Re: Hello, New Member.

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Welcome Kate!

God Bless,

Dayna:)

To: IntuitiveEating_Support From: kaitlynmcnulty@...Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 01:39:18 +0000Subject: Hello, New Member.

Hi everyone,I'm a new member and wanted to take the time to introduce myself. I'm Kate, 21. Full time college student, work part time as anadministrative assistant in an office.I guess you could say I'm in diet-recovery, I was recently on WeightWatchers for quite some time, but I don't think I can say I've everhad a healthy relationship with food that I can recall. It's eitherbeen dieting or compulsive/emotional eating. I'm working on finding aplace of normalcy and healthy attitudes and behaviors around food, andI'm failing pretty miserably. I can't stop binging. I've become a lotmore aware of it now, but I still can't seem to stop the action. Blargh. It seems that I have been unknowingly using food to fill voids andbury feelings and now I am at a total loss as to what to do with myself.I guess this turned out to be a really depressing introduction, Iapologize, I'm feeling pretty terrible and defeated at the moment.Thanks.Looking forward to getting to know everyone and finding/offeringsupport. I promise to not always be such a rain-cloud. Proud to be a PC? Show the world. Download the “I’m a PC” Messenger themepack now. Download now.

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Welcoome Kate so glad to have you with us. Eva

Hi everyone,I'm a new member and wanted to take the time to introduce myself. I'm Kate, 21. Full time college student, work part time as anadministrative assistant in an office.I guess you could say I'm in diet-recovery, I was recently on WeightWatchers for quite some time, but I don't think I can say I've everhad a healthy relationship with food that I can recall. It's eitherbeen dieting or compulsive/emotional eating. I'm working on finding aplace of normalcy and healthy attitudes and behaviors around food, andI'm failing pretty miserably. I can't stop binging. I've become a lotmore aware of it now, but I still can't seem to stop the action. Blargh. It seems that I have been unknowingly using food to fill voids andbury feelings and now I am at a total loss as to what to do with myself.I guess this turned out to be a really depressing introduction, Iapologize, I'm feeling pretty terrible and defeated at the moment.Thanks.Looking forward to getting to know everyone and finding/offeringsupport. I promise to not always be such a rain-cloud. ------------------------------------

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Hi Kate-

You are so not alone in all that you said! I am so glad for the awareness that it's not about the program or "diet"....none of those things in and of themselves WORK. But it's the process of dealing with the "stuff" that matters (by stuff I mean the feelings, coping, unhealthy relationship with food, binges, etc.) Keeping seeking after something that will work. I am confident you will find it, but more than anything, i think the journey and process is life changing in and of itself!

Peace.

Subject: Hello, New Member.To: IntuitiveEating_Support Date: Tuesday, November 18, 2008, 8:39 PM

Hi everyone,I'm a new member and wanted to take the time to introduce myself. I'm Kate, 21. Full time college student, work part time as anadministrative assistant in an office.I guess you could say I'm in diet-recovery, I was recently on WeightWatchers for quite some time, but I don't think I can say I've everhad a healthy relationship with food that I can recall. It's eitherbeen dieting or compulsive/emotiona l eating. I'm working on finding aplace of normalcy and healthy attitudes and behaviors around food, andI'm failing pretty miserably. I can't stop binging. I've become a lotmore aware of it now, but I still can't seem to stop the action. Blargh. It seems that I have been unknowingly using food to fill voids andbury feelings and now I am at a total loss as to what to do with myself.I guess this turned out to be a really depressing introduction, Iapologize, I'm feeling pretty

terrible and defeated at the moment.Thanks.Looking forward to getting to know everyone and finding/offeringsupport. I promise to not always be such a rain-cloud.

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Hi, Kate! I agree on not ever really having had a healthy relationship

with food. When you think about it, many of us have had our food

manipulated literally since our first week of life, when our moms

followed the suggestions to " fill up the baby with an extra bottle

before bed time so she'll sleep longer " or " make her go half an hour

hungry so she'll eat more at a feeding... " Etc.

I'm pretty new too...but I love IE. You will too.

Hugs and welcome,

Mel

>

> Hi everyone,

>

> I'm a new member and wanted to take the time to introduce myself.

> I'm Kate, 21. Full time college student, work part time as an

> administrative assistant in an office.

> I guess you could say I'm in diet-recovery, I was recently on Weight

> Watchers for quite some time, but I don't think I can say I've ever

> had a healthy relationship with food that I can recall. It's either

> been dieting or compulsive/emotional eating. I'm working on finding a

> place of normalcy and healthy attitudes and behaviors around food, and

> I'm failing pretty miserably. I can't stop binging. I've become a lot

> more aware of it now, but I still can't seem to stop the action.

> Blargh.

> It seems that I have been unknowingly using food to fill voids and

> bury feelings and now I am at a total loss as to what to do with myself.

> I guess this turned out to be a really depressing introduction, I

> apologize, I'm feeling pretty terrible and defeated at the moment.

>

> Thanks.

> Looking forward to getting to know everyone and finding/offering

> support. I promise to not always be such a rain-cloud.

>