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Thanks, Sandy. You, too, hang in there. I'm glad things calmed down. Interesting that you take 2 ibuprofen before you walk. I wanted to swim today and I put on my bathing suit under my clothes, hoping I'd pop in the pool when I came home this afternoon, but I was tired and in pain so I just came upstairs. I did OK with food, I did not binge. My problem is that now, in order for me to lose weight, I have to eat very little. :-( But I'm not going to fret too much over it, I'll just keep going by trying to eat normally, using intuitive eating as much as possible. Meantime, I'm feeling much better, I'm not gorging and so that's a wonderful change.How was your eating today? TaiTo: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Tuesday, June 7, 2011 9:03 PMSubject: Re: Re: honoring healthy boundaries/ obeying the internal intelligence

Hi Tai, By the end of the day things had calmed down and I was ok with everything. I was actually lucky last Dec. when the water pump went out on my car but I was only a couple of blocks from home, about 9 pm in freezing weather here in Florida, but no traffic. I also was able to walk home which I couldn't have done last year(walk that is). I also now have a cell phone. My son was visiting and helped me push the car to my house and I called tow company in the morning. I would have been hysterical too in traffic. I am sorry your feet hurt so bad. That must be very limiting. I have a lot of pain in one hip so I take 2 Ibuprofen before I go for a walk. I watched utube funny animals and babies. I will check out the Purina site. I am having a little difficulty watching dog videos because we just had to put my dog down. But it was well past time for her. I like Ellen

DeGeneres and others. Hang in there. Sandy

Hi, Sandy. That sounds like a day full of trouble. I, too, just had a transmission problem, and the car just conked out in the middle of traffic. I was hysterical and called my husband very, very upset, sitting there in a stalled car with cars rushing at me. I'm still devoted to my eating, though, and although I am sure I have not lost much weight these days I am still forging ahead with IE. One of the reasons I'm doing it is that it's not painful. What is painful is the slow loss because of my age and because I'm not exercising much. And sometimes when I want to exercise my feet hurt so bad that all I want to do is go upstairs to my apartment and sit on the recliner and watch TV (as I'm doing now). It sounds like you're doing well, so we will keep trying, right? As far as funny things online, I do

enjoy watching funny

animal videos, I think Purina runs a series of funny animal videos. They actually make me laugh. Just before I was watching a show by Fisher, she is hysterical, but I had to stop because at a certain point in her one-woman funny show she became too raw for me. But she is very, very funny, if you like that type of humor. Let me know what type of shows you like to watch. Tai

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Thanks. That sounds like a good idea. Dealing with a lot of frustration and disruption today. Took my car in today because it was leaking oil again, after very expensive job in Jan. I was told it would take about an hour and ended up being there 3 until my friend came and took me to his place to wait, another hour. I also had an alignment, tires rotated and balanced while I was there. They resealed everything done last time for no charge. Any way I was there 4 hours. Yipes. Then I had to get home and call a plumber because my toilet has been slowly leaking from around the seal I think and the new floor is wet underneath the tiles. Tomorrow I have to have some lab work redone after being off one of my meds for a week(liver function was high), and then out to lunch with the ladies here. Thursday I go out with my friend for lunch and the day and usually eat at 's around 5. Friday is

free! Yippee. Sometimes I get too busy for my liking. Anyway I have extra challenges this week regarding IE. I think something has changed for me though, for the better. I can't quite put my finger on it but things just seem different, like my attitude. And I am beginning to incorporate exercise, fun stuff into my routine. Swimming in the pool. The ocean has too many jellyfish and rip currents. Bike rides, walking around the lake to enjoy nature, dance/exercise DVD from Netflix And we have a group here now that has just started playing Wii bowling(and other sports). So things seem to be changing. I'm going to go find something funny online. I need to laugh more. Sandy

Hi. When I am hungry and want something to eat, sometimes I first imagine what I really want. I stay and think about that for a while and then make my decisions from there. It helps. Before I would just grab for anything, pizza, candy, whatever. But now I think about what I really want. It could be a tuna fish sandwich. I go from there. Tai

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Thanks, Sandy. You, too, hang in there. I'm glad things calmed down. Interesting that you take 2 ibuprofen before you walk. I wanted to swim today and I put on my bathing suit under my clothes, hoping I'd pop in the pool when I came home this afternoon, but I was tired and in pain so I just came upstairs. I did OK with food, I did not binge. My problem is that now, in order for me to lose weight, I have to eat very little. :-( But I'm not going to fret too much over it, I'll just keep going by trying to eat normally, using intuitive eating as much as possible. Meantime, I'm feeling much better, I'm not gorging and so that's a wonderful change.How was your eating today? TaiTo: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Tuesday, June 7, 2011 9:03 PMSubject: Re: Re: honoring healthy boundaries/ obeying the internal intelligence

Hi Tai, By the end of the day things had calmed down and I was ok with everything. I was actually lucky last Dec. when the water pump went out on my car but I was only a couple of blocks from home, about 9 pm in freezing weather here in Florida, but no traffic. I also was able to walk home which I couldn't have done last year(walk that is). I also now have a cell phone. My son was visiting and helped me push the car to my house and I called tow company in the morning. I would have been hysterical too in traffic. I am sorry your feet hurt so bad. That must be very limiting. I have a lot of pain in one hip so I take 2 Ibuprofen before I go for a walk. I watched utube funny animals and babies. I will check out the Purina site. I am having a little difficulty watching dog videos because we just had to put my dog down. But it was well past time for her. I like Ellen

DeGeneres and others. Hang in there. Sandy

Hi, Sandy. That sounds like a day full of trouble. I, too, just had a transmission problem, and the car just conked out in the middle of traffic. I was hysterical and called my husband very, very upset, sitting there in a stalled car with cars rushing at me. I'm still devoted to my eating, though, and although I am sure I have not lost much weight these days I am still forging ahead with IE. One of the reasons I'm doing it is that it's not painful. What is painful is the slow loss because of my age and because I'm not exercising much. And sometimes when I want to exercise my feet hurt so bad that all I want to do is go upstairs to my apartment and sit on the recliner and watch TV (as I'm doing now). It sounds like you're doing well, so we will keep trying, right? As far as funny things online, I do

enjoy watching funny

animal videos, I think Purina runs a series of funny animal videos. They actually make me laugh. Just before I was watching a show by Fisher, she is hysterical, but I had to stop because at a certain point in her one-woman funny show she became too raw for me. But she is very, very funny, if you like that type of humor. Let me know what type of shows you like to watch. Tai

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Sent: Tuesday, June 7, 2011 2:53 PMSubject: Re:

Re: honoring healthy boundaries/ obeying the internal intelligence

Thanks. That sounds like a good idea. Dealing with a lot of frustration and disruption today. Took my car in today because it was leaking oil again, after very expensive job in Jan. I was told it would take about an hour and ended up being there 3 until my friend came and took me to his place to wait, another hour. I also had an alignment, tires rotated and balanced while I was there. They resealed everything done last time for no charge. Any way I was there 4 hours. Yipes. Then I had to get home and call a plumber because my toilet has been slowly leaking from around the seal I think and the new floor is wet underneath the tiles. Tomorrow I have to have some lab work redone after being off one of my meds for a week(liver function was high), and then out to lunch with the ladies here. Thursday I go out with my friend for lunch and the day and usually eat at 's around 5. Friday is

free! Yippee. Sometimes I get too busy for my liking. Anyway I have extra challenges this week regarding IE. I think something has changed for me though, for the better. I can't quite put my finger on it but things just seem different, like my attitude. And I am beginning to incorporate exercise, fun stuff into my routine. Swimming in the pool. The ocean has too many jellyfish and rip currents. Bike rides, walking around the lake to enjoy nature, dance/exercise DVD from Netflix And we have a group here now that has just started playing Wii bowling(and other sports). So things seem to be changing. I'm going to go find something funny online. I need to laugh more. Sandy

Hi. When I am hungry and want something to eat, sometimes I first imagine what I really want. I stay and think about that for a while and then make my decisions from there. It helps. Before I would just grab for anything, pizza, candy, whatever. But now I think about what I really want. It could be a tuna fish sandwich. I go from there. Tai

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Good for you.. That chocolate really calls my name often but I am learning that may be related to low cortisol levels and my body saying something.  I notice for a lot of people writing in have a hard time when we are tired.  I used to think it was lack of will power but now I am more inclined to think it is my body saying something.  Maybe like I need a nap.  I did that today.  I had to get up quite early for me and had a very full day.  About 5:30pm I sat down in the chair and fell asleep for almost an hour.  It was what my body needed, not food.  When I woke up I wasn't even that hungry, but by the time I got something ready my hunger level was just right and not too hungry.  I try to notice foods that I once used to love that I no longer want.  Chips is one of them and donuts, pancakes and even cake.  And my craving for a chocolate bar comes and goes.  Right now I don't want them. I also try to focus on those foods I love and eat more of them: fresh vegetables like green beans, beets,  and squashes, salads, fresh fruits of all kinds, and fish especially Talapia and even shrimp. It's good I think to focus on those. Sandy

 

Hi, Sandy. I just had " dinner. " I forgot to wonder about how hungry I was. I'm going to try to be more mindful, but when I came home I was tired. Food seemed appropriate. It was not a great dinner, but good enough for me. I had leftovers, I finished my chicken salad and I had more chicken and rice. I stopped when I had enough. I kept thinking I need more veggies in this recipe, but I'm full now and tomorrow is another day, plus there's always fruit AND ice cream in the fridge if I need a snack or two. Nope ... not going to stress it too much. We'll see when I get on the scale maybe in a week how I'm doing.

As I was shopping today, I passed the chips and chocolate and thought, boy that chocolate looks yummy. But I don't want it now. I don't want it tonight. Maybe

another day. And I kept walking.Tai

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Good ideas.  I seem to need a protein with  a healthy carb.  Sandy

 

Hi, Sandy. 2-1/2 hours is about the norm for me when I begin to think of food again in a desirous way. Then I wait for my stomach to start. If I'm not ready for a meal, yes, I will have a small snack, like the tuna salad or maybe some fruit. Tai

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Glad to have you with us.  Sounds like you are doing a really good job.  I just finished eating a couple of hours ago and I feel hungry already.  That seems to be " normal " for me.  I get hungry every 2 hours.  Maybe I don't eat enough at a feeding or maybe I could chose better/healthier foods that sustain me longer.  If I eat a salad, which I love so it's not a diet thing, I'm hungry in about an hour. Gillian suggested adding fruit, protein, nuts.  That helps some.  Maybe I still associate salad with diet and hunger. I am not ready for having " danger " foods in the house, like candy bars, or cookies, cake, etc.  I am ok with those if I go out to eat and can take it or leave it.  But if I have it in the house I just keep eating and eating even though I am not hungry.  I can say I did that with hot fudge sundaes and just stopped liking them after 2 weeks.  I still eat too fast to know if

I am full sometimes. I made a big step forward this weekend though. My daughter and I had to put our dog down.  She was 18, deaf, blind, full of arthritis, had a disc problem and was doing ok but lately she had lost bladder and bowel control and most of her hair.  Then Saturday she threw up and was stumbling around.  The vet said he was pretty sure she had a brain tumor.  So it was really time to let her go.  But it has been very emotional and I have not turned to food but have just let myself feel my feelings and cry a lot.  It feels a lot better than eating and numbing.  Now if I can just do as well with my eating out of boredom or loneliness, that will be great. Hope I didn't bum any of you out by my story of my dog.  I have a lot of good memories of her too.  Sandy

 

Hi, I'm new here. I read the previous few posts and enjoyed them. I have learned by following certain concepts of IE and recognizing boundaries that if I want candy, I can have it. I'm realizing my fullness signals and right now I'm full. Maybe I ate a little too much for lunch, I'm not sure because I'm still working on my signals, but I do know I don't like being hungry after I eat. So now I'm full, maybe a little too full, I have to figure that out as time goes by. Although I was reading about candy, and realizing that I used to have a huge craving for certain types of candy, I no longer have that craving because I know I can have it, and right now I'm full. Does that make sense? I hope so. Anyway, I'm looking forward to enjoying my participation here. It took me a long time to get to this point,

though, so take

heart. Tai.

