Re: One Thing I'm Learning.... body signals...

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Hmmm, very good points. I'm glad I read this. I have struggled with " food

sensitivities " and allergies for years. YEARS. And, now I find that some were

true and some not so much. And many reactions are in fact based on how much I

eat, the type, when I eat it/them and how many additives a food has. It's very

variable.

I do believe in the wisdom of the body including the subconscious which is where

I think those 'yes' and 'no' signals come from around whether or not I " should "

eat a certain food, etc. Harder part is being in a space to perceive and act on

them.

I notice that I'm in a more or less distracted mode nearly all of the time.

That is, not centered and in touch with myself. My focus is on others, on

getting somewhere, on getting something done, etc. I think our culture demands

that by and large and when you're also a co-dependent, people pleaser like me -

being centered is more of a concept than a reality.

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> Subject: Re: One Thing I'm Learning....

> To: IntuitiveEating_Support

> Date: Wednesday, October 26, 2011, 3:20 PM

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> That's the crux of the matter, isn't it-- depriving yourself of something

yummy to eat versus depriving yourself of feeling well. I've been struggling

with this lately, as I love good chocolate, but chocolate gives me migraines,

especially if I'm not getting enough sleep and/or it's that time of the month.

But whereas eating chocolate is a pleasure that only lasts a few minutes at

most, the migraine can last for days. It really truly ought to be not worth it

to eat chocolate, and I will go sometimes for months without eating it, but

then, somehow, I " forget " what it does to me, and go back to eating chocolate,

and having really lousy headaches. I would think that I would have learned my

lesson by now, but I haven't.....

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> The same thing goes with salty foods that make me dizzy and make it so that I

don't hear very well out of my right ear......

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> Tilley

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[Guest guest]

Hmmm, very good points. I'm glad I read this. I have struggled with " food

sensitivities " and allergies for years. YEARS. And, now I find that some were

true and some not so much. And many reactions are in fact based on how much I

eat, the type, when I eat it/them and how many additives a food has. It's very

variable.

I do believe in the wisdom of the body including the subconscious which is where

I think those 'yes' and 'no' signals come from around whether or not I " should "

eat a certain food, etc. Harder part is being in a space to perceive and act on

them.

I notice that I'm in a more or less distracted mode nearly all of the time.

That is, not centered and in touch with myself. My focus is on others, on

getting somewhere, on getting something done, etc. I think our culture demands

that by and large and when you're also a co-dependent, people pleaser like me -

being centered is more of a concept than a reality.

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> Subject: Re: One Thing I'm Learning....

> To: IntuitiveEating_Support

> Date: Wednesday, October 26, 2011, 3:20 PM

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> That's the crux of the matter, isn't it-- depriving yourself of something

yummy to eat versus depriving yourself of feeling well. I've been struggling

with this lately, as I love good chocolate, but chocolate gives me migraines,

especially if I'm not getting enough sleep and/or it's that time of the month.

But whereas eating chocolate is a pleasure that only lasts a few minutes at

most, the migraine can last for days. It really truly ought to be not worth it

to eat chocolate, and I will go sometimes for months without eating it, but

then, somehow, I " forget " what it does to me, and go back to eating chocolate,

and having really lousy headaches. I would think that I would have learned my

lesson by now, but I haven't.....

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> The same thing goes with salty foods that make me dizzy and make it so that I

don't hear very well out of my right ear......

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> Tilley

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[Guest guest]

Hmmm, very good points. I'm glad I read this. I have struggled with " food

sensitivities " and allergies for years. YEARS. And, now I find that some were

true and some not so much. And many reactions are in fact based on how much I

eat, the type, when I eat it/them and how many additives a food has. It's very

variable.

I do believe in the wisdom of the body including the subconscious which is where

I think those 'yes' and 'no' signals come from around whether or not I " should "

eat a certain food, etc. Harder part is being in a space to perceive and act on

them.

I notice that I'm in a more or less distracted mode nearly all of the time.

That is, not centered and in touch with myself. My focus is on others, on

getting somewhere, on getting something done, etc. I think our culture demands

that by and large and when you're also a co-dependent, people pleaser like me -

being centered is more of a concept than a reality.

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> Subject: Re: One Thing I'm Learning....

> To: IntuitiveEating_Support

> Date: Wednesday, October 26, 2011, 3:20 PM

>

>

>

>  

>

>

>

>

> That's the crux of the matter, isn't it-- depriving yourself of something

yummy to eat versus depriving yourself of feeling well. I've been struggling

with this lately, as I love good chocolate, but chocolate gives me migraines,

especially if I'm not getting enough sleep and/or it's that time of the month.

But whereas eating chocolate is a pleasure that only lasts a few minutes at

most, the migraine can last for days. It really truly ought to be not worth it

to eat chocolate, and I will go sometimes for months without eating it, but

then, somehow, I " forget " what it does to me, and go back to eating chocolate,

and having really lousy headaches. I would think that I would have learned my

lesson by now, but I haven't.....

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> The same thing goes with salty foods that make me dizzy and make it so that I

don't hear very well out of my right ear......

>

> Tilley

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[Guest guest]

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> Hmmm, very good points. I'm glad I read this. I have struggled with " food

sensitivities " and allergies for years. YEARS. And, now I find that some were

true and some not so much. And many reactions are in fact based on how much I

eat, the type, when I eat it/them and how many additives a food has. It's very

variable.

I agree. There is way too much 'black & white' type of thinking and shoulding

surrounding food 'sensitivities/allergies by the medical profession. Its

'diagnose, medicate, cure' all in an office visit or two. What might work better

than handing a sheet of 'good/bad' foods would be to encourage a sheet like IE

suggests - notes about foods eaten and how one's body reacted to that. Slower

and much more subjective, but more accurate in the the long run IMHO.

> I notice that I'm in a more or less distracted mode nearly all of the time.

That is, not centered and in touch with myself. My focus is on others, on

getting somewhere, on getting something done, etc. I think our culture demands

that by and large and when you're also a co-dependent, people pleaser like me -

being centered is more of a concept than a reality.

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I was sort of taken aback when I read that there is a good sized % of over

weight people who are also 'go-getters'! It was easier to swallow how caretaker

types could end up using food for their own comfort. But if one is so active it

seems like an oxymoron to be heavier too. Yet this also fits back into self

care/comforting even if its behind one's own back ;-) The neat part is that once

we begin to truly embrace and care for ourselves, food as a primary expression

for 'care' seems to calm down.

Katcha

IEing since March 2007