re: I'm a dietitian just starting to use IE with my patients/clients - any tips?

[Guest guest]

Hi all,

I'm a dietitian, and I've recently been getting up to speed with IE, mindful

eating and other methods of helping patients/clients with their relationship

with food.

IE really rings home with me as I used to (unconsciously) be a very intuitive

eater and I think becoming a dietitian and breaking down food into nutrients,

dealing with so many conflicting messages about food and nutrition, weight and

weight loss, etc, made me start to trust the external messages more than the

internal. IE is definitely helping me get back to listening to my own body -

and I've been lurking on this forum for a while, finding a lot of the

discussions really useful.

As I'm starting to use this approach more with my patients/clients, I'm finding

it very different to other approaches I might have used in the past, but hugely

satisfying!

For all of you that have received help with IE from doctors, dietitians, and

other counsellors - I wondered whether you had any tips for me - things that

your professionals have said or done that have really helped, and also anything

that really hasn't.

All the best,

Z

[Guest guest]

Welcome Z! So great to find a dietitian in our group. I really wish there was a

way to categorize posts so that members could re 'back' over topics and

discussions to gleam tidbits already shared. Alas Yahoo, like most other

newsgroup services, only build posts on top of each other soon burying the good

in the process. There are some excellent Files stored at the group site which

may have some good ideas for you. For sure the Book List could be a useful

reference for you and your clients too.

What has helped me seems to serve others too are -

1) be gentle with yourself - beating up or making 'wrong' hasn't worked and is

disrespectful (of your body) too.

2) start with ONE IE practice. You don't eat a 'feast' in one bite ;-)

3) Its not about weight, its about WAIT - for hunger, for taste and for

adjustment (not forcing weight off)

4) Gift yourself time. It took years to develop into what you are now, its

better to work on positive changes than repeat the error of dieting that causes

excessive re-gain.

5) loving yourself as you are, respects your body NOW and encourages positive

changes

IE is as much an encounter with ourselves as it is about how we interact with

food.

BEST to you, Katcha

IEing since March 2007

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> Hi all,

>

> I'm a dietitian, and I've recently been getting up to speed with IE, mindful

eating and other methods of helping patients/clients with their relationship

with food.

>

> IE really rings home with me as I used to (unconsciously) be a very intuitive

eater and I think becoming a dietitian and breaking down food into nutrients,

dealing with so many conflicting messages about food and nutrition, weight and

weight loss, etc, made me start to trust the external messages more than the

internal. IE is definitely helping me get back to listening to my own body -

and I've been lurking on this forum for a while, finding a lot of the

discussions really useful.

>

> As I'm starting to use this approach more with my patients/clients, I'm

finding it very different to other approaches I might have used in the past, but

hugely satisfying!

>

> For all of you that have received help with IE from doctors, dietitians, and

other counsellors - I wondered whether you had any tips for me - things that

your professionals have said or done that have really helped, and also anything

that really hasn't.

>

> All the best,

>

> Z

>