Re: Oprah and weight gain / publicising IE

[Guest guest]

So right Sig,

The people who are seeking a freer/saner life will find IE. I don't

care if " IE " persay gets more attention...as long as the principles

themselves find their way into more mainstream programs, which I think

is happening to some point. Examples, Weight watchers " no-diet "

campaign and I'm seeing more articles on conscious eating and dealing

with emotions without using food. Although, Weight watchers is

saying " diets don't work " , I'm sure most people are still thinking of

it as a " diet. " The conscious eating articles even still have a

diety/food police feel to them. Though maybe...just maybe the act of

saying " diets don't work " and starting to think more about conscious

eating may lead more people to finding out what does work for them.

I still have a big peeve about this whole you " must eat breakfast "

thing/three meals a day/don't eat after 8. It's taken me a while of

practicing IE to really feel that eating when I'm hungry is normal

because I had to work through my old paradigm pattern of eating by the

clock. I go to sleep at night, I wake up in the morning, I must eat.

It's noon, it's lunch time I must eat, It's 6 p.m. it's dinner time, I

must eat because I shouldn't eat after 8. Argh! We are not automatons.

I was watching Oprah some weeks ago and she had Dr. Oz on with this

other dude, who wrote a book about " Blue Zones " areas of the world

where people live the longest. Once again, the " Blue Zone " author

stressed the importance of eating breakfast. I break the " fast "

optimally when my body gives me the signal to do so in the morning,

which happens at different times and sometimes happens at noon. So,

oops I didn't eat " breakfast. " It's so arbitrary, this

whole " breakfast " thing. Eat when you get hungry makes more sense to

me. Though, I don't think an entire diet industry could have been

sustained by common body sense.

Latoya

> But, you know, results speak for themselves. People who are seeking

> to be freer and happier and no longer obsessed with food will find

> their way to IE, and take the time to achieve results. Those

seeking

> a quick weight loss fix will move on if they don't achieve what they

> want, so I guess they're not ready for IE. That's why I don't care

> for emphasising or focussing on weight loss when introducing people

> to the concept of IE; that's misleading - it's more than that.

[Guest guest]

Hi everyone:

I joined the group weeks ago. I agree with Latoyajw in her assessment that eating breakfast should not be mandatory. Why do I have to eat breakfast when I'm not hungry?

Whenver I forced myself to eat breakfast, I tend to eat excessively. The premise is to eat whenever someone is hungry. Period.

Thanks.

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[Guest guest]

Im with you on the breakfast thing. I rarely eat it and when I try to

force myself to because its so " healthy and supposedly necessary " I eat

like a crazy woman all day. I do much better to just listen to my

tummy. I ususally start getting hunger pains around 11am or so, but

somedays not until afternoon.

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> I joined the group weeks ago. I agree with Latoyajw in her assessment

that eating breakfast?should not be?mandatory. Why do I have to eat

breakfast when I'm not hungry??

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> Whenver I forced myself to eat breakfast, I tend to eat excessively.?

The premise is to eat whenever someone is hungry.? Period.

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