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Sent: Monday, June 6, 2011 1:55 PMSubject: Re: Re: honoring healthy boundaries/ obeying the internal intelligence

 

I don't think I could ever consider my life without sweets but I also think that sometimes when I want a sweet now I really crave a piece of fresh fruit instead of candy, etc.  But not often.  It sound like you have made amazing progress when you eat and are not hungry.   And you can even notice that is a big step and that you are able to identify the emotions and deal with that.  Part of what you said sounded maybe a little like " diet mentality " though.  That " should " word and that you are imaging few sweets in the future. I think too that the feeling of loss is understandable.  That's one of those feelings you might look at a little more.  These are just some suggestions and ideas that are floating around in my head.  Take what fits for you and discard the rest.  I still say you are doing great! Be kind to yourself.  Sandy

 

I have a similar experience all the time. Since starting IE in February I have been eating a lot of the things that I used to not allow myself to eat freely. The thing I struggled with most before was sweets and I now let myself have those when I feel like them.

My trouble is that now that I can have sweets when I feel like them, I don't actually feel like them that much. And I think I am feeling a little cheated because I've been wanting them all my life and now that I am letting myself I am not that interested. Sweets used to be special and satisfying partly because they were not allowed.

I find that I still do eat sweets several times a week to several times a day just because I can. But I also am starting to feel like I should let go of that. I notice that when I am not eating from hunger I can usually identify some things that are going on emotionally and sometimes I let myself have something sweet and other times just noticing what's going on takes care of the craving. But I can't help feeling a loss at the thought that my life going forward will have few sweets in it.

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> >> I remember someone saying that to be too rigid with no-diet, we actually

> >> turn it into a diet.

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> >> For example...in the morning I often make oatmeal, usually about the same

> >> amount. Some days I am satisfied when I finish the bowl. Some days I am

> >> satisfied when there are a couple of spoonfuls left. Well, I'm not going to

> >> throw that away...I'm satisfied but not full, and even if I eat the last

> >> little bit I'm still not full. Now, if I'm eating out and I have too much, I

> >> easily leave the rest on my plate.

> >> Carole

> >>

> >>

> >> *From:* Casey Anne

> >> *To:* IntuitiveEating_Support

> >> *Sent:* Sun, May 29, 2011 10:01:25 AM

> >> *Subject:* Re: Re: honoring healthy boundaries/

> >> obeying the internal intelligence

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> >> Another thought is that you may be being too black/white about IE, which

> >> can really play in to a need to control and be " perfect. " Which of course

> >> brings out our inner rebel-child! ;) If IE is about anything its about not

> >> being perfect, so maybe try and relax a little bit. It is ok if you overeat

> >> if you find something delicious, or undereat if you don't, you'll be

> >> alright!

> >>

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Good for you.. That chocolate really calls my name often but I am learning that may be related to low cortisol levels and my body saying something.  I notice for a lot of people writing in have a hard time when we are tired.  I used to think it was lack of will power but now I am more inclined to think it is my body saying something.  Maybe like I need a nap.  I did that today.  I had to get up quite early for me and had a very full day.  About 5:30pm I sat down in the chair and fell asleep for almost an hour.  It was what my body needed, not food.  When I woke up I wasn't even that hungry, but by the time I got something ready my hunger level was just right and not too hungry.  I try to notice foods that I once used to love that I no longer want.  Chips is one of them and donuts, pancakes and even cake.  And my craving for a chocolate bar comes and goes.  Right now I don't want them. I also try to focus on those foods I love and eat more of them: fresh vegetables like green beans, beets,  and squashes, salads, fresh fruits of all kinds, and fish especially Talapia and even shrimp. It's good I think to focus on those. Sandy

 

Hi, Sandy. I just had " dinner. " I forgot to wonder about how hungry I was. I'm going to try to be more mindful, but when I came home I was tired. Food seemed appropriate. It was not a great dinner, but good enough for me. I had leftovers, I finished my chicken salad and I had more chicken and rice. I stopped when I had enough. I kept thinking I need more veggies in this recipe, but I'm full now and tomorrow is another day, plus there's always fruit AND ice cream in the fridge if I need a snack or two. Nope ... not going to stress it too much. We'll see when I get on the scale maybe in a week how I'm doing.

As I was shopping today, I passed the chips and chocolate and thought, boy that chocolate looks yummy. But I don't want it now. I don't want it tonight. Maybe

another day. And I kept walking.Tai

To: IntuitiveEating_Support

Sent: Monday, June 6, 2011 5:42 PMSubject: Re: Re: honoring healthy boundaries/ obeying the internal intelligence

 

Good ideas.  I seem to need a protein with  a healthy carb.  Sandy

 

Hi, Sandy. 2-1/2 hours is about the norm for me when I begin to think of food again in a desirous way. Then I wait for my stomach to start. If I'm not ready for a meal, yes, I will have a small snack, like the tuna salad or maybe some fruit. Tai

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Sent: Monday, June 6, 2011 3:27 PMSubject: Re:

Re: honoring healthy boundaries/ obeying the internal intelligence

 

Glad to have you with us.  Sounds like you are doing a really good job.  I just finished eating a couple of hours ago and I feel hungry already.  That seems to be " normal " for me.  I get hungry every 2 hours.  Maybe I don't eat enough at a feeding or maybe I could chose better/healthier foods that sustain me longer.  If I eat a salad, which I love so it's not a diet thing, I'm hungry in about an hour. Gillian suggested adding fruit, protein, nuts.  That helps some.  Maybe I still associate salad with diet and hunger. I am not ready for having " danger " foods in the house, like candy bars, or cookies, cake, etc.  I am ok with those if I go out to eat and can take it or leave it.  But if I have it in the house I just keep eating and eating even though I am not hungry.  I can say I did that with hot fudge sundaes and just stopped liking them after 2 weeks.  I still eat too fast to know if

I am full sometimes. I made a big step forward this weekend though. My daughter and I had to put our dog down.  She was 18, deaf, blind, full of arthritis, had a disc problem and was doing ok but lately she had lost bladder and bowel control and most of her hair.  Then Saturday she threw up and was stumbling around.  The vet said he was pretty sure she had a brain tumor.  So it was really time to let her go.  But it has been very emotional and I have not turned to food but have just let myself feel my feelings and cry a lot.  It feels a lot better than eating and numbing.  Now if I can just do as well with my eating out of boredom or loneliness, that will be great. Hope I didn't bum any of you out by my story of my dog.  I have a lot of good memories of her too.  Sandy

 

Hi, I'm new here. I read the previous few posts and enjoyed them. I have learned by following certain concepts of IE and recognizing boundaries that if I want candy, I can have it. I'm realizing my fullness signals and right now I'm full. Maybe I ate a little too much for lunch, I'm not sure because I'm still working on my signals, but I do know I don't like being hungry after I eat. So now I'm full, maybe a little too full, I have to figure that out as time goes by. Although I was reading about candy, and realizing that I used to have a huge craving for certain types of candy, I no longer have that craving because I know I can have it, and right now I'm full. Does that make sense? I hope so. Anyway, I'm looking forward to enjoying my participation here. It took me a long time to get to this point,

though, so take

heart. Tai.

To: IntuitiveEating_Support

Sent: Monday, June 6, 2011 1:55 PMSubject: Re: Re: honoring healthy boundaries/ obeying the internal intelligence

 

I don't think I could ever consider my life without sweets but I also think that sometimes when I want a sweet now I really crave a piece of fresh fruit instead of candy, etc.  But not often.  It sound like you have made amazing progress when you eat and are not hungry.   And you can even notice that is a big step and that you are able to identify the emotions and deal with that.  Part of what you said sounded maybe a little like " diet mentality " though.  That " should " word and that you are imaging few sweets in the future. I think too that the feeling of loss is understandable.  That's one of those feelings you might look at a little more.  These are just some suggestions and ideas that are floating around in my head.  Take what fits for you and discard the rest.  I still say you are doing great! Be kind to yourself.  Sandy

 

I have a similar experience all the time. Since starting IE in February I have been eating a lot of the things that I used to not allow myself to eat freely. The thing I struggled with most before was sweets and I now let myself have those when I feel like them.

My trouble is that now that I can have sweets when I feel like them, I don't actually feel like them that much. And I think I am feeling a little cheated because I've been wanting them all my life and now that I am letting myself I am not that interested. Sweets used to be special and satisfying partly because they were not allowed.

I find that I still do eat sweets several times a week to several times a day just because I can. But I also am starting to feel like I should let go of that. I notice that when I am not eating from hunger I can usually identify some things that are going on emotionally and sometimes I let myself have something sweet and other times just noticing what's going on takes care of the craving. But I can't help feeling a loss at the thought that my life going forward will have few sweets in it.

> >

> >>

> >>

> >> I remember someone saying that to be too rigid with no-diet, we actually

> >> turn it into a diet.

> >>

> >> For example...in the morning I often make oatmeal, usually about the same

> >> amount. Some days I am satisfied when I finish the bowl. Some days I am

> >> satisfied when there are a couple of spoonfuls left. Well, I'm not going to

> >> throw that away...I'm satisfied but not full, and even if I eat the last

> >> little bit I'm still not full. Now, if I'm eating out and I have too much, I

> >> easily leave the rest on my plate.

> >> Carole

> >>

> >>

> >> *From:* Casey Anne

> >> *To:* IntuitiveEating_Support

> >> *Sent:* Sun, May 29, 2011 10:01:25 AM

> >> *Subject:* Re: Re: honoring healthy boundaries/

> >> obeying the internal intelligence

> >>

> >>

> >>

> >> Another thought is that you may be being too black/white about IE, which

> >> can really play in to a need to control and be " perfect. " Which of course

> >> brings out our inner rebel-child! ;) If IE is about anything its about not

> >> being perfect, so maybe try and relax a little bit. It is ok if you overeat

> >> if you find something delicious, or undereat if you don't, you'll be

> >> alright!

> >>

> >>

> >

> >

> >

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sometimes not eating enough can cause your metabolism to slow down... so make sure you are not starving yourself!best,abby

 

Thanks, Sandy. You, too, hang in there. I'm glad things calmed down. Interesting that you take 2 ibuprofen before you walk. I wanted to swim today and I put on my bathing suit under my clothes, hoping I'd pop in the pool when I came home this afternoon, but I was tired and in pain so I just came upstairs. I did OK with food, I did not binge. My problem is that now, in order for me to lose weight, I have to eat very little. :-( But I'm not going to fret too much over it, I'll just keep going by trying to eat normally, using intuitive eating as much as possible. Meantime, I'm feeling much better, I'm not gorging and so that's a wonderful change.

How was your eating today? Tai

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Sent: Tuesday, June 7, 2011 9:03 PMSubject: Re: Re: honoring healthy boundaries/ obeying the internal intelligence

 

Hi Tai,  By the end of the day things had calmed down and I was ok with everything.  I was actually lucky last Dec.  when the water pump went out on my car but I was only a couple of blocks from home, about 9 pm in freezing weather here in Florida, but no traffic.  I also was able to walk home which I couldn't have done last year(walk that is). I also now have a cell phone.  My son was visiting and helped me push the car to my house and I called tow company in the morning.  I would have been hysterical too in traffic.  I am sorry your feet hurt so bad.  That must be very limiting.  I have a lot of pain in one hip so I take 2 Ibuprofen before I go for a walk.  I watched utube funny animals and babies.  I will check out the Purina site.  I am having a little difficulty watching dog videos because we just had to put my dog down.  But it was well past time for her. I like Ellen

DeGeneres and others. Hang in there.  Sandy

 

Hi, Sandy. That sounds like a day full of trouble. I, too, just had a transmission problem, and the car just conked out in the middle of traffic. I was hysterical and called my husband very, very upset, sitting there in a stalled car with cars rushing at me. I'm still devoted to my eating, though, and although I am sure I have not lost much weight these days I am still forging ahead with IE. One of the reasons I'm doing it is that it's not painful. What is painful is the slow loss because of my age and because I'm not exercising much. And sometimes when I want to exercise my feet hurt so bad that all I want to do is go upstairs to my apartment and sit on the recliner and watch TV (as I'm doing now). It sounds like you're doing well, so we will keep trying, right? As far as funny things online, I do

enjoy watching funny

animal videos, I think Purina runs a series of funny animal videos. They actually make me laugh. Just before I was watching a show by Fisher, she is hysterical, but I had to stop because at a certain point in her one-woman funny show she became too raw for me. But she is very, very funny, if you like that type of humor. Let me know what type of shows you like to watch. Tai

