Eatin in the Light of the Moon

[Guest guest]

I'm reading a book called " Eating in the light of the Moon " . It's a

book full of fables that the writer has related to eating or what she

calls disordered eating. The stories are really helping me on my IE

journey.

One story is about a girl that falls into a river (life) and the

river is rushing and tossing and turning, thus she feels like she is

going to drown so she grabs a hold of a log (food) and the log keeps

her safe as she travels down this crazy out of control river.

Eventually she comes to a place where the river is calm and she can

see the shore and she want to let go of the log but what if she can't

make it to the shore. She tries to make it to the shore carrying the

log but that doesn't work. People keep yelling at her to " just " let

go of the log. It's kind of crazy that the very thing that saved her

life is now getting in the way of her getting where she want to go.

Letting go of it all at once is to much, she does not trust she will

be able to make it to the shore. But she is willing to let go for a

few minutes and float right next to the log, then if she needs the

log it will still be there. Next she move a little farther away and

practices treading water, knowing she can get back to the log. Then

she swims around the log once, twice, half a dozen times, ect.

Finally she feels she is ready to swim to shore.

This story has helped my realize I'm not a bad girl as I keep needing

to return to the log (food) right now. It's all part of the process.

If I would not expect the girl to let go of the log and " just " trust

she can make it........why would I expect me too. But I was. I was

getting made at myself and considering myself a failure every time I

returned to the log. What an amazing journey this is.

[Guest guest]

Thanks for sharing that book with us. I am adding it to the Book List

here along with part of your post as a review to let others know what

its about and why you like it.

Katcha

IEing since March 2007

>

> I'm reading a book called " Eating in the light of the Moon " . It's a

> book full of fables that the writer has related to eating or what she

> calls disordered eating. The stories are really helping me on my IE

> journey.

>

> One story is about a girl that falls into a river (life) and the

> river is rushing and tossing and turning, thus she feels like she is

> going to drown so she grabs a hold of a log (food) and the log keeps

> her safe as she travels down this crazy out of control river.

> Eventually she comes to a place where the river is calm and she can

> see the shore and she want to let go of the log but what if she can't

> make it to the shore. She tries to make it to the shore carrying the

> log but that doesn't work. People keep yelling at her to " just " let

> go of the log. It's kind of crazy that the very thing that saved her

> life is now getting in the way of her getting where she want to go.

>

> Letting go of it all at once is to much, she does not trust she will

> be able to make it to the shore. But she is willing to let go for a

> few minutes and float right next to the log, then if she needs the

> log it will still be there. Next she move a little farther away and

> practices treading water, knowing she can get back to the log. Then

> she swims around the log once, twice, half a dozen times, ect.

> Finally she feels she is ready to swim to shore.

>

> This story has helped my realize I'm not a bad girl as I keep needing

> to return to the log (food) right now. It's all part of the process.

> If I would not expect the girl to let go of the log and " just " trust

> she can make it........why would I expect me too. But I was. I was

> getting made at myself and considering myself a failure every time I

> returned to the log. What an amazing journey this is.

>

[Guest guest]

I love that analogy!! It is so true for me. I'm definitely putting

this book on my must read list. Today my book Breaking Free From

Emotional Eating finally came in so I am excited to read it.

Thanks for sharing,

J.

>

> I'm reading a book called " Eating in the light of the Moon " . It's

a

> book full of fables that the writer has related to eating or what

she

> calls disordered eating. The stories are really helping me on my IE

> journey.

>

> One story is about a girl that falls into a river (life) and the

> river is rushing and tossing and turning, thus she feels like she

is

> going to drown so she grabs a hold of a log (food) and the log

keeps

> her safe as she travels down this crazy out of control river.

> Eventually she comes to a place where the river is calm and she can

> see the shore and she want to let go of the log but what if she

can't

> make it to the shore. She tries to make it to the shore carrying

the

> log but that doesn't work. People keep yelling at her to " just " let

> go of the log. It's kind of crazy that the very thing that saved

her

> life is now getting in the way of her getting where she want to go.

>

> Letting go of it all at once is to much, she does not trust she

will

> be able to make it to the shore. But she is willing to let go for a

> few minutes and float right next to the log, then if she needs the

> log it will still be there. Next she move a little farther away and

> practices treading water, knowing she can get back to the log. Then

> she swims around the log once, twice, half a dozen times, ect.

> Finally she feels she is ready to swim to shore.

>

> This story has helped my realize I'm not a bad girl as I keep

needing

> to return to the log (food) right now. It's all part of the

process.

> If I would not expect the girl to let go of the log and " just "

trust

> she can make it........why would I expect me too. But I was. I was

> getting made at myself and considering myself a failure every time

I

> returned to the log. What an amazing journey this is.

>

[Guest guest]

What a powerful story! Just reading the synopsis here and your

comments on it help me realize that even though I am overeating at

times, even knowingly doing so, I shouldn't be too hard on myself. I

can't expect myself to just " do " this right after reading the IE book

and deciding that this is how I want to live. I've gained a little

weight and this morning I was so upset by that I briefly thought,

maybe I should do Craig for a few weeks and just get rid of

this fat and go back to IE, but I'm not sure now that that is the

right answer.

Thanks for the story.

>

> I'm reading a book called " Eating in the light of the Moon " . It's

a

> book full of fables that the writer has related to eating or what

she

> calls disordered eating. The stories are really helping me on my IE

> journey.

>

> One story is about a girl that falls into a river (life) and the

> river is rushing and tossing and turning, thus she feels like she

is

> going to drown so she grabs a hold of a log (food) and the log

keeps

> her safe as she travels down this crazy out of control river.

> Eventually she comes to a place where the river is calm and she can

> see the shore and she want to let go of the log but what if she

can't

> make it to the shore. She tries to make it to the shore carrying

the

> log but that doesn't work. People keep yelling at her to " just " let

> go of the log. It's kind of crazy that the very thing that saved

her

> life is now getting in the way of her getting where she want to go.

>

> Letting go of it all at once is to much, she does not trust she

will

> be able to make it to the shore. But she is willing to let go for a

> few minutes and float right next to the log, then if she needs the

> log it will still be there. Next she move a little farther away and

> practices treading water, knowing she can get back to the log. Then

> she swims around the log once, twice, half a dozen times, ect.

> Finally she feels she is ready to swim to shore.

>

> This story has helped my realize I'm not a bad girl as I keep

needing

> to return to the log (food) right now. It's all part of the

process.

> If I would not expect the girl to let go of the log and " just "

trust

> she can make it........why would I expect me too. But I was. I was

> getting made at myself and considering myself a failure every time

I

> returned to the log. What an amazing journey this is.

>