Basic Mechanical Question

[Guest guest]

I'm a newbie and realize that somehow after all the reading I've done, I'm a

little foggy on the mechanics of IE. I understand that by waiting until my body

signals hunger to eat and then stopping as soon as it stops signaling hunger and

has not yet begun signaling " over-full, " I will be giving my body exactly what

it needs. But wouldn't that be however much it needs to maintain its current

size? Or is that to maintain the weight my body would prefer to be? I am

morbidly obese and have a lot of weight-related health problems and definitely

need to drop about half my current weight. But diets simply don't work and I

don't see surgery as an option (plus I've watched others and none " got thin " and

all regained significantly). The only thing which has relieved my battle with

food is the IE method, but the one month I did it in the past, I didn't lose

weight.

I'm wondering what other members' experiences have been with weight

gain/maintenance/loss with IE? This is not an unhealthy focus on the numbers on

the scale, and I understand many IE-ers find it most helpful not to weigh in,

but I have a legitimate need to lose a significant amount of weight in order to

not die soon. Also, I realize this will be very personal for each individual,

but if you have lost weight, how long did it take to get the hang of IE before

the weight began to disappear?