RE: hey-newbie :)

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Welcome and congratulations for making a

commitment to yourself! I can only imagine how difficult it must be to go this

path with all the messages about dieting directed at your age group.

Do the best you can to not worry about

wanting to eat all the time. It’s normal when you legalize all foods. It

does settle down as soon as your body and your subconscious start to trust that

dieting and restriction are not just around the corner. When you want to eat,

ask yourself if you are hungry. You may not have an answer and that’s ok.

But keep asking. And if the answer is no, remember that eating or not eating is

a choice. You can decide to eat or not and when you make a decision, there is

no need to feel guilty.

As for how long it took me, I had a long

journey, much longer than the people I coach and others I have talked to. I

started my career in the fitness industry so I put tons of pressure on myself

to look a certain way. Getting past that took a lot of time. I am also stubborn

and determined to do things my way. When I really started applying the

principles and letting go of control, it didn’t take long. However, I and

all of us are on a journey so it doesn’t end. But it just gets easier and

easier and more natural.

Thanks!

Gillian

Gillian

Hood-son, MS, ACSM

Healthier Outcomes

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From:

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[mailto:IntuitiveEating_Support ] On Behalf Of christina.depalma

Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2008

7:46 AM

To:

IntuitiveEating_Support

Subject:

hey-newbie

Hey everyone, I'm a college Junior whos just getting

started truly

Intuitive Eating. It all started my freshman year, when I left home

for the first time and become SEVERELY depressed and had a lot of

anxiety. I didn't recognize the symptoms (my whole body went numb, I

had rashes on my neck, not being able to sleep) but I began to lose

weight-quickly. It was odd to me, I'm 5'4 " and had always been about

125 without trying. I had an extremely healthy relationship with

food, although my older sister has a long history of eating disorders

including anorexia and bulimia and all that stuff. I saw what she

went through and vowed to never let food control me like that. And it

didn't.

By the end of my first year I was down to about 105. (!?! crazy I

know) It was insane-I couldn't keep weight on no matter what I did.

Eventually I was put on antidepressants and started seeing and

therapist and got through my depression. The main thing that

concerned me then was the fact that although I had gained some weight

back, I was still only 110 at 5'4 " -and I knew that wasn't how I was

supposed to be. So I got nervous all over again and tried to gain

weight to get back to 125. WELL... gain I did. And then some. By the

summer after my sophmore year my high was about 140.

So here I am now, trying to get back down to 125 (i'm about 129 now)

and am meeting some roadblocks. I've read Intuitive Eating and know

that thats exactly how I used to be!!! It's so frustrating,

especially because I'm trying so hard to lose weight in a healthy

way, when all I wind up doing is bingeing anyway because I'm

depriving myself.

So todays my second day of giving up on the food fight haha. Except I

find myself wanting to eat ALL THE TIME and am finding it sort of

alarming. Do any of you have advice on how to stay with it? I'm just

scared I'll wind up getting back up to 140 and having to start all

over again. How long did it take you guys to become Intuitive Eaters?