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Thanks.  That sounds like a good idea.  Dealing with a lot of frustration and disruption today.  Took my car in today because it was leaking oil again, after  very expensive job in Jan.  I was told it would take about an hour and ended up being there 3 until my friend came and took me to his place to wait, another hour. I also had an alignment, tires rotated and balanced while I was there.  They resealed everything done last time for no charge.  Any way I was there 4 hours. Yipes.  Then I had to get home and call a plumber because my toilet has been slowly leaking from around the seal I think and the new floor is wet underneath the tiles.  Tomorrow I have to have some lab work redone after being off one of my meds for a week(liver function was high), and then out to lunch with the ladies here.  Thursday I go out with my friend for lunch and the day and usually eat at 's around 5. Friday is

free! Yippee.  Sometimes I get too busy for my liking.  Anyway I have extra challenges this week regarding IE. I think something has changed for me though, for the better.  I can't quite put my finger on it but things just seem different, like my attitude.  And I am beginning to incorporate exercise, fun stuff into my routine.  Swimming in the pool.  The ocean has too many jellyfish and rip currents. Bike rides, walking around the lake to enjoy nature, dance/exercise DVD from Netflix  And we have a group here now that has just started playing Wii bowling(and other sports).  So things seem to be changing.  I'm going to go find something funny online.  I need to laugh more. Sandy

 

Hi. When I am hungry and want something to eat, sometimes I first imagine what I really want. I stay and think about that for a while and then make my decisions from there. It helps. Before I would just grab for anything, pizza, candy, whatever. But now I think about what I really want. It could be a tuna fish sandwich. I go from there. Tai

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sometimes not eating enough can cause your metabolism to slow down... so make sure you are not starving yourself!best,abby

 

Thanks, Sandy. You, too, hang in there. I'm glad things calmed down. Interesting that you take 2 ibuprofen before you walk. I wanted to swim today and I put on my bathing suit under my clothes, hoping I'd pop in the pool when I came home this afternoon, but I was tired and in pain so I just came upstairs. I did OK with food, I did not binge. My problem is that now, in order for me to lose weight, I have to eat very little. :-( But I'm not going to fret too much over it, I'll just keep going by trying to eat normally, using intuitive eating as much as possible. Meantime, I'm feeling much better, I'm not gorging and so that's a wonderful change.

How was your eating today? Tai

To: IntuitiveEating_Support

Sent: Tuesday, June 7, 2011 9:03 PMSubject: Re: Re: honoring healthy boundaries/ obeying the internal intelligence

 

Hi Tai,  By the end of the day things had calmed down and I was ok with everything.  I was actually lucky last Dec.  when the water pump went out on my car but I was only a couple of blocks from home, about 9 pm in freezing weather here in Florida, but no traffic.  I also was able to walk home which I couldn't have done last year(walk that is). I also now have a cell phone.  My son was visiting and helped me push the car to my house and I called tow company in the morning.  I would have been hysterical too in traffic.  I am sorry your feet hurt so bad.  That must be very limiting.  I have a lot of pain in one hip so I take 2 Ibuprofen before I go for a walk.  I watched utube funny animals and babies.  I will check out the Purina site.  I am having a little difficulty watching dog videos because we just had to put my dog down.  But it was well past time for her. I like Ellen

DeGeneres and others. Hang in there.  Sandy

 

Hi, Sandy. That sounds like a day full of trouble. I, too, just had a transmission problem, and the car just conked out in the middle of traffic. I was hysterical and called my husband very, very upset, sitting there in a stalled car with cars rushing at me. I'm still devoted to my eating, though, and although I am sure I have not lost much weight these days I am still forging ahead with IE. One of the reasons I'm doing it is that it's not painful. What is painful is the slow loss because of my age and because I'm not exercising much. And sometimes when I want to exercise my feet hurt so bad that all I want to do is go upstairs to my apartment and sit on the recliner and watch TV (as I'm doing now). It sounds like you're doing well, so we will keep trying, right? As far as funny things online, I do

enjoy watching funny

animal videos, I think Purina runs a series of funny animal videos. They actually make me laugh. Just before I was watching a show by Fisher, she is hysterical, but I had to stop because at a certain point in her one-woman funny show she became too raw for me. But she is very, very funny, if you like that type of humor. Let me know what type of shows you like to watch. Tai

To: IntuitiveEating_Support

Sent: Tuesday, June 7, 2011 2:53 PMSubject: Re:

Re: honoring healthy boundaries/ obeying the internal intelligence

 

Thanks.  That sounds like a good idea.  Dealing with a lot of frustration and disruption today.  Took my car in today because it was leaking oil again, after  very expensive job in Jan.  I was told it would take about an hour and ended up being there 3 until my friend came and took me to his place to wait, another hour. I also had an alignment, tires rotated and balanced while I was there.  They resealed everything done last time for no charge.  Any way I was there 4 hours. Yipes.  Then I had to get home and call a plumber because my toilet has been slowly leaking from around the seal I think and the new floor is wet underneath the tiles.  Tomorrow I have to have some lab work redone after being off one of my meds for a week(liver function was high), and then out to lunch with the ladies here.  Thursday I go out with my friend for lunch and the day and usually eat at 's around 5. Friday is

free! Yippee.  Sometimes I get too busy for my liking.  Anyway I have extra challenges this week regarding IE. I think something has changed for me though, for the better.  I can't quite put my finger on it but things just seem different, like my attitude.  And I am beginning to incorporate exercise, fun stuff into my routine.  Swimming in the pool.  The ocean has too many jellyfish and rip currents. Bike rides, walking around the lake to enjoy nature, dance/exercise DVD from Netflix  And we have a group here now that has just started playing Wii bowling(and other sports).  So things seem to be changing.  I'm going to go find something funny online.  I need to laugh more. Sandy

 

Hi. When I am hungry and want something to eat, sometimes I first imagine what I really want. I stay and think about that for a while and then make my decisions from there. It helps. Before I would just grab for anything, pizza, candy, whatever. But now I think about what I really want. It could be a tuna fish sandwich. I go from there. Tai

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Hi, Abby. I really do eat quite a bit. I am not counting calories, though, maybe that is part of my problem but I'm afraid to do so, because I will get discouraged when I see how little food I must eat. Most of my food is healthy food, but I know I have to do better in terms of seeing what I can do for my regular meals, which are pretty consistent -- I have to keep thinking this through. Such as adding cooked vegetables to a chicken stew, so I'm full faster. Tai

To: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Wednesday, June 8, 2011 11:15 AMSubject: Re: Re: honoring healthy boundaries/ obeying the internal intelligence

sometimes not eating enough can cause your metabolism to slow down... so make sure you are not starving yourself!

best,

abby

Thanks, Sandy. You, too, hang in there. I'm glad things calmed down. Interesting that you take 2 ibuprofen before you walk. I wanted to swim today and I put on my bathing suit under my clothes, hoping I'd pop in the pool when I came home this afternoon, but I was tired and in pain so I just came upstairs. I did OK with food, I did not binge. My problem is that now, in order for me to lose weight, I have to eat very little. :-( But I'm not going to fret too much over it, I'll just keep going by trying to eat normally, using intuitive eating as much as possible. Meantime, I'm feeling much better, I'm not gorging and so that's a wonderful change.

How was your eating today? Tai

To: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Tuesday, June 7, 2011 9:03 PMSubject: Re: Re: honoring healthy boundaries/ obeying

the internal intelligence

Hi Tai, By the end of the day things had calmed down and I was ok with everything. I was actually lucky last Dec. when the water pump went out on my car but I was only a couple of blocks from home, about 9 pm in freezing weather here in Florida, but no traffic. I also was able to walk home which I couldn't have done last year(walk that is). I also now have a cell phone. My son was visiting and helped me push the car to my house and I called tow company in the morning. I would have been hysterical too in traffic. I am sorry your feet hurt so bad. That must be very limiting. I have a lot of pain in one hip so I take 2 Ibuprofen before I go for a walk. I watched utube funny animals and babies. I will check out the Purina site. I am having a little difficulty watching dog videos because we just had to put my dog down. But it was well past time for her. I like Ellen DeGeneres

and others. Hang in there. Sandy

Hi, Sandy. That sounds like a day full of trouble. I, too, just had a transmission problem, and the car just conked out in the middle of traffic. I was hysterical and called my husband very, very upset, sitting there in a stalled car with cars rushing at me. I'm still devoted to my eating, though, and although I am sure I have not lost much weight these days I am still forging ahead with IE. One of the reasons I'm doing it is that it's not painful. What is painful is the slow loss because of my age and because I'm not exercising much. And sometimes when I want to exercise my feet hurt so bad that all I want to do is go upstairs to my apartment and sit on the recliner and watch TV (as I'm doing now). It sounds like you're doing well, so we will keep trying, right? As far as funny things online, I do enjoy watching funny animal videos, I think Purina runs a series of funny animal videos. They actually make me laugh. Just before I was watching a

show by Fisher, she is hysterical, but I had to stop because at a certain point in her one-woman funny show she became too raw for me. But she is very, very funny, if you like that type of humor. Let me know what type of shows you like to watch. Tai

To: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Tuesday, June 7, 2011 2:53 PM

Subject: Re: Re: honoring healthy boundaries/ obeying the internal intelligence

Thanks. That sounds like a good idea. Dealing with a lot of frustration and disruption today. Took my car in today because it was leaking oil again, after very expensive job in Jan. I was told it would take about an hour and ended up being there 3 until my friend came and took me to his place to wait, another hour. I also had an alignment, tires rotated and balanced while I was there. They resealed everything done last time for no charge. Any way I was there 4 hours. Yipes. Then I had to get home and call a plumber because my toilet has been slowly leaking from around the seal I think and the new floor is wet underneath the tiles. Tomorrow I have to have some lab work redone after being off one of my meds for a week(liver function was high), and then out to lunch with the ladies here. Thursday I go out with my friend for lunch and the day and usually eat at 's around 5. Friday is free!

Yippee. Sometimes I get too busy for my liking. Anyway I have extra challenges this week regarding IE. I think something has changed for me though, for the better. I can't quite put my finger on it but things just seem different, like my attitude. And I am beginning to incorporate exercise, fun stuff into my routine. Swimming in the pool. The ocean has too many jellyfish and rip currents. Bike rides, walking around the lake to enjoy nature, dance/exercise DVD from Netflix And we have a group here now that has just started playing Wii bowling(and other sports). So things seem to be changing. I'm going to go find something funny online. I need to laugh more. Sandy

Hi. When I am hungry and want something to eat, sometimes I first imagine what I really want. I stay and think about that for a while and then make my decisions from there. It helps. Before I would just grab for anything, pizza, candy, whatever. But now I think about what I really want. It could be a tuna fish sandwich. I go from there. Tai

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Hi, Abby. I really do eat quite a bit. I am not counting calories, though, maybe that is part of my problem but I'm afraid to do so, because I will get discouraged when I see how little food I must eat. Most of my food is healthy food, but I know I have to do better in terms of seeing what I can do for my regular meals, which are pretty consistent -- I have to keep thinking this through. Such as adding cooked vegetables to a chicken stew, so I'm full faster. Tai

To: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Wednesday, June 8, 2011 11:15 AMSubject: Re: Re: honoring healthy boundaries/ obeying the internal intelligence

sometimes not eating enough can cause your metabolism to slow down... so make sure you are not starving yourself!

best,

abby

Thanks, Sandy. You, too, hang in there. I'm glad things calmed down. Interesting that you take 2 ibuprofen before you walk. I wanted to swim today and I put on my bathing suit under my clothes, hoping I'd pop in the pool when I came home this afternoon, but I was tired and in pain so I just came upstairs. I did OK with food, I did not binge. My problem is that now, in order for me to lose weight, I have to eat very little. :-( But I'm not going to fret too much over it, I'll just keep going by trying to eat normally, using intuitive eating as much as possible. Meantime, I'm feeling much better, I'm not gorging and so that's a wonderful change.

