Re: Thank you to the group!

[Guest guest]

, welcome. Great story and thank you for sharing.  WOW a divorce and now a single mother of TWO PRESCHOOLERS.  That's amazing that you have been on IE and had time to post.  You are AWESOME. That you found a way to exercise is great and to go to family outings and be who you truly are, eat what you truly want.  All of your post was just so helpful for me too.  Sandy

 

Hello IE friends,

I rarely post on here, but I read the recent posts about once a week or so, and it never fails to encourage me. Often I think about responding to certain ones, but I am a frazzled, single mom of two preschoolers and there is so much I never seem to get around to doing!

Today I am feeling reflective so I would like to share and hopefully encourage someone else. I converted to Intuitive Eating over a year ago and found this forum, and I would like to thank all of you in this group. Reading the struggles, questions and advice here has re-enforced this concept and kept me on track so many times. THANK YOU!

I am certain that IE has been one of the best decisions of my life. Even if I had gained 50+ pounds after adopting the IE mindset, I still would have been healthier than I was before. I've shared in other posts, but I found IE while going through a long divorce and struggling with depression, and I believe IE is a huge reason that I can say now that I am no longer depressed. Sure, I have bad days, but I no longer feel that hopelessness. Because of the IE book and Women, Food and God, I have found other ways to manage my stress, accept myself and my life and allow myself to FEEL my emotions instead of burying them with food. Also, I have rather recently given up the destructive habit of binging followed by laxative abuse. Ironically, IE is what convinced me to make that change when other arguments never worked. I was never addicted to laxatives, but I wonder if IE would help others with eating disorders? The self-love of IE really is a stark contrast to so many self destructive habits.

So many other healthier things followed that I haven't expected. I found forms of excercise that made me feel good and I did them because of this and focused on this. In the past I always did crazy killer workouts the same day I started my diet so I was underfed and over worked and MISERABLE and that lasted two weeks at most. I can say now that I have consistently but mildly moved my body for the past year because I enjoy it. This has actually become a way to relieve stress and feel good, instead of something torturous. I have lost weight since starting all this which wasn't even on purpose. I don't know how much because I got rid of my scale. The one time I stepped on a scale in the past year at someone else's home really had a negative impact on me and so I really avoid them. I think the main reason I lost weight is quite simply because I stopped binging FINALLY. My previous routinue honestly was that I would count calories all week and then lose control and eat 20,000 calories in a weekend. When I was in an All-U-Can-Eat weekend, I could never get full. Now, I can feel satisfied. It's really wonderful.

I love chocolate and now probably eat it every day. I have frozen chocolate bars that I break off a piece, and I savor it. Yesterday, I was at a bbq at my sister's. I knew I wanted dessert, so I had half a cheeseburger and half a corn on the cob and smaller other helpings, and so I fully enjoyed the carmel pretzel Klondike bar that I had been craving. Sure, some people made a comment about me not eating a full burger but I said, " If I am still hungry, I'll eat the other half. " They couldn't really argue with that logic. This is such a difference compared to how I used to take family bbqs as an opportunity to pig out and feel guilty later.

This process has been far from easy and has had many ups and downs, but I just wanted to share the progress I have made and how today I see so clearly how much healthier IE has made me!

I have another question for the group, but I think I'll put that into a separate post.

Thank you all again

[Guest guest]

, welcome. Great story and thank you for sharing.  WOW a divorce and now a single mother of TWO PRESCHOOLERS.  That's amazing that you have been on IE and had time to post.  You are AWESOME. That you found a way to exercise is great and to go to family outings and be who you truly are, eat what you truly want.  All of your post was just so helpful for me too.  Sandy

 

Hello IE friends,

I rarely post on here, but I read the recent posts about once a week or so, and it never fails to encourage me. Often I think about responding to certain ones, but I am a frazzled, single mom of two preschoolers and there is so much I never seem to get around to doing!

Today I am feeling reflective so I would like to share and hopefully encourage someone else. I converted to Intuitive Eating over a year ago and found this forum, and I would like to thank all of you in this group. Reading the struggles, questions and advice here has re-enforced this concept and kept me on track so many times. THANK YOU!

