Guest guest Posted December 27, 2011 Report Share Posted December 27, 2011 Welcome Ann. We were doing a review of the IE principles just before the holidays distracted our focuses off onto other directions. We will probably start that up again after New Years so you can get reacquainted and going again with those soon. Weighing has been a topic often discussed here. You may want to do a search (using the search link at the group site) of the previous posts here to find what others have had to say on that. I found that doing that to mislead my attention away from what IE was suggesting usually with a strong negative impact to boot so I just stopped! My scale has remained in the same place it always was - gathering dust - and I promised myself that I wouldn't weigh myself until my pants fell off! (lol) and I've been able to keep to that for several years now. A while back someone posted how they took a hammer to their scale and how GOOD it felt to destroy that instrument of self torture ;-) In the end, you will have to do what is comfortable for you. But really are you defined by a number?!? I've found that I have other criteria for reflecting what I feel about the me that I am. BEST to you and looking forward to reading more about your IE journey. Katcha IEing since march 2007 > > It's been a long time since I read IE and I've since given my copy of the book away to a friend, but I do have a list of all the principles. > > If I'm remembering correctly, one of the first things the book mentioned is getting rid of all the things that keep you in the " dieting " mindset. Or maybe I'm getting this confused with " Thin Within " , as I've read both books. > > I used the principles of IE and TW for a long time and did see some weight loss, but continued to weigh myself almost daily. The scales are one of the things I have a hard time ridding myself of, but I really want to. My husband and son use the scales often, so getting rid of them completely is out, but moving them into another room is a good option for me. I do want to get out of the habit of weighing myself daily, but maybe after hiding the scales I'll weigh myself monthly or every three months or hopefully and eventually, not at all. > > Anyway, after a while of doing IE, I got to the point that I found myself grazing throughout most days, therefore the weight loss came to a standstill, so I started counting calories. I did have some success with calorie counting, but went back to binging (bingeing?) like crazy and through this whole month of December I've found myself completely out of control and having terrible binge eating, to the point of making myself miserably full. This is why I decided to go back to IE. I feel so free from the calorie counting and hope to never go back, but I'm going to keep a check on myself that I don't go back to snacking throughout each day on IE. > > I'm journaling my foods and what times I eat because I don't yet trust my body's hunger signals (feeling truly hungry at times I know I can't possibly be). I'm only keeping track so that I make sure I don't eat before a three hour minimum between small meals. > > I'm getting rid of other charts I've been using, such as tracking my " good " days on a calendar each month. Looking at all the " bad " days for December was really bringing me down, so I destroyed that this morning and won't go back to that. > > I'm sorry this is too long, but wanted to give a little intro on my thoughts on how I plan to handle IE for now; subject to change at the drop of a hat! lol > > I'd love to hear suggestions any of you may have if you had a habit of weighing often or charting almost any and everything. How did you handle getting yourselves out of the " dieting mindset " ? > > Thanks for letting me ramble! > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 27, 2011 Report Share Posted December 27, 2011 Welcome Ann. We were doing a review of the IE principles just before the holidays distracted our focuses off onto other directions. We will probably start that up again after New Years so you can get reacquainted and going again with those soon. Weighing has been a topic often discussed here. You may want to do a search (using the search link at the group site) of the previous posts here to find what others have had to say on that. I found that doing that to mislead my attention away from what IE was suggesting usually with a strong negative impact to boot so I just stopped! My scale has remained in the same place it always was - gathering dust - and I promised myself that I wouldn't weigh myself until my pants fell off! (lol) and I've been able to keep to that for several years now. A while back someone posted how they took a hammer to their scale and how GOOD it felt to destroy that instrument of self torture ;-) In the end, you will have to do what is comfortable for you. But really are you defined by a number?!? I've found that I have other criteria for reflecting what I feel about the me that I am. BEST to you and looking forward to reading more about your IE journey. Katcha IEing since march 2007 > > It's been a long time since I read IE and I've since given my copy of the book away to a friend, but I do have a list of all the principles. > > If I'm remembering correctly, one of the first things the book mentioned is getting rid of all the things that keep you in the " dieting " mindset. Or maybe I'm getting this confused with " Thin Within " , as I've read both books. > > I used the principles of IE and TW for a long time and did see some weight loss, but continued to weigh myself almost daily. The scales are one of the