Principle 10 - Honor Your Health--Gentle Nutrition

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Hi All,

This message is continuing with our weekly theme (sorry, it's been

two weeks since the last one) of a thread of messages focusing on one

of the ten principles outlined in the book Intuitive Eating by

Tribole and Resch. Please post and let us know what you think about

this week's topic. Perhaps you could quote a small section that meant

something special to you. If you haven't read the book for a while,

you might want to re-read this section. Something new might jump out

at you that you would like to share about. If you don't have the book

that's okay too, just post on the topic or other peoples comments

about the topic.

If you are new to the group and would like to read and post about a

previous week's theme, that's okay too. You can go directly to that

message and then scroll down to the bottom of the page to see many of

the posts in that thread.

Principle 1 - " Rejecting the Diet mentality " started with message #

16826.

Principle 2 – " Honor Your Hunger " started with message # 17023.

Principle 3 – " Make Peace with Food " started with message # 17267.

Principle 4 – " Challenge the Food Police " started with message #

17462.

Principle 5 – " Respect Your Fullness " started with message # 17630.

Principle 6 – " Discover the Satisfaction Factor " started with message

# 17830

Principle 7 – " Cope with Your Emotions Without Using Food " started

with message # 18003

Principle 8 – " Respect Your Body " started with message# 18106

Principle 9 – " Exercise—Feel the Difference " started with message #

18260

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I like that the authors place a lot of emphasis that this chapter is

not for people new to IE; that it is important to have a healthy

relationship with food first. I've only been IEing for about 2.5

months and I haven't worried much about this. Other than some binges

of sugar laden food I tend to find that I crave pretty healthy

stuff. Sometimes I might want some rather high fat food for a day or

two, but I don't worry about that. Who knows, maybe my body needs

some high fat stuff every now and then.

I remember a few years ago hearing about how bad the popcorn at movie

theatres is for us because of the type of fat used. For some reason

that stuck in my mind as something I should avoid. But what the heck,

I go to a movie once every three or four months, if I'm lucky. But

there is so much media noise about food that it's a miracle anyone

eats anymore…

I think that most of us ex-dieters are probably hyper-sensitive to

our nutritional needs. But just speaking for myself, I've learnt

quite a bit about nutrition in my dieting journey. I think I can use

some of that information in Intuitive Eating. But I really feel that

for the most part, since I've been Intuitive Eating my choices have

just naturally been pretty good. Things seem to even out over time.

Sometimes I want more meat, sometime I want more grains, but over

time I think things balance out.

So, I don't think I'm at a place yet where I should be putting a lot

of emphasis on this chapter yet. I still have some other things to

work out yet. But I'm okay with that. My IE journey has a

comfortable and natural feeling for me.

Arnie

IEing since Aug 08