I am certain that IE has been one of the best decisions of my life. Even if I had gained 50+ pounds after adopting the IE mindset, I still would have been healthier than I was before. I've shared in other posts, but I found IE while going through a long divorce and struggling with depression, and I believe IE is a huge reason that I can say now that I am no longer depressed. Sure, I have bad days, but I no longer feel that hopelessness. Because of the IE book and Women, Food and God, I have found other ways to manage my stress, accept myself and my life and allow myself to FEEL my emotions instead of burying them with food. Also, I have rather recently given up the destructive habit of binging followed by laxative abuse. Ironically, IE is what convinced me to make that change when other arguments never worked. I was never addicted to laxatives, but I wonder if IE would help others with eating disorders? The self-love of IE really is a stark contrast to so many self destructive habits.

So many other healthier things followed that I haven't expected. I found forms of excercise that made me feel good and I did them because of this and focused on this. In the past I always did crazy killer workouts the same day I started my diet so I was underfed and over worked and MISERABLE and that lasted two weeks at most. I can say now that I have consistently but mildly moved my body for the past year because I enjoy it. This has actually become a way to relieve stress and feel good, instead of something torturous. I have lost weight since starting all this which wasn't even on purpose. I don't know how much because I got rid of my scale. The one time I stepped on a scale in the past year at someone else's home really had a negative impact on me and so I really avoid them. I think the main reason I lost weight is quite simply because I stopped binging FINALLY. My previous routinue honestly was that I would count calories all week and then lose control and eat 20,000 calories in a weekend. When I was in an All-U-Can-Eat weekend, I could never get full. Now, I can feel satisfied. It's really wonderful.

I love chocolate and now probably eat it every day. I have frozen chocolate bars that I break off a piece, and I savor it. Yesterday, I was at a bbq at my sister's. I knew I wanted dessert, so I had half a cheeseburger and half a corn on the cob and smaller other helpings, and so I fully enjoyed the carmel pretzel Klondike bar that I had been craving. Sure, some people made a comment about me not eating a full burger but I said, " If I am still hungry, I'll eat the other half. " They couldn't really argue with that logic. This is such a difference compared to how I used to take family bbqs as an opportunity to pig out and feel guilty later.

This process has been far from easy and has had many ups and downs, but I just wanted to share the progress I have made and how today I see so clearly how much healthier IE has made me!

I have another question for the group, but I think I'll put that into a separate post.

Thank you all again

[Guest guest]

, welcome. Great story and thank you for sharing.  WOW a divorce and now a single mother of TWO PRESCHOOLERS.  That's amazing that you have been on IE and had time to post.  You are AWESOME. That you found a way to exercise is great and to go to family outings and be who you truly are, eat what you truly want.  All of your post was just so helpful for me too.  Sandy

 

Hello IE friends,

I rarely post on here, but I read the recent posts about once a week or so, and it never fails to encourage me. Often I think about responding to certain ones, but I am a frazzled, single mom of two preschoolers and there is so much I never seem to get around to doing!

Today I am feeling reflective so I would like to share and hopefully encourage someone else. I converted to Intuitive Eating over a year ago and found this forum, and I would like to thank all of you in this group. Reading the struggles, questions and advice here has re-enforced this concept and kept me on track so many times. THANK YOU!

I am certain that IE has been one of the best decisions of my life. Even if I had gained 50+ pounds after adopting the IE mindset, I still would have been healthier than I was before. I've shared in other posts, but I found IE while going through a long divorce and struggling with depression, and I believe IE is a huge reason that I can say now that I am no longer depressed. Sure, I have bad days, but I no longer feel that hopelessness. Because of the IE book and Women, Food and God, I have found other ways to manage my stress, accept myself and my life and allow myself to FEEL my emotions instead of burying them with food. Also, I have rather recently given up the destructive habit of binging followed by laxative abuse. Ironically, IE is what convinced me to make that change when other arguments never worked. I was never addicted to laxatives, but I wonder if IE would help others with eating disorders? The self-love of IE really is a stark contrast to so many self destructive habits.

So many other healthier things followed that I haven't expected. I found forms of excercise that made me feel good and I did them because of this and focused on this. In the past I always did crazy killer workouts the same day I started my diet so I was underfed and over worked and MISERABLE and that lasted two weeks at most. I can say now that I have consistently but mildly moved my body for the past year because I enjoy it. This has actually become a way to relieve stress and feel good, instead of something torturous. I have lost weight since starting all this which wasn't even on purpose. I don't know how much because I got rid of my scale. The one time I stepped on a scale in the past year at someone else's home really had a negative impact on me and so I really avoid them. I think the main reason I lost weight is quite simply because I stopped binging FINALLY. My previous routinue honestly was that I would count calories all week and then lose control and eat 20,000 calories in a weekend. When I was in an All-U-Can-Eat weekend, I could never get full. Now, I can feel satisfied. It's really wonderful.

