a five pound loss

[Guest guest]

Hi all,

Well, I got the worst cold three weeks ago, and had no appetite at all. I

didn't eat until I had to, and only enough to get me over the hunger pangs.

I lost about two pounds, but figured it would come back, well it didn't, and

after I got well I noticed I was eating that way still. I didn't

automatically eat a meal when I got up like most of the diet books say to

do. I waited as long as it took me to get hungry, and ate what I wanted

whether it was a big meal, or a tiny snack. I have not only kept off that

two pounds, but lost three more. My son is 11 months old, and I am two

pounds away from my pre-pregnancy weight; granted that was still about 20

pounds above my ideal weight, but it is a major thing for me since with my

other two babies I took years to get back down, and in the case before this

pregnancy didn't lose all of it from the second pregnancy so I was scared

going into my third with extra weight. Strangely enough the midwives didn't

say much about it, and always praised me on gaining the right amount of

weight. Maybe that went a long way to keeping me positive about the weight

loss after this third baby. I am still a little cautious since I have been

known to take off a few pounds, but put them right back on. I want this

weight off, but like I told my husband I don't want it off badly enough to

torture myself with restrictive diets. I try to eat a healthy diet, and I

love exercise, so that is going to have to be enough.

Alia

[Guest guest]

Hold that thought Alia and keep eating in response to hunger too.

That's as good and simple a way to do IE as you can manage. Hope to

hear more from you too.

Katcha

IEing since March 2007

>

>I want this

> weight off, but like I told my husband I don't want it off badly

enough to

> torture myself with restrictive diets. I try to eat a healthy diet,

and I

> love exercise, so that is going to have to be enough.

>

> Alia

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