Re: how to begin...

[Guest guest]

Wow, thank you all so much for being so generous. It was nice (liberating?) to

hear that you all began your IE in different ways. I guess I've been getting

hung up on thinking that there was one 'right' way to go about things. I liked

the idea of just picking out a random page of the book and will give it a try

when I get a bit more confident with IE - and if my book ever arrives! In the

meantime I've been reading all I can online about IE and mindful eating - thank

you for the reminder about the resources here as they've been very helpful.

What I hear from you most is that it's easiest to begin with a small change that

calls to you. I'd love my first goal to be 'this week I'm going to be present

while I eat' but while that calls, it's far too big and scary! Instead I'm going

focus on recognising fullness at mealtimes and honouring that. I wasn't brought

up to think that I had to clear my plate, but I was expected to do my best to do

so - so I normally end up eating a few more mouthfuls than is comfortable/than I

really want. I think that is a realistic first step for me.

Thanks again everyone - and how wonderful it is to have this little space to

learn about ourselves...

Guimauve

[Guest guest]

I'll add just one more post to this thread. I haven't been doing this very

long(several months), but the way I began was with the " am I hungry? question,

because I was eating tons when I wasn't hungry. And then also trying to REALLY

enjoy what I was eating, which meant minimizing distractions. I stopped reading

or looking at catalogues or cookbooks while I ate, and instead, just focused on

my meal, which really helped me get enough pleasure that I didn't need to

immediately go in search of something ELSE to eat. Also, if I was really

focusing on what I was eating, I was more likely to recognize when it was

becoming just rote eating, and maybe stop.

But it's nice to know that I really will be hungry again, no matter how much I

may have overeaten at any given occasion, and that I will once again have the

opportunity to have a pleasurable eating experience.

Tilley

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> Wow, thank you all so much for being so generous. It was nice (liberating?) to

hear that you all began your IE in different ways. I guess I've been getting

hung up on thinking that there was one 'right' way to go about things. I liked

the idea of just picking out a random page of the book and will give it a try

when I get a bit more confident with IE - and if my book ever arrives! In the

meantime I've been reading all I can online about IE and mindful eating - thank

you for the reminder about the resources here as they've been very helpful.

>

> What I hear from you most is that it's easiest to begin with a small change

that calls to you. I'd love my first goal to be 'this week I'm going to be

present while I eat' but while that calls, it's far too big and scary! Instead

I'm going focus on recognising fullness at mealtimes and honouring that. I

wasn't brought up to think that I had to clear my plate, but I was expected to

do my best to do so - so I normally end up eating a few more mouthfuls than is

comfortable/than I really want. I think that is a realistic first step for me.

>

> Thanks again everyone - and how wonderful it is to have this little space to

learn about ourselves...

>

> Guimauve

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