Guest guest Posted September 17, 2011 Report Share Posted September 17, 2011 So I'm wondering what this is all about. I'm wondering if I still somehow think all this IE is a "trick" that's going to come crashing down on my, that I won't be able to keep it up, even though it feels really sane. It's not "hard" at all, it feels right, and perhaps most scary of all, I think I might actually be losing a little weight. Maybe that's it. Every other time I've lost any weight, that's my signal that I can start eating more again. Or something. Why do we have to be such complex creatures? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 17, 2011 Report Share Posted September 17, 2011 Hmmm, I know that often people who quite smoking dream of smoking and alcoholics who give up alcohol initially have dreams of drinking. There are probably lots of reasons but the mind is complex, or rather we are complex beings... Also, for me losing weight is a terrible trigger. Of what? I don't actually know but have some suspicions. Might be worth looking into as I just recently was observing looser clothes and notice my eating increasing. Dang, the thing I've always sought eludes me ever still... Isn't that ironic. Sandarah > > So I've been doing IE for several months now and feeling really pretty good, not overeating nearly as much as I used to and allowing myself truly to eat what I feel like eating, and then last night I dream about eating chocolate truffles. Lots and lots of them. At an event whe there are bowls of them around. I feel this kind of frantic greediness to grab and eat as many as I can before they all disappear, and even in my dream I feel sick from eating them. What's up with that? It felt like " last supper " eating which I should't need to do because nothing is forbidden. I can have chocolate truffles if I want them (though I ver well might choose not to eat them because they do give me migraines, or if I did, I'd probably just have one or two, and I certainly would want to avoid the sick feeling I'd getting from eating lots of them). > > So I'm wondering what this is all about. I'm wondering if I still somehow think all this IE is a " trick " that's going to come crashing down on my, that I won't be able to keep it up, even though it feels really sane. It's not " hard " at all, it feels right, and perhaps most scary of all, I think I might actually be losing a little weight. Maybe that's it. Every other time I've lost any weight, that's my signal that I can start eating more again. Or something. Why do we have to be such complex creatures? > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 17, 2011 Report Share Posted September 17, 2011 Hmmm, I know that often people who quite smoking dream of smoking and alcoholics who give up alcohol initially have dreams of drinking. There are probably lots of reasons but the mind is complex, or rather we are complex beings... Also, for me losing weight is a terrible trigger. Of what? I don't actually know but have some suspicions. Might be worth looking into as I just recently was observing looser clothes and notice my eating increasing. Dang, the thing I've always sought eludes me ever still... Isn't that ironic. Sandarah > > So I've been doing IE for several months now and feeling really pretty good, not overeating nearly as much as I used to and allowing myself truly to eat what I feel like eating, and then last night I dream about eating chocolate truffles. Lots and lots of them. At an event whe there are bowls of them around. I feel this kind of frantic greediness to grab and eat as many as I can before they all disappear, and even in my dream I feel sick from eating them. What's up with that? It felt like " last supper " eating which I should't need to do because nothing is forbidden. I can have chocolate truffles if I want them (though I ver well might choose not to eat them because they do give me migraines, or if I did, I'd probably just have one or two, and I certainly would want to avoid the sick feeling I'd getting from eating lots of them). > > So I'm wondering what this is all about. I'm wondering if I still somehow think all this IE is a " trick " that's going to come crashing down on my, that I won't be able to keep it up, even though it feels really sane. It's not " hard " at all, it feels right, and perhaps most scary of all, I think I might actually be losing a little weight. Maybe that's it. Every other time I've lost any weight, that's my signal that I can start eating more again. Or something. Why do we have to be such complex creatures? > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 17, 2011 Report Share Posted September 17, 2011 Hmmm, I know that often people who quite smoking dream of smoking and alcoholics who give up alcohol initially have dreams of drinking. There are probably lots of reasons but the mind is complex, or rather we are complex beings... Also, for me losing weight is a terrible trigger. Of what? I don't actually know but have some suspicions. Might be worth looking into as I just recently was observing looser clothes and notice my