I love chocolate and now probably eat it every day. I have frozen chocolate bars that I break off a piece, and I savor it. Yesterday, I was at a bbq at my sister's. I knew I wanted dessert, so I had half a cheeseburger and half a corn on the cob and smaller other helpings, and so I fully enjoyed the carmel pretzel Klondike bar that I had been craving. Sure, some people made a comment about me not eating a full burger but I said, " If I am still hungry, I'll eat the other half. " They couldn't really argue with that logic. This is such a difference compared to how I used to take family bbqs as an opportunity to pig out and feel guilty later.

This process has been far from easy and has had many ups and downs, but I just wanted to share the progress I have made and how today I see so clearly how much healthier IE has made me!

I have another question for the group, but I think I'll put that into a separate post.

Thank you all again

[Guest guest]

Thanks . I'm just starting out with IE, and it is encouraging to see others

who are a little further along doing well.

>

>

> Hello IE friends,

>

> I rarely post on here, but I read the recent posts about once a week or so,

and it never fails to encourage me. Often I think about responding to certain

ones, but I am a frazzled, single mom of two preschoolers and there is so much I

never seem to get around to doing!

>

> Today I am feeling reflective so I would like to share and hopefully encourage

someone else. I converted to Intuitive Eating over a year ago and found this

forum, and I would like to thank all of you in this group. Reading the

struggles, questions and advice here has re-enforced this concept and kept me on

track so many times. THANK YOU!

>

> I am certain that IE has been one of the best decisions of my life. Even if I

had gained 50+ pounds after adopting the IE mindset, I still would have been

healthier than I was before. I've shared in other posts, but I found IE while

going through a long divorce and struggling with depression, and I believe IE is

a huge reason that I can say now that I am no longer depressed. Sure, I have

bad days, but I no longer feel that hopelessness. Because of the IE book and

Women, Food and God, I have found other ways to manage my stress, accept myself

and my life and allow myself to FEEL my emotions instead of burying them with

food. Also, I have rather recently given up the destructive habit of binging

followed by laxative abuse. Ironically, IE is what convinced me to make that

change when other arguments never worked. I was never addicted to laxatives,

but I wonder if IE would help others with eating disorders? The self-love of IE

really is a stark contrast to so many self destructive habits.

>

> So many other healthier things followed that I haven't expected. I found

forms of excercise that made me feel good and I did them because of this and

focused on this. In the past I always did crazy killer workouts the same day I

started my diet so I was underfed and over worked and MISERABLE and that lasted

two weeks at most. I can say now that I have consistently but mildly moved my

body for the past year because I enjoy it. This has actually become a way to

relieve stress and feel good, instead of something torturous. I have lost

weight since starting all this which wasn't even on purpose. I don't know how

much because I got rid of my scale. The one time I stepped on a scale in the

past year at someone else's home really had a negative impact on me and so I

really avoid them. I think the main reason I lost weight is quite simply

because I stopped binging FINALLY. My previous routinue honestly was that I

would count calories all week and then lose control and eat 20,000 calories in a

weekend. When I was in an All-U-Can-Eat weekend, I could never get full. Now,

I can feel satisfied. It's really wonderful.

>

> I love chocolate and now probably eat it every day. I have frozen chocolate

bars that I break off a piece, and I savor it. Yesterday, I was at a bbq at my

sister's. I knew I wanted dessert, so I had half a cheeseburger and half a corn

on the cob and smaller other helpings, and so I fully enjoyed the carmel pretzel

Klondike bar that I had been craving. Sure, some people made a comment about me

not eating a full burger but I said, " If I am still hungry, I'll eat the other

half. " They couldn't really argue with that logic. This is such a difference

compared to how I used to take family bbqs as an opportunity to pig out and feel

guilty later.

>

> This process has been far from easy and has had many ups and downs, but I just

wanted to share the progress I have made and how today I see so clearly how much

healthier IE has made me!

>

> I have another question for the group, but I think I'll put that into a

separate post.

>

> Thank you all again

>

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks . I'm just starting out with IE, and it is encouraging to see others

who are a little further along doing well.

