Loving the group...needing advice!

October 15, 2008

Hi all. I am new to the group, and I'm currently working my way

through the IE book. It is really hitting home for me. I think I

managed to be a pretty intuitive eater up until I got my first job

and started bingeing at night to cope with the stress. Thus began

my foray into dieting off and on. I'm at a healthy weight/BMI for

my height, thanks to exercise and well...dieting. But I had an

epiphany not too long ago. All of that time that I was an intuitive

eater and not worried one bit about food, I was a size 8. Just

fine, right? Well, when I began stress-eating, I got up to a 14.

So after losing that weight (down to a 6), via Weight Watchers, of

course all kinds of people came out of the woodwork saying, " Oh you

look so great! " However, it occured to me the other day that

maintaining that 6 just didn't feel natural! And while people said

I looked great, I thought I looked great as an 8. That's about the

same time that I stumbled onto an article in my Health magazine

about IE. It made so much sense. Plus, I have twin 3 year-old

girls who we had deemed " picky, " when they're really just

intuitive! I was deemed " picky " as a child/teenager as well,

because I almost never cleaned my plate and tended to graze rather

than eat big meals. I was intuitive and it was serving me well!

So there's a long-winded explanation of why I'm here!

On to why I need advice... I mentioned those twins earlier. Well, I

do a dandy job of eating intuitively throughout the day, but I

really lose sight of it after I've come home. And I can pretty much

tie the zombie eating/mindless eating/stuffing in random handfuls to

when they're getting especially whiny or screamy with each other.

I'd love to hear any other moms of young children (or anyone else!)

chime in on strategies they've found useful for nipping this. I've

been trying to really stop and think and ask myself if I'm hungry,

and I do recognize that this is WHY...and I know that's big step,

but I would love any input or insights that you may have. =)

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