things I have a hard time ridding myself of, but I really want to. My husband and son use the scales often, so getting rid of them completely is out, but moving them into another room is a good option for me. I do want to get out of the habit of weighing myself daily, but maybe after hiding the scales I'll weigh myself monthly or every three months or hopefully and eventually, not at all. > > Anyway, after a while of doing IE, I got to the point that I found myself grazing throughout most days, therefore the weight loss came to a standstill, so I started counting calories. I did have some success with calorie counting, but went back to binging (bingeing?) like crazy and through this whole month of December I've found myself completely out of control and having terrible binge eating, to the point of making myself miserably full. This is why I decided to go back to IE. I feel so free from the calorie counting and hope to never go back, but I'm going to keep a check on myself that I don't go back to snacking throughout each day on IE. > > I'm journaling my foods and what times I eat because I don't yet trust my body's hunger signals (feeling truly hungry at times I know I can't possibly be). I'm only keeping track so that I make sure I don't eat before a three hour minimum between small meals. > > I'm getting rid of other charts I've been using, such as tracking my " good " days on a calendar each month. Looking at all the " bad " days for December was really bringing me down, so I destroyed that this morning and won't go back to that. > > I'm sorry this is too long, but wanted to give a little intro on my thoughts on how I plan to handle IE for now; subject to change at the drop of a hat! lol > > I'd love to hear suggestions any of you may have if you had a habit of weighing often or charting almost any and everything. How did you handle getting yourselves out of the " dieting mindset " ? > > Thanks for letting me ramble! > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 27, 2011 Report Share Posted December 27, 2011 Welcome Ann. We were doing a review of the IE principles just before the holidays distracted our focuses off onto other directions. We will probably start that up again after New Years so you can get reacquainted and going again with those soon. Weighing has been a topic often discussed here. You may want to do a search (using the search link at the group site) of the previous posts here to find what others have had to say on that. I found that doing that to mislead my attention away from what IE was suggesting usually with a strong negative impact to boot so I just stopped! My scale has remained in the same place it always was - gathering dust - and I promised myself that I wouldn't weigh myself until my pants fell off! (lol) and I've been able to keep to that for several years now. A while back someone posted how they took a hammer to their scale and how GOOD it felt to destroy that instrument of self torture ;-) In the end, you will have to do what is comfortable for you. But really are you defined by a number?!? I've found that I have other criteria for reflecting what I feel about the me that I am. BEST to you and looking forward to reading more about your IE journey. Katcha IEing since march 2007 > > It's been a long time since I read IE and I've since given my copy of the book away to a friend, but I do have a list of all the principles. > > If I'm remembering correctly, one of the first things the book mentioned is getting rid of all the things that keep you in the " dieting " mindset. Or maybe I'm getting this confused with " Thin Within " , as I've read both books. > > I used the principles of IE and TW for a long time and did see some weight loss, but continued to weigh myself almost daily. The scales are one of the things I have a hard time ridding myself of, but I really want to. My husband and son use the scales often, so getting rid of them completely is out, but moving them into another room is a good option for me. I do want to get out of the habit of weighing myself daily, but maybe after hiding the scales I'll weigh myself monthly or every three months or hopefully and eventually, not at all. > > Anyway, after a while of doing IE, I got to the point that I found myself grazing throughout most days, therefore the weight loss came to a standstill, so I started counting calories. I did have some success with calorie counting, but went back to binging (bingeing?) like crazy and through this whole month of December I've found myself completely out of control and having terrible binge eating, to the point of making myself miserably full. This is why I decided to go back to IE. I feel so free from the calorie counting and hope to never go back, but I'm going to keep a check on myself that I don't go back to snacking throughout each day on IE. > > I'm journaling my foods and what times I eat because I don't yet trust my body's hunger signals (feeling truly hungry at times I know I can't possibly be). I'm only keeping track so that I make sure I don't eat before a three hour minimum between small meals. > > I'm getting rid of other charts I've been using, such as tracking my " good " days on a calendar each month. Looking at all the " bad " days for December was really bringing me down, so I destroyed that this morning and won't go back to that. > > I'm sorry this is too long, but wanted to give a little intro on my thoughts on how I plan to handle IE for now; subject to change at the drop of a hat! lol > > I'd love to hear suggestions any of you may have if you had a habit of weighing often or charting almost