Re: posting again..long one to start.

[Guest guest]

Hi Ann and glad to see you posting again. IE is simple, but it isn't

easy that's for sure. And it seems like we are so programed to 'follow

the rules' (good old diet mentality training) that turning IE into a

'program' is not that uncommon for many at first. The good news is

that it doesn't take much of a re-visit to diet Hades, or even

thinking about it, to make the better choice of IE shine. It sounds

like you are in touch with what's going on with you, and picking up on

IE will happen again. Keep us posted and share what you want as you can.

ehugs, Katcha

IEing since March 2007

>

> I haven't posted in a while. But I'm gonna start posting again to

try to

> get intuitive eating back into the front of my brain...maybe then

I'll start

> actually EATING INTUITIVELY.

>

> Some things.

>

> 1. I eat because I'm lonely. I was doing great for most of this year

> because my husband was only working part time. So we were poor, but

he was

> always around to help me with the kids and keep my company. Now, he's

> working full time and going to school full time and suddenly I'm

eating all

> evening long! But at least I KNOW why I'm doing it. Now I just have to

> figure out something else to do when I'm lonely.

>

> 2. I also realized that sometimes I eat because I feel like I

either have

> to be eating or sleeping or working. Not that I am any kind of

workaholic.

> It's just that I give myself these guilt trips if things aren't

getting done

> or if I feel like I'm kicking back too much. So, if I'm eating, I

can't be

> working. Thus, I don't get a guilt trip from myself about not getting

> things done. I just get a guilt trip for eating when I'm not actually

> hungry. Not a very good swap.

>

> 3. I STILL catch myself telling myself that I " deserve " this food

or treat

> for some great thing I did, for getting through a hard day, or

whatever. I

> hate this. I'm don't know if this is true, but I sort of believe

that if we

> reward ourselves with food, we also tend to punish ourselves with it

(even

> unconsciously) and so I am fighting that big time. Of course I deserve

> food...just cause I'm a person and I must eat to survive.

>

> 4. Diet mentality is so EVIL. I haven't gotten caught up in it for

a LONG

> time, but I heard about this " flat belly diet " and then I happened

to see

> the book about it in a store. All I did was flip through it, read

the table

> of contents, browse a couple of pages and now suddenly I'm all

worried about

> my belly and if the things I'm eating are making it less flat than

it could

> be and maybe I should go back on south beach because I think I lost

belly

> fat on that and blah blah blah. I'm a bit self-conscious about my belly

> anyway, but I'm really irked at how strongly the whole diet book thing

> affected me after months of feeling diet mentality free. Like I

said, just

> flipped through the flipping book. Argh.

>

> That's all for now. I hope to post often for awhile...and hearing

from you

> all would help me, too.

> Thank you.

>

> Ann

>

[Guest guest]

Ann Darrington wrote:

> 2. I also realized that sometimes I eat because I feel like I either have

> to be eating or sleeping or working. Not that I am any kind of workaholic.

> It's just that I give myself these guilt trips if things aren't getting done

> or if I feel like I'm kicking back too much. So, if I'm eating, I can't be

> working. Thus, I don't get a guilt trip from myself about not getting

> things done. I just get a guilt trip for eating when I'm not actually

> hungry. Not a very good swap.

This sounds really familiar.

> 3. I STILL catch myself telling myself that I " deserve " this food or treat

> for some great thing I did, for getting through a hard day, or whatever.

I have that problem, too. Usually these are comparatively expensive

foods.

Regards

s.