New member

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Hi everyone,

I'm a new member to this group and about a month into my IE journey,

and wow has it been a month of highs and lows! I've read a lot and am

100% committed to this new way of eating/living. Before starting IE,

I had been on WW for 6 months and lost some weight, but realized I

didn't want to do it anymore. The funny thing, is that I joined WW

thinking it would help me get my " eating normal " after having been

quite a restrictive eater most of my life. Well of course it just

made me obsess more. Of course, being new to IE has also in a way

made me feel a bit obsessed again, albeit in a good way, and I just

hope that someday it will be so normal for me to live/eat this way I

won't even notice it.

I knew that I would probably, although I hoped I wouldn't, gain

weight. Well I

definitely have. I am no longer weighing myself, but I can tell my

clothes are getting tight. This scares me so much. I feel like I can

totally handle living my life and accepting and loving myself if I

didn't lose any weight, but I'm sad, very sad, that I've gained. I

know that's probably normal for a lot of people in this situation.

For those that this has happened to, how did you deal with this?

Thanks everyone for listening!

Myla

[Guest guest]

Hi !

We're so glad to have you join us! This group is very welcoming and all about acceptance of self, food choices, etc.

I just began the intuitive eating process in August, but am already learning so much about myself through it. It's not easy, but for me, this journey means so much. I truly desire to make peace with food, myself, and my body, and from what I understand, that's what IE is all about.

In terms of guidance, there are many members here with great wisdom to share. I would also recommend picking up a copy of "Intuitive Eating" by Tribole and Resch if you haven't read it already. Right now the group is talking about Principle 5-regarding fullness. Aside from that, let us know what you need. We're here to support one another.

Kari

Subject: New MemberTo: IntuitiveEating_Support Date: Thursday, September 11, 2008, 8:28 PM

In my welcome message, I have been asked to introduce myself. In fact, I am hesitant to say anything at all! After my first three messages on the Overcoming Overeating Yahoo Group, I was banned without so much as a warning! So were I to say what brought me here, I might be banned here as well. I'll try anyway.I found this site after researching some methods of eating from natural body hunger. I have been following the "eat whatever you want" plan for about 24 hours. I'm in the process of reading "Overcoming Overeating."My top weight was 293 pounds. I am a member of OA and have lost over 70 pounds, but I have grown tired of weighing all my food and eating even when I'm not hungry, or eating things I don't want at the time.I'm new to this journey, and I would appreciate any guidance I can get., DC