>

>

> Hello IE friends,

>

> I rarely post on here, but I read the recent posts about once a week or so,

and it never fails to encourage me. Often I think about responding to certain

ones, but I am a frazzled, single mom of two preschoolers and there is so much I

never seem to get around to doing!

>

> Today I am feeling reflective so I would like to share and hopefully encourage

someone else. I converted to Intuitive Eating over a year ago and found this

forum, and I would like to thank all of you in this group. Reading the

struggles, questions and advice here has re-enforced this concept and kept me on

track so many times. THANK YOU!

>

> I am certain that IE has been one of the best decisions of my life. Even if I

had gained 50+ pounds after adopting the IE mindset, I still would have been

healthier than I was before. I've shared in other posts, but I found IE while

going through a long divorce and struggling with depression, and I believe IE is

a huge reason that I can say now that I am no longer depressed. Sure, I have

bad days, but I no longer feel that hopelessness. Because of the IE book and

Women, Food and God, I have found other ways to manage my stress, accept myself

and my life and allow myself to FEEL my emotions instead of burying them with

food. Also, I have rather recently given up the destructive habit of binging

followed by laxative abuse. Ironically, IE is what convinced me to make that

change when other arguments never worked. I was never addicted to laxatives,

but I wonder if IE would help others with eating disorders? The self-love of IE

really is a stark contrast to so many self destructive habits.

>

> So many other healthier things followed that I haven't expected. I found

forms of excercise that made me feel good and I did them because of this and

focused on this. In the past I always did crazy killer workouts the same day I

started my diet so I was underfed and over worked and MISERABLE and that lasted

two weeks at most. I can say now that I have consistently but mildly moved my

body for the past year because I enjoy it. This has actually become a way to

relieve stress and feel good, instead of something torturous. I have lost

weight since starting all this which wasn't even on purpose. I don't know how

much because I got rid of my scale. The one time I stepped on a scale in the

past year at someone else's home really had a negative impact on me and so I

really avoid them. I think the main reason I lost weight is quite simply

because I stopped binging FINALLY. My previous routinue honestly was that I

would count calories all week and then lose control and eat 20,000 calories in a

weekend. When I was in an All-U-Can-Eat weekend, I could never get full. Now,

I can feel satisfied. It's really wonderful.

>

> I love chocolate and now probably eat it every day. I have frozen chocolate

bars that I break off a piece, and I savor it. Yesterday, I was at a bbq at my

sister's. I knew I wanted dessert, so I had half a cheeseburger and half a corn

on the cob and smaller other helpings, and so I fully enjoyed the carmel pretzel

Klondike bar that I had been craving. Sure, some people made a comment about me

not eating a full burger but I said, " If I am still hungry, I'll eat the other

half. " They couldn't really argue with that logic. This is such a difference

compared to how I used to take family bbqs as an opportunity to pig out and feel

guilty later.

>

> This process has been far from easy and has had many ups and downs, but I just

wanted to share the progress I have made and how today I see so clearly how much

healthier IE has made me!

>

> I have another question for the group, but I think I'll put that into a

separate post.

>

> Thank you all again

>

>

[Guest guest]

I'm so glad you posted ! Your story is very inspiring and to know you did all this w/ such stress in your life! Great job!!! I love to read others IE journeys to know their is hope for me after all!! Thanks for taking the time to post!

Barb

Subject: Thank you to the group!To: IntuitiveEating_Support Date: Sunday, July 31, 2011, 3:59 PM

Hello IE friends, I rarely post on here, but I read the recent posts about once a week or so, and it never fails to encourage me. Often I think about responding to certain ones, but I am a frazzled, single mom of two preschoolers and there is so much I never seem to get around to doing!Today I am feeling reflective so I would like to share and hopefully encourage someone else. I converted to Intuitive Eating over a year ago and found this forum, and I would like to thank all of you in this group. Reading the struggles, questions and advice here has re-enforced this concept and kept me on track so many times. THANK YOU!I am certain that IE has been one of the best decisions of my life. Even if I had gained 50+ pounds after adopting the IE mindset, I still would have been healthier than I was before. I've shared in other posts, but I found IE while going through a long divorce and struggling with depression, and I believe

