Re: Scared to give up the scale

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Jane (and everyone),

At first it was a lot of counting. I did it one afternoon, just made myself a

little chart. At this point it's all in my head. However, it's not for everyone,

I'm sure, and as I said, not 100% intuitive. However, I did it for 2 reasons. I

did want to focus on getting the nutrients my body needs, and I had a heck of a

time knowing when and then stopping when I was satisfied. I do have to make

myself stop with my semi-plan, but I am physically satisfied once I do. So in a

way it's learning what it feels like to be satisfied for me. The nutritionist

also explained to me how eating a combination of carbs, fats, and pro keeps me

satiated for 3.5-4 hours, and it does.

How do people who are eating totally intuitively ensure you get what you need? I

mean, I know the idea is to listen to your body and it will crave what you need,

but the reality is there are so many highly-processed, nutritionally-void foods

available that probably shouldn't even be legal and you really have to work to

find natural, whole, nutrient-dense ones. How does that affect what our bodies

crave, or does it? Do people who eat intuitively eat lots of fruit and veggies

every day? Do you get to a point where you feel that is what you choose to eat?

Sara

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> > > My bathroom scale seems to be broken (it gives wildly different readings,

and then isn't zeroing out properly), and this seems the perfect opportunity to

give it up altogether, but I'm scared to. I think I'm holding onto the idea

that if I don't weigh myself every day that I'll gain tons of weight (even

though weighing myself every day didn't stop me from gaining 30 pounds this past

year). I know it makes no sense, but still, there it is. Will I really be

better off without a scale?

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