How was your eating today? Tai

To: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Tuesday, June 7, 2011 9:03 PMSubject: Re: Re: honoring healthy boundaries/ obeying

the internal intelligence

Hi Tai, By the end of the day things had calmed down and I was ok with everything. I was actually lucky last Dec. when the water pump went out on my car but I was only a couple of blocks from home, about 9 pm in freezing weather here in Florida, but no traffic. I also was able to walk home which I couldn't have done last year(walk that is). I also now have a cell phone. My son was visiting and helped me push the car to my house and I called tow company in the morning. I would have been hysterical too in traffic. I am sorry your feet hurt so bad. That must be very limiting. I have a lot of pain in one hip so I take 2 Ibuprofen before I go for a walk. I watched utube funny animals and babies. I will check out the Purina site. I am having a little difficulty watching dog videos because we just had to put my dog down. But it was well past time for her. I like Ellen DeGeneres

and others. Hang in there. Sandy

Hi, Sandy. That sounds like a day full of trouble. I, too, just had a transmission problem, and the car just conked out in the middle of traffic. I was hysterical and called my husband very, very upset, sitting there in a stalled car with cars rushing at me. I'm still devoted to my eating, though, and although I am sure I have not lost much weight these days I am still forging ahead with IE. One of the reasons I'm doing it is that it's not painful. What is painful is the slow loss because of my age and because I'm not exercising much. And sometimes when I want to exercise my feet hurt so bad that all I want to do is go upstairs to my apartment and sit on the recliner and watch TV (as I'm doing now). It sounds like you're doing well, so we will keep trying, right? As far as funny things online, I do enjoy watching funny animal videos, I think Purina runs a series of funny animal videos. They actually make me laugh. Just before I was watching a

show by Fisher, she is hysterical, but I had to stop because at a certain point in her one-woman funny show she became too raw for me. But she is very, very funny, if you like that type of humor. Let me know what type of shows you like to watch. Tai

To: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Tuesday, June 7, 2011 2:53 PM

Subject: Re: Re: honoring healthy boundaries/ obeying the internal intelligence

Thanks. That sounds like a good idea. Dealing with a lot of frustration and disruption today. Took my car in today because it was leaking oil again, after very expensive job in Jan. I was told it would take about an hour and ended up being there 3 until my friend came and took me to his place to wait, another hour. I also had an alignment, tires rotated and balanced while I was there. They resealed everything done last time for no charge. Any way I was there 4 hours. Yipes. Then I had to get home and call a plumber because my toilet has been slowly leaking from around the seal I think and the new floor is wet underneath the tiles. Tomorrow I have to have some lab work redone after being off one of my meds for a week(liver function was high), and then out to lunch with the ladies here. Thursday I go out with my friend for lunch and the day and usually eat at 's around 5. Friday is free!

Yippee. Sometimes I get too busy for my liking. Anyway I have extra challenges this week regarding IE. I think something has changed for me though, for the better. I can't quite put my finger on it but things just seem different, like my attitude. And I am beginning to incorporate exercise, fun stuff into my routine. Swimming in the pool. The ocean has too many jellyfish and rip currents. Bike rides, walking around the lake to enjoy nature, dance/exercise DVD from Netflix And we have a group here now that has just started playing Wii bowling(and other sports). So things seem to be changing. I'm going to go find something funny online. I need to laugh more. Sandy

Hi. When I am hungry and want something to eat, sometimes I first imagine what I really want. I stay and think about that for a while and then make my decisions from there. It helps. Before I would just grab for anything, pizza, candy, whatever. But now I think about what I really want. It could be a tuna fish sandwich. I go from there. Tai

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Hi, Abby. I really do eat quite a bit. I am not counting calories, though, maybe that is part of my problem but I'm afraid to do so, because I will get discouraged when I see how little food I must eat. Most of my food is healthy food, but I know I have to do better in terms of seeing what I can do for my regular meals, which are pretty consistent -- I have to keep thinking this through. Such as adding cooked vegetables to a chicken stew, so I'm full faster. Tai

To: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Wednesday, June 8, 2011 11:15 AMSubject: Re: Re: honoring healthy boundaries/ obeying the internal intelligence

sometimes not eating enough can cause your metabolism to slow down... so make sure you are not starving yourself!

best,

abby

Thanks, Sandy. You, too, hang in there. I'm glad things calmed down. Interesting that you take 2 ibuprofen before you walk. I wanted to swim today and I put on my bathing suit under my clothes, hoping I'd pop in the pool when I came home this afternoon, but I was tired and in pain so I just came upstairs. I did OK with food, I did not binge. My problem is that now, in order for me to lose weight, I have to eat very little. :-( But I'm not going to fret too much over it, I'll just keep going by trying to eat normally, using intuitive eating as much as possible. Meantime, I'm feeling much better, I'm not gorging and so that's a wonderful change.

How was your eating today? Tai

To: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Tuesday, June 7, 2011 9:03 PMSubject: Re: Re: honoring healthy boundaries/ obeying

the internal intelligence

Hi Tai, By the end of the day things had calmed down and I was ok with everything. I was actually lucky last Dec. when the water pump went out on my car but I was only a couple of blocks from home, about 9 pm in freezing weather here in Florida, but no traffic. I also was able to walk home which I couldn't have done last year(walk that is). I also now have a cell phone. My son was visiting and helped me push the car to my house and I called tow company in the morning. I would have been hysterical too in traffic. I am sorry your feet hurt so bad. That must be very limiting. I have a lot of pain in one hip so I take 2 Ibuprofen before I go for a walk. I watched utube funny animals and babies. I will check out the Purina site. I am having a little difficulty watching dog videos because we just had to put my dog down. But it was well past time for her. I like Ellen DeGeneres

and others. Hang in there. Sandy

Hi, Sandy. That sounds like a day full of trouble. I, too, just had a transmission problem, and the car just conked out in the middle of traffic. I was hysterical and called my husband very, very upset, sitting there in a stalled car with cars rushing at me. I'm still devoted to my eating, though, and although I am sure I have not lost much weight these days I am still forging ahead with IE. One of the reasons I'm doing it is that it's not painful. What is painful is the slow loss because of my age and because I'm not exercising much. And sometimes when I want to exercise my feet hurt so bad that all I want to do is go upstairs to my apartment and sit on the recliner and watch TV (as I'm doing now). It sounds like you're doing well, so we will keep trying, right? As far as funny things online, I do enjoy watching funny animal videos, I think Purina runs a series of funny animal videos. They actually make me laugh. Just before I was watching a

show by Fisher, she is hysterical, but I had to stop because at a certain point in her one-woman funny show she became too raw for me. But she is very, very funny, if you like that type of humor. Let me know what type of shows you like to watch. Tai

To: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Tuesday, June 7, 2011 2:53 PM

Subject: Re: Re: honoring healthy boundaries/ obeying the internal intelligence

Thanks. That sounds like a good idea. Dealing with a lot of frustration and disruption today. Took my car in today because it was leaking oil again, after very expensive job in Jan. I was told it would take about an hour and ended up being there 3 until my friend came and took me to his place to wait, another hour. I also had an alignment, tires rotated and balanced while I was there. They resealed everything done last time for no charge. Any way I was there 4 hours. Yipes. Then I had to get home and call a plumber because my toilet has been slowly leaking from around the seal I think and the new floor is wet underneath the tiles. Tomorrow I have to have some lab work redone after being off one of my meds for a week(liver function was high), and then out to lunch with the ladies here. Thursday I go out with my friend for lunch and the day and usually eat at 's around 5. Friday is free!

Yippee. Sometimes I get too busy for my liking. Anyway I have extra challenges this week regarding IE. I think something has changed for me though, for the better. I can't quite put my finger on it but things just seem different, like my attitude. And I am beginning to incorporate exercise, fun stuff into my routine. Swimming in the pool. The ocean has too many jellyfish and rip currents. Bike rides, walking around the lake to enjoy nature, dance/exercise DVD from Netflix And we have a group here now that has just started playing Wii bowling(and other sports). So things seem to be changing. I'm going to go find something funny online. I need to laugh more. Sandy

Hi. When I am hungry and want something to eat, sometimes I first imagine what I really want. I stay and think about that for a while and then make my decisions from there. It helps. Before I would just grab for anything, pizza, candy, whatever. But now I think about what I really want. It could be a tuna fish sandwich. I go from there. Tai

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counting calories is definitely counter to IE, because it's listening to an external source, rather than your internal hunger and fullness cues, to tell you how much to eat.so it's GOOD that you are not doing this! 

 

Hi, Abby. I really do eat quite a bit. I am not counting calories, though, maybe that is part of my problem but I'm afraid to do so, because I will get discouraged when I see how little food I must eat. Most of my food is healthy food, but I know I have to do better in terms of seeing what I can do for my regular meals, which are pretty consistent -- I have to keep thinking this through. Such as adding cooked vegetables to a chicken stew, so I'm full faster. Tai

To: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Wednesday, June 8, 2011 11:15 AM

Subject: Re: Re: honoring healthy boundaries/ obeying the internal intelligence

 

sometimes not eating enough can cause your metabolism to slow down... so make sure you are not starving yourself!

best,

abby

 

Thanks, Sandy. You, too, hang in there. I'm glad things calmed down. Interesting that you take 2 ibuprofen before you walk. I wanted to swim today and I put on my bathing suit under my clothes, hoping I'd pop in the pool when I came home this afternoon, but I was tired and in pain so I just came upstairs. I did OK with food, I did not binge. My problem is that now, in order for me to lose weight, I have to eat very little. :-( But I'm not going to fret too much over it, I'll just keep going by trying to eat normally, using intuitive eating as much as possible. Meantime, I'm feeling much better, I'm not gorging and so that's a wonderful change.

How was your eating today? Tai

To: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Tuesday, June 7, 2011 9:03 PM

Subject: Re: Re: honoring healthy boundaries/ obeying

the internal intelligence

 

Hi Tai,  By the end of the day things had calmed down and I was ok with everything.  I was actually lucky last Dec.  when the water pump went out on my car but I was only a couple of blocks from home, about 9 pm in freezing weather here in Florida, but no traffic.  I also was able to walk home which I couldn't have done last year(walk that is). I also now have a cell phone.  My son was visiting and helped me push the car to my house and I called tow company in the morning.  I would have been hysterical too in traffic.  I am sorry your feet hurt so bad.  That must be very limiting.  I have a lot of pain in one hip so I take 2 Ibuprofen before I go for a walk.  I watched utube funny animals and babies.  I will check out the Purina site.  I am having a little difficulty watching dog videos because we just had to put my dog down.  But it was well past time for her. I like Ellen DeGeneres

and others. Hang in there.  Sandy

 

Hi, Sandy. That sounds like a day full of trouble. I, too, just had a transmission problem, and the car just conked out in the middle of traffic. I was hysterical and called my husband very, very upset, sitting there in a stalled car with cars rushing at me. I'm still devoted to my eating, though, and although I am sure I have not lost much weight these days I am still forging ahead with IE. One of the reasons I'm doing it is that it's not painful. What is painful is the slow loss because of my age and because I'm not exercising much. And sometimes when I want to exercise my feet hurt so bad that all I want to do is go upstairs to my apartment and sit on the recliner and watch TV (as I'm doing now). It sounds like you're doing well, so we will keep trying, right? As far as funny things online, I do enjoy watching funny animal videos, I think Purina runs a series of funny animal videos. They actually make me laugh. Just before I was watching a

show by Fisher, she is hysterical, but I had to stop because at a certain point in her one-woman funny show she became too raw for me. But she is very, very funny, if you like that type of humor. Let me know what type of shows you like to watch. Tai

To: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Tuesday, June 7, 2011 2:53 PM

Subject: Re: Re: honoring healthy boundaries/ obeying the internal intelligence

 

Thanks.  That sounds like a good idea.  Dealing with a lot of frustration and disruption today.  Took my car in today because it was leaking oil again, after  very expensive job in Jan.  I was told it would take about an hour and ended up being there 3 until my friend came and took me to his place to wait, another hour. I also had an alignment, tires rotated and balanced while I was there.  They resealed everything done last time for no charge.  Any way I was there 4 hours. Yipes.  Then I had to get home and call a plumber because my toilet has been slowly leaking from around the seal I think and the new floor is wet underneath the tiles.  Tomorrow I have to have some lab work redone after being off one of my meds for a week(liver function was high), and then out to lunch with the ladies here.  Thursday I go out with my friend for lunch and the day and usually eat at 's around 5. Friday is free!

