Another newcomer!

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Hi fellow IEs! I just started (1 week ago) reading about Intuitive

Eating and look forward to changing my relationship with food. I've

been on a deprive/binge eating plan since I was about 15 years old,

and now as I just celebrated my 40th birthday, I'm looking to have a

healthier relationship with the food I eat. I've always managed a

middle ground with my weight and exercise, but not necessarily a

healthy ground. I am one of those who viewed my eating as having

good days and bad days. If I started off bad, I gave myself the

green light to be very bad, gorging myself sick with food. If I

started off good, I gave myself the red light on any indulgences. As

I read through the book, I can totally understand the cycle I've been

on most of my life. And now, as I make peace with food, my body and

learn to honor my hunger, I'm trying to get on a different path in

life. So far, I've given myself permission to eat, but I have to

say that I've been thinking so much about this new way of eating, I

also find that I might be a little to obsessed with it, which takes

me back to my dieting mentality. It's hard to surrender food issues

when your thinking so much about hunger and food. I know the

beginning of IE must be the most challenging, so I appreciate any

initial suggestions or advice to stay on this journey, making my

relationship with food a healthy one.