IE is a huge reason that I can say now that I am no longer depressed. Sure, I have bad days, but I no longer feel that hopelessness. Because of the IE book and Women, Food and God, I have found other ways to manage my stress, accept myself and my life and allow myself to FEEL my emotions instead of burying them with food. Also, I have rather recently given up the destructive habit of binging followed by laxative abuse. Ironically, IE is what convinced me to make that change when other arguments never worked. I was never addicted to laxatives, but I wonder if IE would help others with eating disorders? The self-love of IE really is a stark contrast to so many self destructive habits.So many other healthier things followed that I haven't expected. I found forms of excercise that made me feel good and I did them because of this and focused on this. In the past I always did crazy killer workouts the same day I started my diet so I was underfed and

over worked and MISERABLE and that lasted two weeks at most. I can say now that I have consistently but mildly moved my body for the past year because I enjoy it. This has actually become a way to relieve stress and feel good, instead of something torturous. I have lost weight since starting all this which wasn't even on purpose. I don't know how much because I got rid of my scale. The one time I stepped on a scale in the past year at someone else's home really had a negative impact on me and so I really avoid them. I think the main reason I lost weight is quite simply because I stopped binging FINALLY. My previous routinue honestly was that I would count calories all week and then lose control and eat 20,000 calories in a weekend. When I was in an All-U-Can-Eat weekend, I could never get full. Now, I can feel satisfied. It's really wonderful.I love chocolate and now probably eat it every day. I have frozen chocolate bars that I break off a

piece, and I savor it. Yesterday, I was at a bbq at my sister's. I knew I wanted dessert, so I had half a cheeseburger and half a corn on the cob and smaller other helpings, and so I fully enjoyed the carmel pretzel Klondike bar that I had been craving. Sure, some people made a comment about me not eating a full burger but I said, "If I am still hungry, I'll eat the other half." They couldn't really argue with that logic. This is such a difference compared to how I used to take family bbqs as an opportunity to pig out and feel guilty later.This process has been far from easy and has had many ups and downs, but I just wanted to share the progress I have made and how today I see so clearly how much healthier IE has made me!I have another question for the group, but I think I'll put that into a separate post.Thank you all again

[Guest guest]

What an incredible story of growth and strength as well as IE success!Thank you for sharing, and BRAVO to you for all the hard work you have done!best,

abby

[Guest guest]

Bravo for you and thanks for sharing your IE journey too. I found it inspiring

and also helped me to better understand and accept that lurkers do get help here

without being in the 'thick' of things too. You really have made progress and I

can just sense the calm and acceptance you now have for yourself.

Best to you, Katcha

IEing since March 2007

>

>

> Hello IE friends,

>

> I rarely post on here, but I read the recent posts about once a week or so,

and it never fails to encourage me. Often I think about responding to certain

ones, but I am a frazzled, single mom of two preschoolers and there is so much I

never seem to get around to doing!

>

> Today I am feeling reflective so I would like to share and hopefully encourage

someone else. I converted to Intuitive Eating over a year ago and found this

forum, and I would like to thank all of you in this group. Reading the

struggles, questions and advice here has re-enforced this concept and kept me on

track so many times. THANK YOU!

>

> I am certain that IE has been one of the best decisions of my life. Even if I

had gained 50+ pounds after adopting the IE mindset, I still would have been

healthier than I was before. I've shared in other posts, but I found IE while

going through a long divorce and struggling with depression, and I believe IE is

a huge reason that I can say now that I am no longer depressed. Sure, I have

bad days, but I no longer feel that hopelessness. Because of the IE book and

Women, Food and God, I have found other ways to manage my stress, accept myself

and my life and allow myself to FEEL my emotions instead of burying them with

food. Also, I have rather recently given up the destructive habit of binging

followed by laxative abuse. Ironically, IE is what convinced me to make that

change when other arguments never worked. I was never addicted to laxatives,

but I wonder if IE would help others with eating disorders? The self-love of IE

really is a stark contrast to so many self destructive habits.

>

> So many other healthier things followed that I haven't expected. I found

forms of excercise that made me feel good and I did them because of this and

focused on this. In the past I always did crazy killer workouts the same day I

started my diet so I was underfed and over worked and MISERABLE and that lasted

two weeks at most. I can say now that I have consistently but mildly moved my

body for the past year because I enjoy it. This has actually become a way to

relieve stress and feel good, instead of something torturous. I have lost

weight since starting all this which wasn't even on purpose. I don't know how

much because I got rid of my scale. The one time I stepped on a scale in the

past year at someone else's home really had a negative impact on me and so I

really avoid them. I think the main reason I lost weight is quite simply

because I stopped binging FINALLY. My previous routinue honestly was that I

would count calories all week and then lose control and eat 20,000 calories in a

weekend. When I was in an All-U-Can-Eat weekend, I could never get full. Now,

I can feel satisfied. It's really wonderful.