Yippee.  Sometimes I get too busy for my liking.  Anyway I have extra challenges this week regarding IE. I think something has changed for me though, for the better.  I can't quite put my finger on it but things just seem different, like my attitude.  And I am beginning to incorporate exercise, fun stuff into my routine.  Swimming in the pool.  The ocean has too many jellyfish and rip currents. Bike rides, walking around the lake to enjoy nature, dance/exercise DVD from Netflix  And we have a group here now that has just started playing Wii bowling(and other sports).  So things seem to be changing.  I'm going to go find something funny online.  I need to laugh more. Sandy

 

Hi. When I am hungry and want something to eat, sometimes I first imagine what I really want. I stay and think about that for a while and then make my decisions from there. It helps. Before I would just grab for anything, pizza, candy, whatever. But now I think about what I really want. It could be a tuna fish sandwich. I go from there. Tai

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counting calories is definitely counter to IE, because it's listening to an external source, rather than your internal hunger and fullness cues, to tell you how much to eat.so it's GOOD that you are not doing this! 

 

Hi, Abby. I really do eat quite a bit. I am not counting calories, though, maybe that is part of my problem but I'm afraid to do so, because I will get discouraged when I see how little food I must eat. Most of my food is healthy food, but I know I have to do better in terms of seeing what I can do for my regular meals, which are pretty consistent -- I have to keep thinking this through. Such as adding cooked vegetables to a chicken stew, so I'm full faster. Tai

To: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Wednesday, June 8, 2011 11:15 AM

Subject: Re: Re: honoring healthy boundaries/ obeying the internal intelligence

 

sometimes not eating enough can cause your metabolism to slow down... so make sure you are not starving yourself!

best,

abby

 

Thanks, Sandy. You, too, hang in there. I'm glad things calmed down. Interesting that you take 2 ibuprofen before you walk. I wanted to swim today and I put on my bathing suit under my clothes, hoping I'd pop in the pool when I came home this afternoon, but I was tired and in pain so I just came upstairs. I did OK with food, I did not binge. My problem is that now, in order for me to lose weight, I have to eat very little. :-( But I'm not going to fret too much over it, I'll just keep going by trying to eat normally, using intuitive eating as much as possible. Meantime, I'm feeling much better, I'm not gorging and so that's a wonderful change.

How was your eating today? Tai

To: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Tuesday, June 7, 2011 9:03 PM

Subject: Re: Re: honoring healthy boundaries/ obeying

the internal intelligence

 

Hi Tai,  By the end of the day things had calmed down and I was ok with everything.  I was actually lucky last Dec.  when the water pump went out on my car but I was only a couple of blocks from home, about 9 pm in freezing weather here in Florida, but no traffic.  I also was able to walk home which I couldn't have done last year(walk that is). I also now have a cell phone.  My son was visiting and helped me push the car to my house and I called tow company in the morning.  I would have been hysterical too in traffic.  I am sorry your feet hurt so bad.  That must be very limiting.  I have a lot of pain in one hip so I take 2 Ibuprofen before I go for a walk.  I watched utube funny animals and babies.  I will check out the Purina site.  I am having a little difficulty watching dog videos because we just had to put my dog down.  But it was well past time for her. I like Ellen DeGeneres

and others. Hang in there.  Sandy

 

Hi, Sandy. That sounds like a day full of trouble. I, too, just had a transmission problem, and the car just conked out in the middle of traffic. I was hysterical and called my husband very, very upset, sitting there in a stalled car with cars rushing at me. I'm still devoted to my eating, though, and although I am sure I have not lost much weight these days I am still forging ahead with IE. One of the reasons I'm doing it is that it's not painful. What is painful is the slow loss because of my age and because I'm not exercising much. And sometimes when I want to exercise my feet hurt so bad that all I want to do is go upstairs to my apartment and sit on the recliner and watch TV (as I'm doing now). It sounds like you're doing well, so we will keep trying, right? As far as funny things online, I do enjoy watching funny animal videos, I think Purina runs a series of funny animal videos. They actually make me laugh. Just before I was watching a

show by Fisher, she is hysterical, but I had to stop because at a certain point in her one-woman funny show she became too raw for me. But she is very, very funny, if you like that type of humor. Let me know what type of shows you like to watch. Tai

To: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Tuesday, June 7, 2011 2:53 PM

Subject: Re: Re: honoring healthy boundaries/ obeying the internal intelligence

 

Thanks.  That sounds like a good idea.  Dealing with a lot of frustration and disruption today.  Took my car in today because it was leaking oil again, after  very expensive job in Jan.  I was told it would take about an hour and ended up being there 3 until my friend came and took me to his place to wait, another hour. I also had an alignment, tires rotated and balanced while I was there.  They resealed everything done last time for no charge.  Any way I was there 4 hours. Yipes.  Then I had to get home and call a plumber because my toilet has been slowly leaking from around the seal I think and the new floor is wet underneath the tiles.  Tomorrow I have to have some lab work redone after being off one of my meds for a week(liver function was high), and then out to lunch with the ladies here.  Thursday I go out with my friend for lunch and the day and usually eat at 's around 5. Friday is free!

Yippee.  Sometimes I get too busy for my liking.  Anyway I have extra challenges this week regarding IE. I think something has changed for me though, for the better.  I can't quite put my finger on it but things just seem different, like my attitude.  And I am beginning to incorporate exercise, fun stuff into my routine.  Swimming in the pool.  The ocean has too many jellyfish and rip currents. Bike rides, walking around the lake to enjoy nature, dance/exercise DVD from Netflix  And we have a group here now that has just started playing Wii bowling(and other sports).  So things seem to be changing.  I'm going to go find something funny online.  I need to laugh more. Sandy

 

Hi. When I am hungry and want something to eat, sometimes I first imagine what I really want. I stay and think about that for a while and then make my decisions from there. It helps. Before I would just grab for anything, pizza, candy, whatever. But now I think about what I really want. It could be a tuna fish sandwich. I go from there. Tai

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counting calories is definitely counter to IE, because it's listening to an external source, rather than your internal hunger and fullness cues, to tell you how much to eat.so it's GOOD that you are not doing this! 

 

Hi, Abby. I really do eat quite a bit. I am not counting calories, though, maybe that is part of my problem but I'm afraid to do so, because I will get discouraged when I see how little food I must eat. Most of my food is healthy food, but I know I have to do better in terms of seeing what I can do for my regular meals, which are pretty consistent -- I have to keep thinking this through. Such as adding cooked vegetables to a chicken stew, so I'm full faster. Tai

To: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Wednesday, June 8, 2011 11:15 AM

Subject: Re: Re: honoring healthy boundaries/ obeying the internal intelligence

 

sometimes not eating enough can cause your metabolism to slow down... so make sure you are not starving yourself!

best,

abby

 

Thanks, Sandy. You, too, hang in there. I'm glad things calmed down. Interesting that you take 2 ibuprofen before you walk. I wanted to swim today and I put on my bathing suit under my clothes, hoping I'd pop in the pool when I came home this afternoon, but I was tired and in pain so I just came upstairs. I did OK with food, I did not binge. My problem is that now, in order for me to lose weight, I have to eat very little. :-( But I'm not going to fret too much over it, I'll just keep going by trying to eat normally, using intuitive eating as much as possible. Meantime, I'm feeling much better, I'm not gorging and so that's a wonderful change.

How was your eating today? Tai

To: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Tuesday, June 7, 2011 9:03 PM

Subject: Re: Re: honoring healthy boundaries/ obeying

the internal intelligence

 

Hi Tai,  By the end of the day things had calmed down and I was ok with everything.  I was actually lucky last Dec.  when the water pump went out on my car but I was only a couple of blocks from home, about 9 pm in freezing weather here in Florida, but no traffic.  I also was able to walk home which I couldn't have done last year(walk that is). I also now have a cell phone.  My son was visiting and helped me push the car to my house and I called tow company in the morning.  I would have been hysterical too in traffic.  I am sorry your feet hurt so bad.  That must be very limiting.  I have a lot of pain in one hip so I take 2 Ibuprofen before I go for a walk.  I watched utube funny animals and babies.  I will check out the Purina site.  I am having a little difficulty watching dog videos because we just had to put my dog down.  But it was well past time for her. I like Ellen DeGeneres

and others. Hang in there.  Sandy

 

Hi, Sandy. That sounds like a day full of trouble. I, too, just had a transmission problem, and the car just conked out in the middle of traffic. I was hysterical and called my husband very, very upset, sitting there in a stalled car with cars rushing at me. I'm still devoted to my eating, though, and although I am sure I have not lost much weight these days I am still forging ahead with IE. One of the reasons I'm doing it is that it's not painful. What is painful is the slow loss because of my age and because I'm not exercising much. And sometimes when I want to exercise my feet hurt so bad that all I want to do is go upstairs to my apartment and sit on the recliner and watch TV (as I'm doing now). It sounds like you're doing well, so we will keep trying, right? As far as funny things online, I do enjoy watching funny animal videos, I think Purina runs a series of funny animal videos. They actually make me laugh. Just before I was watching a

show by Fisher, she is hysterical, but I had to stop because at a certain point in her one-woman funny show she became too raw for me. But she is very, very funny, if you like that type of humor. Let me know what type of shows you like to watch. Tai

To: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Tuesday, June 7, 2011 2:53 PM

Subject: Re: Re: honoring healthy boundaries/ obeying the internal intelligence

 

Thanks.  That sounds like a good idea.  Dealing with a lot of frustration and disruption today.  Took my car in today because it was leaking oil again, after  very expensive job in Jan.  I was told it would take about an hour and ended up being there 3 until my friend came and took me to his place to wait, another hour. I also had an alignment, tires rotated and balanced while I was there.  They resealed everything done last time for no charge.  Any way I was there 4 hours. Yipes.  Then I had to get home and call a plumber because my toilet has been slowly leaking from around the seal I think and the new floor is wet underneath the tiles.  Tomorrow I have to have some lab work redone after being off one of my meds for a week(liver function was high), and then out to lunch with the ladies here.  Thursday I go out with my friend for lunch and the day and usually eat at 's around 5. Friday is free!

Yippee.  Sometimes I get too busy for my liking.  Anyway I have extra challenges this week regarding IE. I think something has changed for me though, for the better.  I can't quite put my finger on it but things just seem different, like my attitude.  And I am beginning to incorporate exercise, fun stuff into my routine.  Swimming in the pool.  The ocean has too many jellyfish and rip currents. Bike rides, walking around the lake to enjoy nature, dance/exercise DVD from Netflix  And we have a group here now that has just started playing Wii bowling(and other sports).  So things seem to be changing.  I'm going to go find something funny online.  I need to laugh more. Sandy

 

Hi. When I am hungry and want something to eat, sometimes I first imagine what I really want. I stay and think about that for a while and then make my decisions from there. It helps. Before I would just grab for anything, pizza, candy, whatever. But now I think about what I really want. It could be a tuna fish sandwich. I go from there. Tai

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I just posted about my meal at red Lobster and it was very good and I did not over eat.  Felt great about it too.  Sandy

 

Thanks, Sandy. You, too, hang in there. I'm glad things calmed down. Interesting that you take 2 ibuprofen before you walk. I wanted to swim today and I put on my bathing suit under my clothes, hoping I'd pop in the pool when I came home this afternoon, but I was tired and in pain so I just came upstairs. I did OK with food, I did not binge. My problem is that now, in order for me to lose weight, I have to eat very little. :-( But I'm not going to fret too much over it, I'll just keep going by trying to eat normally, using intuitive eating as much as possible. Meantime, I'm feeling much better, I'm not gorging and so that's a wonderful change.

