Re: Principle 10 - Honor Your Health--Gentle Nutrition

[Guest guest]

I feel it's too early for that " gentle nutrition " . I read the chapter

but I feel that I'm not able to practice " gentle nutrition " right now.

I still have " good " and " bad " foods. I think that refined foods

" shouldn't be eaten " because they're not nutritious and are just " empty

calories " and make me fatter.

I obviously still think that I don't have the right to eat anything

" fattening " . Only thin people are allowed to do that.

No, it's not the time for " gentle nutrition " right now.

Regards

s.

[Guest guest]

I've been trying to eat intuitively even longer than you have, Arnie,

but I feel the same way - I'm still not yet at a place where I can put

all the ideas in this chapter to work. As soon as I saw the authors'

Nutritional Countdown table and the Peace Symbol plate dividing

technique, I think my jaw started clenching. I guess it's a throwback

to my dieting/disordered eating days, where as soon as I would try to

push myself in the direction of more nutritious eating, my Diet Rebel

would get all fired up and try to pull me in precisely the opposite

direction. At the moment, I still kind of have to wait until my

instincts and appetite clearly say " enough stodge - I feel like

something light and fresh such as salad or fruit " , rather than

initiating that change in direction myself because I *should*.

My favourite part of this chapter was the second-last section, " How to

Keep the Pleasure in Healthy Eating " . I do want to head towards gentle

nutrition, but really have to be careful to ensure that I *truly* enjoy

those healthier foods I'm preparing, rather than just eating them

because they're edible and I feel I should. As summer approaches, that

ought to become easier, because I quite like salad and raw veggies, and

of course summer fruits. (Tackling the vegie issue in winter was quite

problematic; I developed some vegie soups that I quite liked, but I

just had to try and avoid making myself thoroughly sick and tired of

them.)

Cheers

Sig

> 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. .....

> 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.

>

[Guest guest]

I feel it's too early for that " gentle nutrition " . I read the chapter

but I feel that I'm not able to practice " gentle nutrition " right now.

I obviously still think that I don't have the right to eat anything

" fattening " . Only thin people are allowed to do that

I still have " good " and " bad " foods. I think that refined foods

" shouldn't be eaten " because they're not nutritious and are

just " empty

calories " and make me fatter.

styxia,

Here is a link to an article that did a 180 on my thinking where

saturated fats are concerned. Thought you might find it interesting???

http://www.preventionisbest.com/site/saturatedfat.html

Sorry wasn't able to find a pro one for " refined " foods. LOL

[Guest guest]

When I thought about it, all of my grandparents ate 'fatty' foods -

eggs for breakfast, butter on toast, sausages etc. They all lived to

around 90 years of age too. Yet my mom who ate the 'diet' way off and

on (as we all are familiar with) died in her mid 50's from cancer. And

my dad, who's nutrition was way out of wack died in his early 70's

also from cancer. I seriously think that most of our current eating

choices are so very out of sync with what our bodies need that we

stress and cause ourselves illness instead.

Thanks for the link to the article on saturated fats, its good to see

more sanity in nutrition being found.

Katcha

IEing since March 2007

>

> I feel it's too early for that " gentle nutrition " . I read the chapter

> but I feel that I'm not able to practice " gentle nutrition " right now.

>

> I obviously still think that I don't have the right to eat anything

> " fattening " . Only thin people are allowed to do that

>

> I still have " good " and " bad " foods. I think that refined foods

> " shouldn't be eaten " because they're not nutritious and are

> just " empty

> calories " and make me fatter.

>

> styxia,

>

> Here is a link to an article that did a 180 on my thinking where

> saturated fats are concerned. Thought you might find it interesting???

>

> http://www.preventionisbest.com/site/saturatedfat.html

>

> Sorry wasn't able to find a pro one for " refined " foods. LOL

>