a period of time, gained it back with an additional 40. The secondtime, about 4 years ago, 75 pounds. I've gained about 56 of it back. I have been reading lots of books about not dieting. A friend I met atanother website told me about the book "Intuitive Eating". Recently, shetold me about this on line place where we could talk to each other. I have been working at listening to hunger and satisfaction for about twomonths. It is a process. I threw my scales out over a year ago. I wasweighed at the doctors a couple of months ago, so I have an idea of mypresent weight. I am hoping to make peace with my body and with foof andwith eating. I don't care if I lose any weight. I would love to loseweight----but not if I am going to gain it back. I am so tired ofdieting and I hate the thing of losing weight and gaining it back and theway people look at me and the thoughts that go through my mind about whatthey must be thinking.I am an attorney, a public defender. I love my job. It is hard work,but very interesting and I love to be around attorneys. My name is Helene.__________________________________________________________Free quote and debt consolidation information. Click Here.http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/Ioyw6i3m2XiTUIoHW17bQOmg2UrEi7xgkKZYfOsmu3lhiTz3m3w4Um/ ____________________________________________________________ Free quote and debt consolidation information. Click Here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 20, 2008 Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 Glad youre here. I was excited to here you are still loving your job at 67 not that that is old to me anymore being I am almost 55. I too love my job and plan to work for ever. I'm a reading teacher and have trouble being off work all summer. It's too long to be away from that which I love. > I am not sure how I am supposed to start this. There are a bunch of > messages that came to me, last night and more, today. One asks me to > introduce myself. I am not sure if this is where I am supposed to do > that or not. > > I am to do that and hope it is the right thing to do. > > I am 67 years old---68, next month. I been on and off of diets since I > was 13. Always losing a littel and gaining it back. I lost significant > amounts of weight twice. Once about 35 years ago, lost 110 pounds and > over a period of time, gained it back with an additional 40. The second > time, about 4 years ago, 75 pounds. I've gained about 56 of it back. > > I have been reading lots of books about not dieting. A friend I met at > another website told me about the book " Intuitive Eating " . Recently, she > told me about this on line place where we could talk to each other. > > I have been working at listening to hunger and satisfaction for about two > months. It is a process. I threw my scales out over a year ago. I was > weighed at the doctors a couple of months ago, so I have an idea of my > present weight. I am hoping to make peace with my body and with foof and > with eating. I don't care if I lose any weight. I would love to lose > weight----but not if I am going to gain it back. I am so tired of > dieting and I hate the thing of losing weight and gaining it back and the > way people look at me and the thoughts that go through my mind about what > they must be thinking. > > I am an attorney, a public defender. I love my job. It is hard work, > but very interesting and I love to be around attorneys. > > My name is Helene. > __________________________________________________________ > Free quote and debt consolidation information. Click Here. > http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/Ioyw6i3m2XiTUIoHW17bQOmg2U rEi > 7xgkKZYfOsmu3lhiTz3m3w4Um/ > > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > Free quote and debt consolidation information. Click Here. > http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/Ioyw6i3m2Xhs2X50UDTvtezc0j n5g8iB2fHKxaxPKvFOJRzyTNt0OS/ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 20, 2008 Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 Hello all, welcome Helen: I'm 51 and started dieting on an off at 12 , after two pregnancies was my highest weight gain 50 pounds which I lost in a year and a half with WW. I have gain it back almost all. I have been eating consciously and reaped some rewards in IE. no more, diets, pills, weight ins, binges, special food, and more.... My chooses on food have improved which I didn't expect that to happen but it did. I completely surrender about what is my body right now. because It takes me forward to what really matters, Not the shape the problem takes but the problem itself. And I love to lose weight like you but only if I'm not getting it back too. As this proses continuous I go only from meal to meal, Usually I wake up and have a cup of coffee and think in a half hour I will eat something. Then I have breakfast and as I see the food I'm eating tasting every little bit of it. I can tell how much time is going to happen before the next meal, usually 3, 4, or five hours depending in the amount. I look at the clock and see It's 12 o'clock , I think this meal size is going to last for 3 hours , and usually I'm right. A fruit last one hour, A big salad, three hours, etc... That is only for me, I think we all eat different things and will last different for everyone. It helps me to focus on today only , what I can do for me and my "problem" in this moment in time. No stress, no great expectations, no meal plans for the future on.. just me , this moment in time, grateful for the food at hand, enjoying it stopping when pleasantly full knowing that in a few hours I will do it again. happily , happily, happily. Lately I have been even drinking plain water in between which I never thought it will happen, since I never drink plain water. But it feels excellent when In between meals or close to the next I have a glass of water. Sometimes it makes the gap bigger which is very convenient for me. The more my meals last the better and also it helps me get ready on what I would like to eat right now. I'm going to call this "timing my meals" because If I lose the weight I will look back to this post to see when I started, How long I have been "timing my meals" . I am not sure how I am supposed to start this. There are a bunch ofmessages that came to me, last night and more, today. One asks me tointroduce myself. I am not sure if this is where I am supposed to dothat or not.I am to do that and hope it is the right thing to do.I am 67 years old---68, next month. I been on and off of diets since Iwas 13. Always losing a littel and gaining it back. I lost significantamounts of weight twice. Once about 35 years ago, lost 110 pounds andover a period of time, gained it back with an additional 40. The secondtime, about 4 years ago, 75 pounds. I've gained about 56 of it back. I have been reading lots of books about not dieting. A friend I met atanother website told me about the book "Intuitive Eating". Recently, shetold me about this on line place where we could talk to each other. I have been working at listening to hunger and satisfaction for about twomonths. It is a process. I threw my scales out over a year ago. I wasweighed at the doctors a couple of months ago, so I have an idea of mypresent weight. I am hoping to make peace with my body and with foof andwith eating. I don't care if I lose any weight. I would love to loseweight----but not if I am going to gain it back. I am so tired ofdieting and I hate the thing of losing weight and gaining it back and theway people look at me and the thoughts that go through my mind about whatthey must be thinking.I am an attorney, a public defender. I love my job. It is hard work,but very interesting and I love to be around attorneys. My name is Helene.____________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _Free quote and debt consolidation information. Click Here.http://thirdpartyof fers.juno. com/TGL2141/ fc/Ioyw6i3m2XiTU IoHW17bQOmg2UrEi 7xgkKZYfOsmu3lhi Tz3m3w4Um/ ____________ _________ _________ _________ _________ _________ ___ Free quote and debt consolidation information. Click Here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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