eating increasing. Dang, the thing I've always sought eludes me ever still... Isn't that ironic. Sandarah > > So I've been doing IE for several months now and feeling really pretty good, not overeating nearly as much as I used to and allowing myself truly to eat what I feel like eating, and then last night I dream about eating chocolate truffles. Lots and lots of them. At an event whe there are bowls of them around. I feel this kind of frantic greediness to grab and eat as many as I can before they all disappear, and even in my dream I feel sick from eating them. What's up with that? It felt like " last supper " eating which I should't need to do because nothing is forbidden. I can have chocolate truffles if I want them (though I ver well might choose not to eat them because they do give me migraines, or if I did, I'd probably just have one or two, and I certainly would want to avoid the sick feeling I'd getting from eating lots of them). > > So I'm wondering what this is all about. I'm wondering if I still somehow think all this IE is a " trick " that's going to come crashing down on my, that I won't be able to keep it up, even though it feels really sane. It's not " hard " at all, it feels right, and perhaps most scary of all, I think I might actually be losing a little weight. Maybe that's it. Every other time I've lost any weight, that's my signal that I can start eating more again. Or something. Why do we have to be such complex creatures? > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 17, 2011 Report Share Posted September 17, 2011 Sandarah in another group I was in, the leader encouraged us to try something that I found to be a powerful tool. Using you non-dominate hand (if you are right handed use left) write responses to an uncompleted statement/question such as - When I notice I am loosing weight I feel . . . OR The benefits of being heavier are . . . Do not think before you write, just scribble whatever pops into your mind. Don't be surprised that once you get going more starts flooding out. The purpose is only for insight, not to make a list to work on. In fact you can crumple, burn or frame the sheet of paper when you are finished as the mood takes you :-) BEST to you, Katcha IEing since March 2007 > > Hmmm, I know that often people who quite smoking dream of smoking and alcoholics who give up alcohol initially have dreams of drinking. There are probably lots of reasons but the mind is complex, or rather we are complex beings... Also, for me losing weight is a terrible trigger. Of what? I don't actually know but have some suspicions. Might be worth looking into as I just recently was observing looser clothes and notice my eating increasing. Dang, the thing I've always sought eludes me ever still... Isn't that ironic. Sandarah > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 17, 2011 Report Share Posted September 17, 2011 Sandarah in another group I was in, the leader encouraged us to try something that I found to be a powerful tool. Using you non-dominate hand (if you are right handed use left) write responses to an uncompleted statement/question such as - When I notice I am loosing weight I feel . . . OR The benefits of being heavier are . . . Do not think before you write, just scribble whatever pops into your mind. Don't be surprised that once you get going more starts flooding out. The purpose is only for insight, not to make a list to work on. In fact you can crumple, burn or frame the sheet of paper when you are finished as the mood takes you :-) BEST to you, Katcha IEing since March 2007 > > Hmmm, I know that often people who quite smoking dream of smoking and alcoholics who give up alcohol initially have dreams of drinking. There are probably lots of reasons but the mind is complex, or rather we are complex beings... Also, for me losing weight is a terrible trigger. Of what? I don't actually know but have some suspicions. Might be worth looking into as I just recently was observing looser clothes and notice my eating increasing. Dang, the thing I've always sought eludes me ever still... Isn't that ironic. Sandarah > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 17, 2011 Report Share Posted September 17, 2011 Hmmm, nice idea. Interestingly, after all these years I've never really looked at that piece; my actual ambivalence about weight loss. Guess I'll have to do that. Yeah, don't have to work at it 'cause that doesn't work either... Thanks. > > > > Hmmm, I know that often people who quite smoking dream of smoking and alcoholics who give up alcohol initially have dreams of drinking. There are probably lots of reasons but the mind is complex, or rather we are complex beings... Also, for me losing weight is a terrible trigger. Of what? I don't actually know but have some suspicions. Might be worth looking into as I just recently was observing looser clothes and notice my eating increasing. Dang, the thing I've always sought eludes me ever still... Isn't that ironic. Sandarah > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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