any and everything. How did you handle getting yourselves out of the " dieting mindset " ? > > Thanks for letting me ramble! > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 27, 2011 Report Share Posted December 27, 2011 Hi-- I'd probably be a little leery of the " three-hour rule " too. One of the things that I have been most surprised about was how my body did not seem to be following any of the rules that all sorts of people, myself included, thought were reasonable. Sometimes I was hungry three hours after eating, sometimes it was only after an hour, or even a half an hour. Sometimes it was seven or eight hours. Not eating when I was hungry seemed just as wrong as eating when I wasn't hungry. It depends on how much I eat, and what sorts of food, and how much I ate yesterday, and how much energy I have expended, and a myriad of other things, and the amazing thing is, is that I don't have to keep track of any of it. All I have to do is listen to my body, and it will tell me when and what and how much to eat. Of course I don't always listen, but the times when I do are increasing, and the times when I don't are decreasing, and best of all, I don't really have to think about it hardly at all. All I have to do is ask myself if I am hungry, and if so, what do I feel like eating, and if not, what do I need instead. > > > > It's been a long time since I read IE and I've since given my copy of the book away to a friend, but I do have a list of all the principles. > > > > If I'm remembering correctly, one of the first things the book mentioned is getting rid of all the things that keep you in the " dieting " mindset. Or maybe I'm getting this confused with " Thin Within " , as I've read both books. > > > > I used the principles of IE and TW for a long time and did see some weight loss, but continued to weigh myself almost daily. The scales are one of the things I have a hard time ridding myself of, but I really want to. My husband and son use the scales often, so getting rid of them completely is out, but moving them into another room is a good option for me. I do want to get out of the habit of weighing myself daily, but maybe after hiding the scales I'll weigh myself monthly or every three months or hopefully and eventually, not at all. > > > > Anyway, after a while of doing IE, I got to the point that I found myself grazing throughout most days, therefore the weight loss came to a standstill, so I started counting calories. I did have some success with calorie counting, but went back to binging (bingeing?) like crazy and through this whole month of December I've found myself completely out of control and having terrible binge eating, to the point of making myself miserably full. This is why I decided to go back to IE. I feel so free from the calorie counting and hope to never go back, but I'm going to keep a check on myself that I don't go back to snacking throughout each day on IE. > > > > I'm journaling my foods and what times I eat because I don't yet trust my body's hunger signals (feeling truly hungry at times I know I can't possibly be). I'm only keeping track so that I make sure I don't eat before a three hour minimum between small meals. > > > > I'm getting rid of other charts I've been using, such as tracking my " good " days on a calendar each month. Looking at all the " bad " days for December was really bringing me down, so I destroyed that this morning and won't go back to that. > > > > I'm sorry this is too long, but wanted to give a little intro on my thoughts on how I plan to handle IE for now; subject to change at the drop of a hat! lol > > > > I'd love to hear suggestions any of you may have if you had a habit of weighing often or charting almost any and everything. How did you handle getting yourselves out of the " dieting mindset " ? > > > > Thanks for letting me ramble! > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 28, 2011 Report Share Posted December 28, 2011 Tilly, Thank you for your input about the three hour rule. I hope that I'll soon get to the point that I can trust my hunger, but there are times that I eat a full rounded meal to the point of comfortable, but in 45 minutes or an hour later I suddenly feel like I'm starving again. I know I can't possibly truly be hungry because it's been such a short time, then after a few minutes the hunger goes away. I hope that by waiting, my body will eventually fall into some sort of rythm and I can learn to trust myself one day soon. Ann > > > > > > It's been a long time since I read IE and I've since given my copy of the book away to a friend, but I do have a list of all the principles. > > > > > > If I'm remembering correctly, one of the first things the book mentioned is getting rid of all the things that keep you in the " dieting " mindset. Or maybe I'm getting this confused with " Thin Within " , as I've read both books. > > > > > > I used the principles of IE and TW for a long time and did see some weight loss, but continued to weigh myself almost daily. The scales are one of the things I have a hard time ridding myself of, but I really want to. My husband and son use the scales often, so getting rid of them completely is out, but moving them into another room is a good option for me. I do want to get out of the habit of weighing myself daily, but maybe after hiding the scales I'll weigh myself monthly or every three months or hopefully and eventually, not at all. > > > > > > Anyway, after a while of doing IE, I got to the point that I found myself grazing throughout most days, therefore the weight loss came to a standstill, so I started counting calories. I