Re: Re: Yes, I do still exist...Missing Something...

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I gained a lot of weight when I started intuitive eating and thought I was doing something wrong. I had been dieting for so long I ate and ate and ate just because I could. I gained ~50 pounds in the first year or so (I was around 205 when I started in September 2006 and in January 2008 I was around 250). The urge to eat does go away though. And it really helps to stop weighing youself. Focus on how you feel...how your stomach feels after eating, how you feel in your clothes, etc. I have maintained my weight for about a year now. And I don't know that becuase of the scale. I know because I am wearing the same clothes and for the last several months they have been feeling looser.

I have also learned to accept that I am a bigger person. I always have been and I may always be. It's not the end of the world. The lowest weight I ever remember being was 190 lbs and that was after starving myself on WW for 3 years. I'd rather be a happy 250 pound woman than a starving, food obsessed 190 pound woman.

Keep at it ...I was doubtful at the start and thought I was doing somethign wrong too!

Kipkabob

(Intuitive eating since September 2006)

Subject: Re: Yes, I do still exist...Missing Something...To: IntuitiveEating_Support Received: Thursday, October 9, 2008, 3:30 AM

I think this is excellent advice, Latoya. I have found the same thing to be true. I have to eat my sweets right after a balanced meal, otherwise I am like a bottomless pit where sweets are concerned. Well, maybe not bottomless, but it takes a LOT of candy to fill me up and take the place of a meal. And then, as you said, that wreaks havoc with my bloodsugar and I feel like I need MORE candy an hour or two later. >> ,> > It may not be possible for you to feel satisfied or full with sweets.> I usually can't. For example, I just had an "episode" tonight where I> over ate on ice cream. I've been craving ice cream for the past few> days and picked up two pints of

different ice cream that appealed to> me on the way home. I decided to take a couple of scoops ice cream> from each container... ate them...didn' t feel satisfied or> full...preceded to take a few more scoops from each container... then a> few more scoops. I didn't finish both containers, but there's not much> left. I had to stop myself because I recognized that I wasn't getting> satisfied or full. (In writing this, I just realized that consciously> making getting satisfied/full the goal may help center me more.) > > The ice cream intake, put me on the prowl...I started looking through> my cupboards for something to eat to help me feel better. I decided> to eat something more substantial and ate some cheese and crackers, a> handful of chips, and small plate of mexican rice and chicken and> vegetables and the urge to continue to eat finally

subsided. Looking> back now, going for a walk may have also helped my body get back to a> state of balance. The nice thing is that I was monitoring my fullness> as I continued to eat. As the more substantial food got into my> stomach I could recognize my fullness. > > I've recognized this issue with not getting full from ice cream> before...yet I seemed to have some wishful thinking that maybe my body> would have a different response...NO, it didn't. Ice cream at the> beginning of a meal throws me completely out of wack...I'm taking in> energy and yet my body doesn't seem to recognize it. I believe that> it's similar with most sweets...they need to be balanced with other> foods. I need to have filling foods and have ice cream at the end of a> meal...if I want it, while honoring my fullness as best as possible.> For me, I've found that sweets

also typically make me more> sluggish...they give me a nice drugged/ecstatic feeling in the> beginning then my energy level drops...probably reflecting the roller> coaster ride that my blood sugar is on. How does sugar affect you? Are> you really tasting the sweets when you're eating them? When I have too> many sweets my body gives me a yucky feeling and the thought of sweets> is revolting to me. > > If you've been "eating massive amounts of sweets", you may go through/> be experiencing sugar withdrawal effects that compel you to take in> more sugar to feel better. What's going on in your life that compels> you to make your life "sweeter"? Are you moving regularly?, Do you> meditate? Can you sit with your feelings and body states?...What are> ways that you care for and nurture yourself? This part is extremely> important because getting

through the ups and downs of emotions and> other inner physiological states without using food is near> impossible, if you don't cultivate ways to take care of yourself. > > Best,> Latoya:) >

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Thanks Katcha! Somedays I dont' really feel like a success but I guess maybe I am!

Kipkabob

(Intuitive eating since September 2006)

Subject: Re: Yes, I do still exist...Missing Something...To: IntuitiveEating_Support Received: Thursday, October 9, 2008, 10:46 AM

Kip, that is not only a marvelous 'success story', but a lovelyinspiration for us all too. IE is a process and one pretty much has togo thru it to get it. Congrats on your journey and a big thanks forsharing it with us too :)ehugs, KatchaIEing since March 2007>> > ,> I gained a lot of weight when I started intuitive eating and thoughtI was doing something wrong. I had been dieting for so long I ate andate and ate just because I could. I gained ~50 pounds in the firstyear or so (I was around 205 when I started in September 2006 and inJanuary 2008 I was around 250). The urge to eat does go away though. And it really helps to stop weighing youself. Focus on how

youfeel...how your stomach feels after eating, how you feel in yourclothes, etc. I have maintained my weight for about a year now. AndI don't know that becuase of the scale. I know because I am wearingthe same clothes and for the last several months they have beenfeeling looser. > > I have also learned to accept that I am a bigger person. I alwayshave been and I may always be. It's not the end of the world. Thelowest weight I ever remember being was 190 lbs and that was afterstarving myself on WW for 3 years. I'd rather be a happy 250 poundwoman than a starving, food obsessed 190 pound woman. > > Keep at it ...I was doubtful at the start and thought I wasdoing somethign wrong too!> > Kipkabob> (Intuitive eating since September 2006)>

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