Guest guest Posted October 17, 2008 Report Share Posted October 17, 2008 So, I've been on my IE journey for about 2 weeks and counting. When I first " legalized " all food, I found myself thinking about food A LOT, not sure if I was eating something because I was hungry or because I just could. I did, however, notice a difference in my desire for treats based on the fact that I could actually have anything I wanted. The need to binge had certainly diminished until last Sunday night. But here's the difference and my Aha! moment -- The whole time I was binging, I thought about it and asked myself why I was doing it. In the moment, I kept talking to myself and said, " Because I can and its legal, because I'm bored and because I want the control. " While I didn't necessarily stop, the following morning I woke up feeling like crap -- physically not emotionally. All I felt was a stomach ache, not the guilt, not the need to deprive myself the next few days, and not the need to beat myself up about it. I also gave myself a pat on the back for going 2 weeks, as opposed to once or twice a week. While I hope that someday, like many of you, I won't have the desire to binge the way I have been most of my life, I actually learned something from this last episode. And thanks to reading many of your posts, I was able to think intuitively and not emotionally. I hope to have many more Aha! moments throughout this journey and look back on this post as the first step to realizing a healthier relationship with food and with myself. IE since October 08 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 17, 2008 Report Share Posted October 17, 2008 Congrats ! That is great progress! Kipkabob (Intuitive eating since September 2006) Subject: First IE Aha! momentTo: IntuitiveEating_Support Received: Friday, October 17, 2008, 8:47 AM So, I've been on my IE journey for about 2 weeks and counting. When I first "legalized" all food, I found myself thinking about food A LOT, not sure if I was eating something because I was hungry or because I just could. I did, however, notice a difference in my desire for treats based on the fact that I could actually have anything I wanted. The need to binge had certainly diminished until last Sunday night. But here's the difference and my Aha! moment -- The whole time I was binging, I thought about it and asked myself why I was doing it. In the moment, I kept talking to myself and said, "Because I can and its legal, because I'm bored and because I want the control." While I didn't necessarily stop, the following morning I woke up feeling like crap -- physically not emotionally. All I felt was a stomach ache, not the guilt, not the need to deprive myself the next few days, and not the need to beat myself up about it. I also gave myself a pat on the back for going 2 weeks, as opposed to once or twice a week. While I hope that someday, like many of you, I won't have the desire to binge the way I have been most of my life, I actually learned something from this last episode. And thanks to reading many of your posts, I was able to think intuitively and not emotionally. I hope to have many more Aha! moments throughout this journey and look back on this post as the first step to realizing a healthier relationship with food and with myself. IE since October 08__________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 18, 2008 Report Share Posted October 18, 2008 That's how it happens ! Then you start to string more and more of those experiences together - way to go! > > So, I've been on my IE journey for about 2 weeks and counting. When > I first " legalized " all food, I found myself thinking about food A > LOT, not sure if I was eating something because I was hungry or > because I just could. I did, however, notice a difference in my > desire for treats based on the fact that I could actually have > anything I wanted. The need to binge had certainly diminished until > last Sunday night. But here's the difference and my Aha! moment -- > The whole time I was binging, I thought about it and asked myself why > I was doing it. In the moment, I kept talking to myself and > said, " Because I can and its legal, because I'm bored and because I > want the control. " While I didn't necessarily stop, the following > morning I woke up feeling like crap -- physically not emotionally. > All I felt was a stomach ache, not the guilt, not the need to deprive > myself the next few days, and not the need to beat myself up about > it. I also gave myself a pat on the back for going 2 weeks, as > opposed to once or twice a week. While I hope that someday, like > many of you, I won't have the desire to binge the way I have been > most of my life, I actually learned something from this last > episode. And thanks to reading many of your posts, I was able to > think intuitively and not emotionally. I hope to have many more Aha! > moments throughout this journey and look back on this post as the > first step to realizing a healthier relationship with food and with > myself. > > > IE since October 08 > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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