>

> I love chocolate and now probably eat it every day. I have frozen chocolate

bars that I break off a piece, and I savor it. Yesterday, I was at a bbq at my

sister's. I knew I wanted dessert, so I had half a cheeseburger and half a corn

on the cob and smaller other helpings, and so I fully enjoyed the carmel pretzel

Klondike bar that I had been craving. Sure, some people made a comment about me

not eating a full burger but I said, " If I am still hungry, I'll eat the other

half. " They couldn't really argue with that logic. This is such a difference

compared to how I used to take family bbqs as an opportunity to pig out and feel

guilty later.

>

> This process has been far from easy and has had many ups and downs, but I just

wanted to share the progress I have made and how today I see so clearly how much

healthier IE has made me!

>

> I have another question for the group, but I think I'll put that into a

separate post.

>

> Thank you all again

>

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks for all the support from my check-in post!

Ironically, after posting this Sunday, I've had an emotional week! I've been

doing that horrific thing - online dating! lol Two different men I've

corresponding with for over a month now, suddenly decided to not respond to me

anymore. This got me feeling rejected, hopeless and down and ...yeah, yesterday

I ate WAY too much.

Couple things stood out though. Emotional bingeing didn't really work anymore,

like the drug of it didn't actually make me feel any better like it used to.

Second, I got full really fast and couldn't keep going like I wanted. I now

don't like the unpleasant feeling of being stuffed, a feeling that used to make

me feel strangely comforted. Third, I am very surprised that I don't feel

guilty about it at all today. It wasn't the end of the world - the overeating

wasn't and neither were those two fellas lack of interest in me. Today is just

a new day.

All the best to everyone here ~

> >

> >

> > Hello IE friends,

> >

> > I rarely post on here, but I read the recent posts about once a week or so,

and it never fails to encourage me. Often I think about responding to certain

ones, but I am a frazzled, single mom of two preschoolers and there is so much I

never seem to get around to doing!

> >

> > Today I am feeling reflective so I would like to share and hopefully

encourage someone else. I converted to Intuitive Eating over a year ago and

found this forum, and I would like to thank all of you in this group. Reading

the struggles, questions and advice here has re-enforced this concept and kept

me on track so many times. THANK YOU!

> >

> > I am certain that IE has been one of the best decisions of my life. Even if

I had gained 50+ pounds after adopting the IE mindset, I still would have been

healthier than I was before. I've shared in other posts, but I found IE while

going through a long divorce and struggling with depression, and I believe IE is

a huge reason that I can say now that I am no longer depressed. Sure, I have

bad days, but I no longer feel that hopelessness. Because of the IE book and

Women, Food and God, I have found other ways to manage my stress, accept myself

and my life and allow myself to FEEL my emotions instead of burying them with

food. Also, I have rather recently given up the destructive habit of binging

followed by laxative abuse. Ironically, IE is what convinced me to make that

change when other arguments never worked. I was never addicted to laxatives,

but I wonder if IE would help others with eating disorders? The self-love of IE

really is a stark contrast to so many self destructive habits.

> >

> > So many other healthier things followed that I haven't expected. I found

forms of excercise that made me feel good and I did them because of this and

focused on this. In the past I always did crazy killer workouts the same day I

started my diet so I was underfed and over worked and MISERABLE and that lasted

two weeks at most. I can say now that I have consistently but mildly moved my

body for the past year because I enjoy it. This has actually become a way to

relieve stress and feel good, instead of something torturous. I have lost

weight since starting all this which wasn't even on purpose. I don't know how

much because I got rid of my scale. The one time I stepped on a scale in the

past year at someone else's home really had a negative impact on me and so I

really avoid them. I think the main reason I lost weight is quite simply

because I stopped binging FINALLY. My previous routinue honestly was that I

would count calories all week and then lose control and eat 20,000 calories in a

weekend. When I was in an All-U-Can-Eat weekend, I could never get full. Now,

I can feel satisfied. It's really wonderful.

> >

> > I love chocolate and now probably eat it every day. I have frozen chocolate

bars that I break off a piece, and I savor it. Yesterday, I was at a bbq at my

sister's. I knew I wanted dessert, so I had half a cheeseburger and half a corn

on the cob and smaller other helpings, and so I fully enjoyed the carmel pretzel

Klondike bar that I had been craving. Sure, some people made a comment about me

not eating a full burger but I said, " If I am still hungry, I'll eat the other

half. " They couldn't really argue with that logic. This is such a difference

compared to how I used to take family bbqs as an opportunity to pig out and feel

guilty later.