How was your eating today? Tai

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Sent: Tuesday, June 7, 2011 9:03 PMSubject: Re: Re: honoring healthy boundaries/ obeying the internal intelligence

 

Hi Tai,  By the end of the day things had calmed down and I was ok with everything.  I was actually lucky last Dec.  when the water pump went out on my car but I was only a couple of blocks from home, about 9 pm in freezing weather here in Florida, but no traffic.  I also was able to walk home which I couldn't have done last year(walk that is). I also now have a cell phone.  My son was visiting and helped me push the car to my house and I called tow company in the morning.  I would have been hysterical too in traffic.  I am sorry your feet hurt so bad.  That must be very limiting.  I have a lot of pain in one hip so I take 2 Ibuprofen before I go for a walk.  I watched utube funny animals and babies.  I will check out the Purina site.  I am having a little difficulty watching dog videos because we just had to put my dog down.  But it was well past time for her. I like Ellen

DeGeneres and others. Hang in there.  Sandy

 

Hi, Sandy. That sounds like a day full of trouble. I, too, just had a transmission problem, and the car just conked out in the middle of traffic. I was hysterical and called my husband very, very upset, sitting there in a stalled car with cars rushing at me. I'm still devoted to my eating, though, and although I am sure I have not lost much weight these days I am still forging ahead with IE. One of the reasons I'm doing it is that it's not painful. What is painful is the slow loss because of my age and because I'm not exercising much. And sometimes when I want to exercise my feet hurt so bad that all I want to do is go upstairs to my apartment and sit on the recliner and watch TV (as I'm doing now). It sounds like you're doing well, so we will keep trying, right? As far as funny things online, I do

enjoy watching funny

animal videos, I think Purina runs a series of funny animal videos. They actually make me laugh. Just before I was watching a show by Fisher, she is hysterical, but I had to stop because at a certain point in her one-woman funny show she became too raw for me. But she is very, very funny, if you like that type of humor. Let me know what type of shows you like to watch. Tai

To: IntuitiveEating_Support

Sent: Tuesday, June 7, 2011 2:53 PMSubject: Re:

Re: honoring healthy boundaries/ obeying the internal intelligence

 

Thanks.  That sounds like a good idea.  Dealing with a lot of frustration and disruption today.  Took my car in today because it was leaking oil again, after  very expensive job in Jan.  I was told it would take about an hour and ended up being there 3 until my friend came and took me to his place to wait, another hour. I also had an alignment, tires rotated and balanced while I was there.  They resealed everything done last time for no charge.  Any way I was there 4 hours. Yipes.  Then I had to get home and call a plumber because my toilet has been slowly leaking from around the seal I think and the new floor is wet underneath the tiles.  Tomorrow I have to have some lab work redone after being off one of my meds for a week(liver function was high), and then out to lunch with the ladies here.  Thursday I go out with my friend for lunch and the day and usually eat at 's around 5. Friday is

free! Yippee.  Sometimes I get too busy for my liking.  Anyway I have extra challenges this week regarding IE. I think something has changed for me though, for the better.  I can't quite put my finger on it but things just seem different, like my attitude.  And I am beginning to incorporate exercise, fun stuff into my routine.  Swimming in the pool.  The ocean has too many jellyfish and rip currents. Bike rides, walking around the lake to enjoy nature, dance/exercise DVD from Netflix  And we have a group here now that has just started playing Wii bowling(and other sports).  So things seem to be changing.  I'm going to go find something funny online.  I need to laugh more. Sandy

 

Hi. When I am hungry and want something to eat, sometimes I first imagine what I really want. I stay and think about that for a while and then make my decisions from there. It helps. Before I would just grab for anything, pizza, candy, whatever. But now I think about what I really want. It could be a tuna fish sandwich. I go from there. Tai

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That is great that you did not overeat, Sandy. I'm still working on it and thinking through a meal if I can. When the food stops tasting so good is when my brain begins telling me I've had enough. Especially when I go out to eat, that's the real problem. Home is not so much of a problem, but I really like going out to eat, so I was thinking about this. I need to think of food as disposable. Tai

To: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Wednesday, June 8, 2011 2:14 PMSubject: Re: Re: honoring healthy boundaries/ obeying the internal intelligence

I just posted about my meal at red Lobster and it was very good and I did not over eat. Felt great about it too. Sandy

Thanks, Sandy. You, too, hang in there. I'm glad things calmed down. Interesting that you take 2 ibuprofen before you walk. I wanted to swim today and I put on my bathing suit under my clothes, hoping I'd pop in the pool when I came home this afternoon, but I was tired and in pain so I just came upstairs. I did OK with food, I did not binge. My problem is that now, in order for me to lose weight, I have to eat very little. :-( But I'm not going to fret too much over it, I'll just keep going by trying to eat normally, using intuitive eating as much as possible. Meantime, I'm feeling much better, I'm not gorging and so that's a wonderful change.

How was your eating today? Tai

To: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Tuesday, June 7, 2011 9:03 PM

Subject: Re: Re: honoring healthy boundaries/ obeying the internal intelligence

Hi Tai, By the end of the day things had calmed down and I was ok with everything. I was actually lucky last Dec. when the water pump went out on my car but I was only a couple of blocks from home, about 9 pm in freezing weather here in Florida, but no traffic. I also was able to walk home which I couldn't have done last year(walk that is). I also now have a cell phone. My son was visiting and helped me push the car to my house and I called tow company in the morning. I would have been hysterical too in traffic. I am sorry your feet hurt so bad. That must be very limiting. I have a lot of pain in one hip so I take 2 Ibuprofen before I go for a walk. I watched utube funny animals and babies. I will check out the Purina site. I am having a little difficulty watching dog videos because we just had to put my dog down. But it was well past time for her. I like Ellen DeGeneres

and others. Hang in there. Sandy

Hi, Sandy. That sounds like a day full of trouble. I, too, just had a transmission problem, and the car just conked out in the middle of traffic. I was hysterical and called my husband very, very upset, sitting there in a stalled car with cars rushing at me. I'm still devoted to my eating, though, and although I am sure I have not lost much weight these days I am still forging ahead with IE. One of the reasons I'm doing it is that it's not painful. What is painful is the slow loss because of my age and because I'm not exercising much. And sometimes when I want to exercise my feet hurt so bad that all I want to do is go upstairs to my apartment and sit on the recliner and watch TV (as I'm doing now). It sounds like you're doing well, so we will keep trying, right? As far as funny things online, I do enjoy watching funny animal videos, I think Purina runs a series of funny animal videos. They actually make me laugh. Just before I was watching a

show by Fisher, she is hysterical, but I had to stop because at a certain point in her one-woman funny show she became too raw for me. But she is very, very funny, if you like that type of humor. Let me know what type of shows you like to watch. Tai

To: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Tuesday, June 7, 2011 2:53 PM

Subject: Re: Re: honoring healthy boundaries/ obeying the internal intelligence

Thanks. That sounds like a good idea. Dealing with a lot of frustration and disruption today. Took my car in today because it was leaking oil again, after very expensive job in Jan. I was told it would take about an hour and ended up being there 3 until my friend came and took me to his place to wait, another hour. I also had an alignment, tires rotated and balanced while I was there. They resealed everything done last time for no charge. Any way I was there 4 hours. Yipes. Then I had to get home and call a plumber because my toilet has been slowly leaking from around the seal I think and the new floor is wet underneath the tiles. Tomorrow I have to have some lab work redone after being off one of my meds for a week(liver function was high), and then out to lunch with the ladies here. Thursday I go out with my friend for lunch and the day and usually eat at 's around 5. Friday is free!

Yippee. Sometimes I get too busy for my liking. Anyway I have extra challenges this week regarding IE. I think something has changed for me though, for the better. I can't quite put my finger on it but things just seem different, like my attitude. And I am beginning to incorporate exercise, fun stuff into my routine. Swimming in the pool. The ocean has too many jellyfish and rip currents. Bike rides, walking around the lake to enjoy nature, dance/exercise DVD from Netflix And we have a group here now that has just started playing Wii bowling(and other sports). So things seem to be changing. I'm going to go find something funny online. I need to laugh more. Sandy

Hi. When I am hungry and want something to eat, sometimes I first imagine what I really want. I stay and think about that for a while and then make my decisions from there. It helps. Before I would just grab for anything, pizza, candy, whatever. But now I think about what I really want. It could be a tuna fish sandwich. I go from there. Tai

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That is great that you did not overeat, Sandy. I'm still working on it and thinking through a meal if I can. When the food stops tasting so good is when my brain begins telling me I've had enough. Especially when I go out to eat, that's the real problem. Home is not so much of a problem, but I really like going out to eat, so I was thinking about this. I need to think of food as disposable. Tai

To: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Wednesday, June 8, 2011 2:14 PMSubject: Re: Re: honoring healthy boundaries/ obeying the internal intelligence

I just posted about my meal at red Lobster and it was very good and I did not over eat. Felt great about it too. Sandy

Thanks, Sandy. You, too, hang in there. I'm glad things calmed down. Interesting that you take 2 ibuprofen before you walk. I wanted to swim today and I put on my bathing suit under my clothes, hoping I'd pop in the pool when I came home this afternoon, but I was tired and in pain so I just came upstairs. I did OK with food, I did not binge. My problem is that now, in order for me to lose weight, I have to eat very little. :-( But I'm not going to fret too much over it, I'll just keep going by trying to eat normally, using intuitive eating as much as possible. Meantime, I'm feeling much better, I'm not gorging and so that's a wonderful change.

How was your eating today? Tai

To: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Tuesday, June 7, 2011 9:03 PM

Subject: Re: Re: honoring healthy boundaries/ obeying the internal intelligence

Hi Tai, By the end of the day things had calmed down and I was ok with everything. I was actually lucky last Dec. when the water pump went out on my car but I was only a couple of blocks from home, about 9 pm in freezing weather here in Florida, but no traffic. I also was able to walk home which I couldn't have done last year(walk that is). I also now have a cell phone. My son was visiting and helped me push the car to my house and I called tow company in the morning. I would have been hysterical too in traffic. I am sorry your feet hurt so bad. That must be very limiting. I have a lot of pain in one hip so I take 2 Ibuprofen before I go for a walk. I watched utube funny animals and babies. I will check out the Purina site. I am having a little difficulty watching dog videos because we just had to put my dog down. But it was well past time for her. I like Ellen DeGeneres

and others. Hang in there. Sandy

Hi, Sandy. That sounds like a day full of trouble. I, too, just had a transmission problem, and the car just conked out in the middle of traffic. I was hysterical and called my husband very, very upset, sitting there in a stalled car with cars rushing at me. I'm still devoted to my eating, though, and although I am sure I have not lost much weight these days I am still forging ahead with IE. One of the reasons I'm doing it is that it's not painful. What is painful is the slow loss because of my age and because I'm not exercising much. And sometimes when I want to exercise my feet hurt so bad that all I want to do is go upstairs to my apartment and sit on the recliner and watch TV (as I'm doing now). It sounds like you're doing well, so we will keep trying, right? As far as funny things online, I do enjoy watching funny animal videos, I think Purina runs a series of funny animal videos. They actually make me laugh. Just before I was watching a

show by Fisher, she is hysterical, but I had to stop because at a certain point in her one-woman funny show she became too raw for me. But she is very, very funny, if you like that type of humor. Let me know what type of shows you like to watch. Tai

To: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Tuesday, June 7, 2011 2:53 PM

Subject: Re: Re: honoring healthy boundaries/ obeying the internal intelligence

Thanks. That sounds like a good idea. Dealing with a lot of frustration and disruption today. Took my car in today because it was leaking oil again, after very expensive job in Jan. I was told it would take about an hour and ended up being there 3 until my friend came and took me to his place to wait, another hour. I also had an alignment, tires rotated and balanced while I was there. They resealed everything done last time for no charge. Any way I was there 4 hours. Yipes. Then I had to get home and call a plumber because my toilet has been slowly leaking from around the seal I think and the new floor is wet underneath the tiles. Tomorrow I have to have some lab work redone after being off one of my meds for a week(liver function was high), and then out to lunch with the ladies here. Thursday I go out with my friend for lunch and the day and usually eat at 's around 5. Friday is free!

Yippee. Sometimes I get too busy for my liking. Anyway I have extra challenges this week regarding IE. I think something has changed for me though, for the better. I can't quite put my finger on it but things just seem different, like my attitude. And I am beginning to incorporate exercise, fun stuff into my routine. Swimming in the pool. The ocean has too many jellyfish and rip currents. Bike rides, walking around the lake to enjoy nature, dance/exercise DVD from Netflix And we have a group here now that has just started playing Wii bowling(and other sports). So things seem to be changing. I'm going to go find something funny online. I need to laugh more. Sandy

Hi. When I am hungry and want something to eat, sometimes I first imagine what I really want. I stay and think about that for a while and then make my decisions from there. It helps. Before I would just grab for anything, pizza, candy, whatever. But now I think about what I really want. It could be a tuna fish sandwich. I go from there. Tai

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That is great that you did not overeat, Sandy. I'm still working on it and thinking through a meal if I can. When the food stops tasting so good is when my brain begins telling me I've had enough. Especially when I go out to eat, that's the real problem. Home is not so much of a problem, but I really like going out to eat, so I was thinking about this. I need to think of food as disposable. Tai

To: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Wednesday, June 8, 2011 2:14 PMSubject: Re: Re: honoring healthy boundaries/ obeying the internal intelligence

I just posted about my meal at red Lobster and it was very good and I did not over eat. Felt great about it too. Sandy

Thanks, Sandy. You, too, hang in there. I'm glad things calmed down. Interesting that you take 2 ibuprofen before you walk. I wanted to swim today and I put on my bathing suit under my clothes, hoping I'd pop in the pool when I came home this afternoon, but I was tired and in pain so I just came upstairs. I did OK with food, I did not binge. My problem is that now, in order for me to lose weight, I have to eat very little. :-( But I'm not going to fret too much over it, I'll just keep going by trying to eat normally, using intuitive eating as much as possible. Meantime, I'm feeling much better, I'm not gorging and so that's a wonderful change.

