Guest guest Posted August 26, 2011 Report Share Posted August 26, 2011 Hi EveryoneI just joined yesterday and wanted to say hi. I'm so glad to have found you!I've been dieting for the last 6 years, lost well at first (over 100 pounds) but in the last few years haven't really lost anything and have even gained whilst dieting!I was determined that any weight loss I did would stay off so I've spent the past 6 years really working on my emotional eating. I'm certainly not perfect but I am now usually aware when my eating is emotional and can then make a choice about whether to continue or not.I've also been going through infertility treatment. I'm due to do another round of IVF in September.About a month ago I just had a complete revelation that my dieting was becoming as abusive to myself as my previous overeating. I decided to be kinder to my body and started intuitive eating. So far I'm loving it, loving eating food without guilt and haven't felt any great urges to binge. I feel at peace.The difficulties I'm having is with letting go of previous habits - that aren't serving me well now. I'm still weighing multiple times a day which isn't useful. Also I'm still working out my calories at the end of the day - I find though that when they are naturally low (because I've had a not very hungry day) I instantly think 'Oohh what can I eat?' even when I am not hungry to 'make up' the calories. Again not useful.As I said we are doing IVF in September, in Spain, when I'll be away from my scales and my calorie counting. I'm looking forward to the break and to seeing if I can cope without those crutches/deadweights.I've been surfing the net and finding some greats blogs but looking really for a forum to talk about intuitive eating. As I said above - SO Glad I found you. xps: Here's my blog if you want a read - http://lose-to-gain.blogspot.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 27, 2011 Report Share Posted August 27, 2011 coley coley, welcome, glad to have you along on this journey with us. Sandy Hi EveryoneI just joined yesterday and wanted to say hi. I'm so glad to have found you!I've been dieting for the last 6 years, lost well at first (over 100 pounds) but in the last few years haven't really lost anything and have even gained whilst dieting! I was determined that any weight loss I did would stay off so I've spent the past 6 years really working on my emotional eating. I'm certainly not perfect but I am now usually aware when my eating is emotional and can then make a choice about whether to continue or not. I've also been going through infertility treatment. I'm due to do another round of IVF in September.About a month ago I just had a complete revelation that my dieting was becoming as abusive to myself as my previous overeating. I decided to be kinder to my body and started intuitive eating. So far I'm loving it, loving eating food without guilt and haven't felt any great urges to binge. I feel at peace. The difficulties I'm having is with letting go of previous habits - that aren't serving me well now. I'm still weighing multiple times a day which isn't useful. Also I'm still working out my calories at the end of the day - I find though that when they are naturally low (because I've had a not very hungry day) I instantly think 'Oohh what can I eat?' even when I am not hungry to 'make up' the calories. Again not useful. As I said we are doing IVF in September, in Spain, when I'll be away from my scales and my calorie counting. I'm looking forward to the break and to seeing if I can cope without those crutches/deadweights. I've been surfing the net and finding some greats blogs but looking really for a forum to talk about intuitive eating. As I said above - SO Glad I found you. xps: Here's my blog if you want a read - http://lose-to-gain.blogspot.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 27, 2011 Report Share Posted August 27, 2011 coley coley, welcome, glad to have you along on this journey with us. Sandy Hi EveryoneI just joined yesterday and wanted to say hi. I'm so glad to have found you!I've been dieting for the last 6 years, lost well at first (over 100 pounds) but in the last few years haven't really lost anything and have even gained whilst dieting! I was determined that any weight loss I did would stay off so I've spent the past 6 years really working on my emotional eating. I'm certainly not perfect but I am now usually aware when my eating is emotional and can then make a choice about whether to continue or not. I've also been going through infertility treatment. I'm due to do another round of IVF in September.About a month ago I just had a complete revelation that my dieting was becoming as abusive to myself as my previous overeating. I decided to be kinder to my body and started intuitive eating. So far I'm loving it, loving eating food without guilt and haven't felt any great urges to binge. I feel at peace. The difficulties I'm having is with letting go of previous habits - that aren't serving me well now. I'm still weighing multiple times a day which isn't useful. Also I'm still working out my calories at the end of the day - I find though that when they are naturally low (because I've had a not very hungry day) I instantly think 'Oohh what can I eat?' even when I am not hungry to 'make up' the calories. Again not useful. As I said we are doing IVF in September, in Spain, when I'll be away from my scales and my calorie counting. I'm looking forward to the break and to seeing if I can cope without those crutches/deadweights. I've been surfing the net and finding some greats blogs but looking really for a forum to talk about intuitive eating. As I said above - SO Glad I found you. xps: Here's my blog if you want a read - http://lose-to-gain.blogspot.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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