Re: Re: instead

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Tilley, this sounds just like my day today! I seem to be hungry all the time and don't know what to do instead.  Maybe I am not eating enough at each feeding( as Gillian likes to call them).  I often eat when I am bored and tired.  Glad you found the book.  I did go out to a seminar/lecture for an hour or so and it was pretty interesting.   I have signed up for them once a week.  I too have a whole list of things I could be doing instead of eating, but usually don't feel like doing any of them. I am a story teller and do that a few times a month so have to learn a story.  I was writing poetry and going to that group.  I did some paintings and even sold one.  I have a lot of reading to do and re-visit the IE information. I enjoy shopping for food and cooking my own meals, or going out. I have a keyboard and other musical instruments that I no longer play. Maybe it just isn't time for those things.  I have to remember that I have been dealing with some pretty intense physical issues.  I need to give myself a break. Well tomorrow is another day and I have some good things planned.  Keep in touch. Sandy

 

I sure don't know what to do " instead " at all, and what's bothering me more than anything right now is that I seem to be hungry all the time, but I think that's because I'm actually stopping when I'm no longer hungry rather than my usual stuffed.

I guess the " instead " is just being done with eating. This evening I was thinking I needed to eat something, and realized that I was both bored and tired. Something that food would actually help? Nope. So I scrounged around to find a book I would be interested in reading, which I could do lying down, and the urge to eat passed.

So this isn't really answering your question. I have a whole list of healthy things I would like to do too, like take the dog for a walk, making art, practicing fiddle, gardening, but I just didn't feel like doing any of them. Lying in bed seemed about right.

Good luck!

Tilley

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> What do we do INSTEAD? Can someone help me with this? I cannot help but treat IE like any other set of guidelines that should be followed with regards to my eating issues. It feels so good to follow IE, and not to have specific rules and not to be excluded from life because of some strange food plan I've been advised to follow. At the same time, I still struggle with overeating more than I get it right. " It " being IE.

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> If I could do the healthy things INSTEAD of practicing the insane eating, life would be so wonderful. There are so many little tricks to this thing that has me by my gut (heart, etc.). Am I really hungry? What is going on that's causing me to " think " that I am hungry - or even FEEL like I am hungry? What's going on that causes me to just right out continue to eat beyond being full or stuffed?

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> There is such a long list of things to do, and I have known these things for years. Is it time for me to finally start taking care of myself and doing them? Yes. It is. Take a walk. Take a bath. Take a nap. Take a valium. (OK - just kidding!) Brush my teeth! Call a friend. Call the dog. (OK - I do not have a dog. I have a cat.) Read. Don't read. Just sit. THAT'S IT!! Just sit. Why is that so difficult for me to do?

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> Chime in, everyone. I would love to hear from you.

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> Blessings for a peaceful evening,

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> PS - Yes, It's been a while since I've posted (or read) here.

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[Guest guest]

Yes, and I think sometimes what you really need to do to take care of yourself is to overeat. Sometimes you're unable to find a better coping mechanism. And that's OK. No guilt, no recriminations. With time, those episodes will get less and less frequent. I truly believe that.

Mimi

Subject: Re: "instead"To: IntuitiveEating_Support Date: Wednesday, September 21, 2011, 3:06 PM

Thanks so much Mimi. Very well said. I feel like sometimes the "desire" to overeat takes over every cell in my body and I am not able to practice this healthy way of life - "ask myself why I feel this way and what I need to do to take good care of myself." Someone posted yesterday that they began to struggle and realized that they were trying to practice IE "on autopilot." I know that this way of life requires focus. I also know that I will stumble and fall at times. Today, I am willing to get back up, brush off my knees and try again :-)

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