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> > This process has been far from easy and has had many ups and downs, but I

just wanted to share the progress I have made and how today I see so clearly how

much healthier IE has made me!

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> > I have another question for the group, but I think I'll put that into a

separate post.

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> > Thank you all again

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[Guest guest]

, What great progress.  Sorry about the jerks online. And yes today is just a new day. Sandy

 

Thanks for all the support from my check-in post!

Ironically, after posting this Sunday, I've had an emotional week! I've been doing that horrific thing - online dating! lol Two different men I've corresponding with for over a month now, suddenly decided to not respond to me anymore. This got me feeling rejected, hopeless and down and ...yeah, yesterday I ate WAY too much.

Couple things stood out though. Emotional bingeing didn't really work anymore, like the drug of it didn't actually make me feel any better like it used to. Second, I got full really fast and couldn't keep going like I wanted. I now don't like the unpleasant feeling of being stuffed, a feeling that used to make me feel strangely comforted. Third, I am very surprised that I don't feel guilty about it at all today. It wasn't the end of the world - the overeating wasn't and neither were those two fellas lack of interest in me. Today is just a new day.

All the best to everyone here ~

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> > Hello IE friends,

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> > I rarely post on here, but I read the recent posts about once a week or so, and it never fails to encourage me. Often I think about responding to certain ones, but I am a frazzled, single mom of two preschoolers and there is so much I never seem to get around to doing!

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> > Today I am feeling reflective so I would like to share and hopefully encourage someone else. I converted to Intuitive Eating over a year ago and found this forum, and I would like to thank all of you in this group. Reading the struggles, questions and advice here has re-enforced this concept and kept me on track so many times. THANK YOU!

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> > I am certain that IE has been one of the best decisions of my life. Even if I had gained 50+ pounds after adopting the IE mindset, I still would have been healthier than I was before. I've shared in other posts, but I found IE while going through a long divorce and struggling with depression, and I believe IE is a huge reason that I can say now that I am no longer depressed. Sure, I have bad days, but I no longer feel that hopelessness. Because of the IE book and Women, Food and God, I have found other ways to manage my stress, accept myself and my life and allow myself to FEEL my emotions instead of burying them with food. Also, I have rather recently given up the destructive habit of binging followed by laxative abuse. Ironically, IE is what convinced me to make that change when other arguments never worked. I was never addicted to laxatives, but I wonder if IE would help others with eating disorders? The self-love of IE really is a stark contrast to so many self destructive habits.

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> > So many other healthier things followed that I haven't expected. I found forms of excercise that made me feel good and I did them because of this and focused on this. In the past I always did crazy killer workouts the same day I started my diet so I was underfed and over worked and MISERABLE and that lasted two weeks at most. I can say now that I have consistently but mildly moved my body for the past year because I enjoy it. This has actually become a way to relieve stress and feel good, instead of something torturous. I have lost weight since starting all this which wasn't even on purpose. I don't know how much because I got rid of my scale. The one time I stepped on a scale in the past year at someone else's home really had a negative impact on me and so I really avoid them. I think the main reason I lost weight is quite simply because I stopped binging FINALLY. My previous routinue honestly was that I would count calories all week and then lose control and eat 20,000 calories in a weekend. When I was in an All-U-Can-Eat weekend, I could never get full. Now, I can feel satisfied. It's really wonderful.

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> > I love chocolate and now probably eat it every day. I have frozen chocolate bars that I break off a piece, and I savor it. Yesterday, I was at a bbq at my sister's. I knew I wanted dessert, so I had half a cheeseburger and half a corn on the cob and smaller other helpings, and so I fully enjoyed the carmel pretzel Klondike bar that I had been craving. Sure, some people made a comment about me not eating a full burger but I said, " If I am still hungry, I'll eat the other half. " They couldn't really argue with that logic. This is such a difference compared to how I used to take family bbqs as an opportunity to pig out and feel guilty later.

> >

> > This process has been far from easy and has had many ups and downs, but I just wanted to share the progress I have made and how today I see so clearly how much healthier IE has made me!

> >

> > I have another question for the group, but I think I'll put that into a separate post.

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> > Thank you all again

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