RE: An observation from a newbie

[Guest guest]

Hi Leena,

Welcome to the group! I love your

observation. It will save you money on magazines, that’s for sure! I got

rid of all of my subscriptions, truth is they just recycle articles anyway and

it’s the same old boring stuff. And one article will contradict another

in the same issue!

You’ll probably find that you can’t

be around diet talk either. You’ll be amazed how much time is spent

talking about food, diet, body image, exercise, etc., it crazy. I have had to

tell my family that I no longer want to discuss diet or anything diet related

any more. They think I’m weird, but I’m also an IE coach and they

totally don’t get what I do. All I can do is laugh and hope someday they

will come around. But it’s highly unlikely.

Thanks!

Gillian

Gillian

Hood-son, MS, ACSM

Healthier Outcomes

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Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2008

4:03 PM

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An observation from a newbie

Hi all,

I'm Leena and I decided to become an intuitive eater after my second

child which I just had 5 weeks ago! Anyway, I bought the book

Intuitive Eating about 3 years ago, read a couple of chapters, skimmed

pages and then never picked it up again until two weeks ago.

I finally read the entire book and I swear it totally clicked with

me. So the past couple of days I've made two trips to the grocery

store and usually I like to browse the magazine section to see if

there is something that I can entertain myself with. Most of the time

I go for magazines such as, Self, Women's Health, Shape because after

all if I wasn't being " healthy and active " I can read about it and at

feel like I'm " healthy and active " right?

Anyway, I observed my reaction to these magazines that was much

different than before. I used to look to these magazines for help, for

some type of quick fix to my weight issues and I used to look to these

magazines for motivation.

After finishing Intuitive Eating, all these magazines with their " lose

weight fast!!! " headlines seemed extremely ridiculous. A waste of time

and money now.

Anyone else feel that way now about these magazines and such?

I'd love to here your thoughts!

Thanks

[Guest guest]

Hey Leena! I actually flipped through the book six years ago and have picked it up for the second time also. I've only been eating intuitively for five days now, but I am taking it much more seriously than I did the first time around. Really working at it! I had the same experience with fitness and health magazines. I'd carry one with me everywhere to remind me of my goals (which were unattainable). If I felt like binging I would pull the magazine out to inspire me not to binge. Here and there it worked, but mostly it made me feel deprived and anxious. I really thought that if I gained as much knowledge as I could from these magazines then I'd become a healthy and fit person!!! I pass the magazine aisle all together now. It's a bunch of garbage. Good luck on your second time around.

DawnR (IE for 5 whole days! Yippie!)

An observation from a newbie

Hi all,I'm Leena and I decided to become an intuitive eater after my secondchild which I just had 5 weeks ago! Anyway, I bought the bookIntuitive Eating about 3 years ago, read a couple of chapters, skimmedpages and then never picked it up again until two weeks ago.I finally read the entire book and I swear it totally clicked withme. So the past couple of days I've made two trips to the grocerystore and usually I like to browse the magazine section to see ifthere is something that I can entertain myself with. Most of the timeI go for magazines such as, Self, Women's Health, Shape because afterall if I wasn't being "healthy and active" I can read about it and atfeel like I'm "healthy and active" right?Anyway, I observed my reaction to these magazines that was muchdifferent than before. I used to look to these magazines for help, forsome type of quick fix to my weight issues and I used

to look to thesemagazines for motivation. After finishing Intuitive Eating, all these magazines with their "loseweight fast!!!" headlines seemed extremely ridiculous. A waste of timeand money now. Anyone else feel that way now about these magazines and such?I'd love to here your thoughts!Thanks