How was your eating today? Tai

To: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Tuesday, June 7, 2011 9:03 PM

Subject: Re: Re: honoring healthy boundaries/ obeying the internal intelligence

Hi Tai, By the end of the day things had calmed down and I was ok with everything. I was actually lucky last Dec. when the water pump went out on my car but I was only a couple of blocks from home, about 9 pm in freezing weather here in Florida, but no traffic. I also was able to walk home which I couldn't have done last year(walk that is). I also now have a cell phone. My son was visiting and helped me push the car to my house and I called tow company in the morning. I would have been hysterical too in traffic. I am sorry your feet hurt so bad. That must be very limiting. I have a lot of pain in one hip so I take 2 Ibuprofen before I go for a walk. I watched utube funny animals and babies. I will check out the Purina site. I am having a little difficulty watching dog videos because we just had to put my dog down. But it was well past time for her. I like Ellen DeGeneres

and others. Hang in there. Sandy

Hi, Sandy. That sounds like a day full of trouble. I, too, just had a transmission problem, and the car just conked out in the middle of traffic. I was hysterical and called my husband very, very upset, sitting there in a stalled car with cars rushing at me. I'm still devoted to my eating, though, and although I am sure I have not lost much weight these days I am still forging ahead with IE. One of the reasons I'm doing it is that it's not painful. What is painful is the slow loss because of my age and because I'm not exercising much. And sometimes when I want to exercise my feet hurt so bad that all I want to do is go upstairs to my apartment and sit on the recliner and watch TV (as I'm doing now). It sounds like you're doing well, so we will keep trying, right? As far as funny things online, I do enjoy watching funny animal videos, I think Purina runs a series of funny animal videos. They actually make me laugh. Just before I was watching a

show by Fisher, she is hysterical, but I had to stop because at a certain point in her one-woman funny show she became too raw for me. But she is very, very funny, if you like that type of humor. Let me know what type of shows you like to watch. Tai

To: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Tuesday, June 7, 2011 2:53 PM

Subject: Re: Re: honoring healthy boundaries/ obeying the internal intelligence

Thanks. That sounds like a good idea. Dealing with a lot of frustration and disruption today. Took my car in today because it was leaking oil again, after very expensive job in Jan. I was told it would take about an hour and ended up being there 3 until my friend came and took me to his place to wait, another hour. I also had an alignment, tires rotated and balanced while I was there. They resealed everything done last time for no charge. Any way I was there 4 hours. Yipes. Then I had to get home and call a plumber because my toilet has been slowly leaking from around the seal I think and the new floor is wet underneath the tiles. Tomorrow I have to have some lab work redone after being off one of my meds for a week(liver function was high), and then out to lunch with the ladies here. Thursday I go out with my friend for lunch and the day and usually eat at 's around 5. Friday is free!

Yippee. Sometimes I get too busy for my liking. Anyway I have extra challenges this week regarding IE. I think something has changed for me though, for the better. I can't quite put my finger on it but things just seem different, like my attitude. And I am beginning to incorporate exercise, fun stuff into my routine. Swimming in the pool. The ocean has too many jellyfish and rip currents. Bike rides, walking around the lake to enjoy nature, dance/exercise DVD from Netflix And we have a group here now that has just started playing Wii bowling(and other sports). So things seem to be changing. I'm going to go find something funny online. I need to laugh more. Sandy

Hi. When I am hungry and want something to eat, sometimes I first imagine what I really want. I stay and think about that for a while and then make my decisions from there. It helps. Before I would just grab for anything, pizza, candy, whatever. But now I think about what I really want. It could be a tuna fish sandwich. I go from there. Tai

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Interesting you should say this, because I simply cannot count calories anymore anyway! I just can't do it. But on the positive side, I am really keeping aware of when and what I want to eat. That is great. Thanks! Tai

To: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Wednesday, June 8, 2011 1:47 PMSubject: Re: Re: honoring healthy boundaries/ obeying the internal intelligence

counting calories is definitely counter to IE, because it's listening to an external source, rather than your internal hunger and fullness cues, to tell you how much to eat.

so it's GOOD that you are not doing this!

Hi, Abby. I really do eat quite a bit. I am not counting calories, though, maybe that is part of my problem but I'm afraid to do so, because I will get discouraged when I see how little food I must eat. Most of my food is healthy food, but I know I have to do better in terms of seeing what I can do for my regular meals, which are pretty consistent -- I have to keep thinking this through. Such as adding cooked vegetables to a chicken stew, so I'm full faster. Tai

To: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Wednesday, June 8, 2011 11:15 AM

Subject: Re: Re: honoring healthy boundaries/ obeying the internal intelligence

sometimes not eating enough can cause your metabolism to slow down... so make sure you are not starving yourself!

best,

abby

Thanks, Sandy. You, too, hang in there. I'm glad things calmed down. Interesting that you take 2 ibuprofen before you walk. I wanted to swim today and I put on my bathing suit under my clothes, hoping I'd pop in the pool when I came home this afternoon, but I was tired and in pain so I just came upstairs. I did OK with food, I did not binge. My problem is that now, in order for me to lose weight, I have to eat very little. :-( But I'm not going to fret too much over it, I'll just keep going by trying to eat normally, using intuitive eating as much as possible. Meantime, I'm feeling much better, I'm not gorging and so that's a wonderful change.

How was your eating today? Tai

To: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Tuesday, June 7, 2011 9:03 PMSubject: Re: Re: honoring healthy boundaries/ obeying the internal intelligence

Hi Tai, By the end of the day things had calmed down and I was ok with everything. I was actually lucky last Dec. when the water pump went out on my car but I was only a couple of blocks from home, about 9 pm in freezing weather here in Florida, but no traffic. I also was able to walk home which I couldn't have done last year(walk that is). I also now have a cell phone. My son was visiting and helped me push the car to my house and I called tow company in the morning. I would have been hysterical too in traffic. I am sorry your feet hurt so bad. That must be very limiting. I have a lot of pain in one hip so I take 2 Ibuprofen before I go for a walk. I watched utube funny animals and babies. I will check out the Purina site. I am having a little difficulty watching dog videos because we just had to put my dog down. But it was well past time for her. I like Ellen DeGeneres

and others. Hang in there. Sandy

Hi, Sandy. That sounds like a day full of trouble. I, too, just had a transmission problem, and the car just conked out in the middle of traffic. I was hysterical and called my husband very, very upset, sitting there in a stalled car with cars rushing at me. I'm still devoted to my eating, though, and although I am sure I have not lost much weight these days I am still forging ahead with IE. One of the reasons I'm doing it is that it's not painful. What is painful is the slow loss because of my age and because I'm not exercising much. And sometimes when I want to exercise my feet hurt so bad that all I want to do is go upstairs to my apartment and sit on the recliner and watch TV (as I'm doing now). It sounds like you're doing well, so we will keep trying, right? As far as funny things online, I do enjoy watching funny animal videos, I think Purina runs a series of funny animal videos. They actually make me laugh. Just before I was watching a

show by Fisher, she is hysterical, but I had to stop because at a certain point in her one-woman funny show she became too raw for me. But she is very, very funny, if you like that type of humor. Let me know what type of shows you like to watch. Tai

To: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Tuesday, June 7, 2011 2:53 PM Subject: Re: Re: honoring healthy boundaries/ obeying the internal intelligence

Thanks. That sounds like a good idea. Dealing with a lot of frustration and disruption today. Took my car in today because it was leaking oil again, after very expensive job in Jan. I was told it would take about an hour and ended up being there 3 until my friend came and took me to his place to wait, another hour. I also had an alignment, tires rotated and balanced while I was there. They resealed everything done last time for no charge. Any way I was there 4 hours. Yipes. Then I had to get home and call a plumber because my toilet has been slowly leaking from around the seal I think and the new floor is wet underneath the tiles. Tomorrow I have to have some lab work redone after being off one of my meds for a week(liver function was high), and then out to lunch with the ladies here. Thursday I go out with my friend for lunch and the day and usually eat at 's around 5. Friday is free!

Yippee. Sometimes I get too busy for my liking. Anyway I have extra challenges this week regarding IE. I think something has changed for me though, for the better. I can't quite put my finger on it but things just seem different, like my attitude. And I am beginning to incorporate exercise, fun stuff into my routine. Swimming in the pool. The ocean has too many jellyfish and rip currents. Bike rides, walking around the lake to enjoy nature, dance/exercise DVD from Netflix And we have a group here now that has just started playing Wii bowling(and other sports). So things seem to be changing. I'm going to go find something funny online. I need to laugh more. Sandy

Hi. When I am hungry and want something to eat, sometimes I first imagine what I really want. I stay and think about that for a while and then make my decisions from there. It helps. Before I would just grab for anything, pizza, candy, whatever. But now I think about what I really want. It could be a tuna fish sandwich. I go from there. Tai

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Interesting you should say this, because I simply cannot count calories anymore anyway! I just can't do it. But on the positive side, I am really keeping aware of when and what I want to eat. That is great. Thanks! Tai

To: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Wednesday, June 8, 2011 1:47 PMSubject: Re: Re: honoring healthy boundaries/ obeying the internal intelligence

counting calories is definitely counter to IE, because it's listening to an external source, rather than your internal hunger and fullness cues, to tell you how much to eat.

so it's GOOD that you are not doing this!

Hi, Abby. I really do eat quite a bit. I am not counting calories, though, maybe that is part of my problem but I'm afraid to do so, because I will get discouraged when I see how little food I must eat. Most of my food is healthy food, but I know I have to do better in terms of seeing what I can do for my regular meals, which are pretty consistent -- I have to keep thinking this through. Such as adding cooked vegetables to a chicken stew, so I'm full faster. Tai

To: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Wednesday, June 8, 2011 11:15 AM

Subject: Re: Re: honoring healthy boundaries/ obeying the internal intelligence

sometimes not eating enough can cause your metabolism to slow down... so make sure you are not starving yourself!

best,

abby

Thanks, Sandy. You, too, hang in there. I'm glad things calmed down. Interesting that you take 2 ibuprofen before you walk. I wanted to swim today and I put on my bathing suit under my clothes, hoping I'd pop in the pool when I came home this afternoon, but I was tired and in pain so I just came upstairs. I did OK with food, I did not binge. My problem is that now, in order for me to lose weight, I have to eat very little. :-( But I'm not going to fret too much over it, I'll just keep going by trying to eat normally, using intuitive eating as much as possible. Meantime, I'm feeling much better, I'm not gorging and so that's a wonderful change.

How was your eating today? Tai

To: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Tuesday, June 7, 2011 9:03 PMSubject: Re: Re: honoring healthy boundaries/ obeying the internal intelligence

Hi Tai, By the end of the day things had calmed down and I was ok with everything. I was actually lucky last Dec. when the water pump went out on my car but I was only a couple of blocks from home, about 9 pm in freezing weather here in Florida, but no traffic. I also was able to walk home which I couldn't have done last year(walk that is). I also now have a cell phone. My son was visiting and helped me push the car to my house and I called tow company in the morning. I would have been hysterical too in traffic. I am sorry your feet hurt so bad. That must be very limiting. I have a lot of pain in one hip so I take 2 Ibuprofen before I go for a walk. I watched utube funny animals and babies. I will check out the Purina site. I am having a little difficulty watching dog videos because we just had to put my dog down. But it was well past time for her. I like Ellen DeGeneres

and others. Hang in there. Sandy

Hi, Sandy. That sounds like a day full of trouble. I, too, just had a transmission problem, and the car just conked out in the middle of traffic. I was hysterical and called my husband very, very upset, sitting there in a stalled car with cars rushing at me. I'm still devoted to my eating, though, and although I am sure I have not lost much weight these days I am still forging ahead with IE. One of the reasons I'm doing it is that it's not painful. What is painful is the slow loss because of my age and because I'm not exercising much. And sometimes when I want to exercise my feet hurt so bad that all I want to do is go upstairs to my apartment and sit on the recliner and watch TV (as I'm doing now). It sounds like you're doing well, so we will keep trying, right? As far as funny things online, I do enjoy watching funny animal videos, I think Purina runs a series of funny animal videos. They actually make me laugh. Just before I was watching a

show by Fisher, she is hysterical, but I had to stop because at a certain point in her one-woman funny show she became too raw for me. But she is very, very funny, if you like that type of humor. Let me know what type of shows you like to watch. Tai

To: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Tuesday, June 7, 2011 2:53 PM Subject: Re: Re: honoring healthy boundaries/ obeying the internal intelligence

Thanks. That sounds like a good idea. Dealing with a lot of frustration and disruption today. Took my car in today because it was leaking oil again, after very expensive job in Jan. I was told it would take about an hour and ended up being there 3 until my friend came and took me to his place to wait, another hour. I also had an alignment, tires rotated and balanced while I was there. They resealed everything done last time for no charge. Any way I was there 4 hours. Yipes. Then I had to get home and call a plumber because my toilet has been slowly leaking from around the seal I think and the new floor is wet underneath the tiles. Tomorrow I have to have some lab work redone after being off one of my meds for a week(liver function was high), and then out to lunch with the ladies here. Thursday I go out with my friend for lunch and the day and usually eat at 's around 5. Friday is free!

Yippee. Sometimes I get too busy for my liking. Anyway I have extra challenges this week regarding IE. I think something has changed for me though, for the better. I can't quite put my finger on it but things just seem different, like my attitude. And I am beginning to incorporate exercise, fun stuff into my routine. Swimming in the pool. The ocean has too many jellyfish and rip currents. Bike rides, walking around the lake to enjoy nature, dance/exercise DVD from Netflix And we have a group here now that has just started playing Wii bowling(and other sports). So things seem to be changing. I'm going to go find something funny online. I need to laugh more. Sandy

Hi. When I am hungry and want something to eat, sometimes I first imagine what I really want. I stay and think about that for a while and then make my decisions from there. It helps. Before I would just grab for anything, pizza, candy, whatever. But now I think about what I really want. It could be a tuna fish sandwich. I go from there. Tai

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Interesting you should say this, because I simply cannot count calories anymore anyway! I just can't do it. But on the positive side, I am really keeping aware of when and what I want to eat. That is great. Thanks! Tai

To: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Wednesday, June 8, 2011 1:47 PMSubject: Re: Re: honoring healthy boundaries/ obeying the internal intelligence

counting calories is definitely counter to IE, because it's listening to an external source, rather than your internal hunger and fullness cues, to tell you how much to eat.

so it's GOOD that you are not doing this!

Hi, Abby. I really do eat quite a bit. I am not counting calories, though, maybe that is part of my problem but I'm afraid to do so, because I will get discouraged when I see how little food I must eat. Most of my food is healthy food, but I know I have to do better in terms of seeing what I can do for my regular meals, which are pretty consistent -- I have to keep thinking this through. Such as adding cooked vegetables to a chicken stew, so I'm full faster. Tai

To: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Wednesday, June 8, 2011 11:15 AM

Subject: Re: Re: honoring healthy boundaries/ obeying the internal intelligence

sometimes not eating enough can cause your metabolism to slow down... so make sure you are not starving yourself!

best,

abby

Thanks, Sandy. You, too, hang in there. I'm glad things calmed down. Interesting that you take 2 ibuprofen before you walk. I wanted to swim today and I put on my bathing suit under my clothes, hoping I'd pop in the pool when I came home this afternoon, but I was tired and in pain so I just came upstairs. I did OK with food, I did not binge. My problem is that now, in order for me to lose weight, I have to eat very little. :-( But I'm not going to fret too much over it, I'll just keep going by trying to eat normally, using intuitive eating as much as possible. Meantime, I'm feeling much better, I'm not gorging and so that's a wonderful change.

How was your eating today? Tai

To: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Tuesday, June 7, 2011 9:03 PMSubject: Re: Re: honoring healthy boundaries/ obeying the internal intelligence

Hi Tai, By the end of the day things had calmed down and I was ok with everything. I was actually lucky last Dec. when the water pump went out on my car but I was only a couple of blocks from home, about 9 pm in freezing weather here in Florida, but no traffic. I also was able to walk home which I couldn't have done last year(walk that is). I also now have a cell phone. My son was visiting and helped me push the car to my house and I called tow company in the morning. I would have been hysterical too in traffic. I am sorry your feet hurt so bad. That must be very limiting. I have a lot of pain in one hip so I take 2 Ibuprofen before I go for a walk. I watched utube funny animals and babies. I will check out the Purina site. I am having a little difficulty watching dog videos because we just had to put my dog down. But it was well past time for her. I like Ellen DeGeneres

and others. Hang in there. Sandy

Hi, Sandy. That sounds like a day full of trouble. I, too, just had a transmission problem, and the car just conked out in the middle of traffic. I was hysterical and called my husband very, very upset, sitting there in a stalled car with cars rushing at me. I'm still devoted to my eating, though, and although I am sure I have not lost much weight these days I am still forging ahead with IE. One of the reasons I'm doing it is that it's not painful. What is painful is the slow loss because of my age and because I'm not exercising much. And sometimes when I want to exercise my feet hurt so bad that all I want to do is go upstairs to my apartment and sit on the recliner and watch TV (as I'm doing now). It sounds like you're doing well, so we will keep trying, right? As far as funny things online, I do enjoy watching funny animal videos, I think Purina runs a series of funny animal videos. They actually make me laugh. Just before I was watching a

show by Fisher, she is hysterical, but I had to stop because at a certain point in her one-woman funny show she became too raw for me. But she is very, very funny, if you like that type of humor. Let me know what type of shows you like to watch. Tai

To: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Tuesday, June 7, 2011 2:53 PM Subject: Re: Re: honoring healthy boundaries/ obeying the internal intelligence

Thanks. That sounds like a good idea. Dealing with a lot of frustration and disruption today. Took my car in today because it was leaking oil again, after very expensive job in Jan. I was told it would take about an hour and ended up being there 3 until my friend came and took me to his place to wait, another hour. I also had an alignment, tires rotated and balanced while I was there. They resealed everything done last time for no charge. Any way I was there 4 hours. Yipes. Then I had to get home and call a plumber because my toilet has been slowly leaking from around the seal I think and the new floor is wet underneath the tiles. Tomorrow I have to have some lab work redone after being off one of my meds for a week(liver function was high), and then out to lunch with the ladies here. Thursday I go out with my friend for lunch and the day and usually eat at 's around 5. Friday is free!

Yippee. Sometimes I get too busy for my liking. Anyway I have extra challenges this week regarding IE. I think something has changed for me though, for the better. I can't quite put my finger on it but things just seem different, like my attitude. And I am beginning to incorporate exercise, fun stuff into my routine. Swimming in the pool. The ocean has too many jellyfish and rip currents. Bike rides, walking around the lake to enjoy nature, dance/exercise DVD from Netflix And we have a group here now that has just started playing Wii bowling(and other sports). So things seem to be changing. I'm going to go find something funny online. I need to laugh more. Sandy

Hi. When I am hungry and want something to eat, sometimes I first imagine what I really want. I stay and think about that for a while and then make my decisions from there. It helps. Before I would just grab for anything, pizza, candy, whatever. But now I think about what I really want. It could be a tuna fish sandwich. I go from there. Tai

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I go out to eat 2-3 week but because I have been going so much it has lost a lot of it's appeal.  I have more problem at home because at certain times I snack and snack. Sandy

 

That is great that you did not overeat, Sandy. I'm still working on it and thinking through a meal if I can. When the food stops tasting so good is when my brain begins telling me I've had enough. Especially when I go out to eat, that's the real problem. Home is not so much of a problem, but I really like going out to eat, so I was thinking about this. I need to think of food as disposable. Tai

To: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Wednesday, June 8, 2011 2:14 PM

Subject: Re: Re: honoring healthy boundaries/ obeying the internal intelligence

 

I just posted about my meal at red Lobster and it was very good and I did not over eat.  Felt great about it too.  Sandy

 

Thanks, Sandy. You, too, hang in there. I'm glad things calmed down. Interesting that you take 2 ibuprofen before you walk. I wanted to swim today and I put on my bathing suit under my clothes, hoping I'd pop in the pool when I came home this afternoon, but I was tired and in pain so I just came upstairs. I did OK with food, I did not binge. My problem is that now, in order for me to lose weight, I have to eat very little. :-( But I'm not going to fret too much over it, I'll just keep going by trying to eat normally, using intuitive eating as much as possible. Meantime, I'm feeling much better, I'm not gorging and so that's a wonderful change.

How was your eating today? Tai

To: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Tuesday, June 7, 2011 9:03 PM

Subject: Re: Re: honoring healthy boundaries/ obeying the internal intelligence

 

Hi Tai,  By the end of the day things had calmed down and I was ok with everything.  I was actually lucky last Dec.  when the water pump went out on my car but I was only a couple of blocks from home, about 9 pm in freezing weather here in Florida, but no traffic.  I also was able to walk home which I couldn't have done last year(walk that is). I also now have a cell phone.  My son was visiting and helped me push the car to my house and I called tow company in the morning.  I would have been hysterical too in traffic.  I am sorry your feet hurt so bad.  That must be very limiting.  I have a lot of pain in one hip so I take 2 Ibuprofen before I go for a walk.  I watched utube funny animals and babies.  I will check out the Purina site.  I am having a little difficulty watching dog videos because we just had to put my dog down.  But it was well past time for her. I like Ellen DeGeneres

and others. Hang in there.  Sandy

 

Hi, Sandy. That sounds like a day full of trouble. I, too, just had a transmission problem, and the car just conked out in the middle of traffic. I was hysterical and called my husband very, very upset, sitting there in a stalled car with cars rushing at me. I'm still devoted to my eating, though, and although I am sure I have not lost much weight these days I am still forging ahead with IE. One of the reasons I'm doing it is that it's not painful. What is painful is the slow loss because of my age and because I'm not exercising much. And sometimes when I want to exercise my feet hurt so bad that all I want to do is go upstairs to my apartment and sit on the recliner and watch TV (as I'm doing now). It sounds like you're doing well, so we will keep trying, right? As far as funny things online, I do enjoy watching funny animal videos, I think Purina runs a series of funny animal videos. They actually make me laugh. Just before I was watching a

show by Fisher, she is hysterical, but I had to stop because at a certain point in her one-woman funny show she became too raw for me. But she is very, very funny, if you like that type of humor. Let me know what type of shows you like to watch. Tai

To: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Tuesday, June 7, 2011 2:53 PM

Subject: Re: Re: honoring healthy boundaries/ obeying the internal intelligence

 

Thanks.  That sounds like a good idea.  Dealing with a lot of frustration and disruption today.  Took my car in today because it was leaking oil again, after  very expensive job in Jan.  I was told it would take about an hour and ended up being there 3 until my friend came and took me to his place to wait, another hour. I also had an alignment, tires rotated and balanced while I was there.  They resealed everything done last time for no charge.  Any way I was there 4 hours. Yipes.  Then I had to get home and call a plumber because my toilet has been slowly leaking from around the seal I think and the new floor is wet underneath the tiles.  Tomorrow I have to have some lab work redone after being off one of my meds for a week(liver function was high), and then out to lunch with the ladies here.  Thursday I go out with my friend for lunch and the day and usually eat at 's around 5. Friday is free!

Yippee.  Sometimes I get too busy for my liking.  Anyway I have extra challenges this week regarding IE. I think something has changed for me though, for the better.  I can't quite put my finger on it but things just seem different, like my attitude.  And I am beginning to incorporate exercise, fun stuff into my routine.  Swimming in the pool.  The ocean has too many jellyfish and rip currents. Bike rides, walking around the lake to enjoy nature, dance/exercise DVD from Netflix  And we have a group here now that has just started playing Wii bowling(and other sports).  So things seem to be changing.  I'm going to go find something funny online.  I need to laugh more. Sandy

 

Hi. When I am hungry and want something to eat, sometimes I first imagine what I really want. I stay and think about that for a while and then make my decisions from there. It helps. Before I would just grab for anything, pizza, candy, whatever. But now I think about what I really want. It could be a tuna fish sandwich. I go from there. Tai

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