did have some success with calorie counting, but went back to binging (bingeing?) like crazy and through this whole month of December I've found myself completely out of control and having terrible binge eating, to the point of making myself miserably full. This is why I decided to go back to IE. I feel so free from the calorie counting and hope to never go back, but I'm going to keep a check on myself that I don't go back to snacking throughout each day on IE. > > > > > > I'm journaling my foods and what times I eat because I don't yet trust my body's hunger signals (feeling truly hungry at times I know I can't possibly be). I'm only keeping track so that I make sure I don't eat before a three hour minimum between small meals. > > > > > > I'm getting rid of other charts I've been using, such as tracking my " good " days on a calendar each month. Looking at all the " bad " days for December was really bringing me down, so I destroyed that this morning and won't go back to that. > > > > > > I'm sorry this is too long, but wanted to give a little intro on my thoughts on how I plan to handle IE for now; subject to change at the drop of a hat! lol > > > > > > I'd love to hear suggestions any of you may have if you had a habit of weighing often or charting almost any and everything. How did you handle getting yourselves out of the " dieting mindset " ? > > > > > > Thanks for letting me ramble! > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 28, 2011 Report Share Posted December 28, 2011 Tilly, Thank you for your input about the three hour rule. I hope that I'll soon get to the point that I can trust my hunger, but there are times that I eat a full rounded meal to the point of comfortable, but in 45 minutes or an hour later I suddenly feel like I'm starving again. I know I can't possibly truly be hungry because it's been such a short time, then after a few minutes the hunger goes away. I hope that by waiting, my body will eventually fall into some sort of rythm and I can learn to trust myself one day soon. Ann > > > > > > It's been a long time since I read IE and I've since given my copy of the book away to a friend, but I do have a list of all the principles. > > > > > > If I'm remembering correctly, one of the first things the book mentioned is getting rid of all the things that keep you in the " dieting " mindset. Or maybe I'm getting this confused with " Thin Within " , as I've read both books. > > > > > > I used the principles of IE and TW for a long time and did see some weight loss, but continued to weigh myself almost daily. The scales are one of the things I have a hard time ridding myself of, but I really want to. My husband and son use the scales often, so getting rid of them completely is out, but moving them into another room is a good option for me. I do want to get out of the habit of weighing myself daily, but maybe after hiding the scales I'll weigh myself monthly or every three months or hopefully and eventually, not at all. > > > > > > Anyway, after a while of doing IE, I got to the point that I found myself grazing throughout most days, therefore the weight loss came to a standstill, so I started counting calories. I did have some success with calorie counting, but went back to binging (bingeing?) like crazy and through this whole month of December I've found myself completely out of control and having terrible binge eating, to the point of making myself miserably full. This is why I decided to go back to IE. I feel so free from the calorie counting and hope to never go back, but I'm going to keep a check on myself that I don't go back to snacking throughout each day on IE. > > > > > > I'm journaling my foods and what times I eat because I don't yet trust my body's hunger signals (feeling truly hungry at times I know I can't possibly be). I'm only keeping track so that I make sure I don't eat before a three hour minimum between small meals. > > > > > > I'm getting rid of other charts I've been using, such as tracking my " good " days on a calendar each month. Looking at all the " bad " days for December was really bringing me down, so I destroyed that this morning and won't go back to that. > > > > > > I'm sorry this is too long, but wanted to give a little intro on my thoughts on how I plan to handle IE for now; subject to change at the drop of a hat! lol > > > > > > I'd love to hear suggestions any of you may have if you had a habit of weighing often or charting almost any and everything. How did you handle getting yourselves out of the " dieting mindset " ? > > > > > > Thanks for letting me ramble! > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 28, 2011 Report Share Posted December 28, 2011 Tilly, Thank you for your input about the three hour rule. I hope that I'll soon get to the point that I can trust my hunger, but there are times that I eat a full rounded meal to the point of comfortable, but in 45 minutes or an hour later I suddenly feel like I'm starving again. I know I can't possibly truly be hungry because it's been such a short time, then after a few minutes the hunger goes away. I hope that by waiting, my body will eventually fall into some sort of rythm and I can learn to trust myself one day soon. Ann > > > > > > It's been a long time since I read IE and I've since given my copy of the book away to a friend, but I do have a list of all the principles. > > > > > > If I'm remembering correctly, one of the first things the book mentioned is getting rid of all the things that keep you in the " dieting " mindset. Or maybe I'm getting this confused with " Thin Within " , as I've read both books. > > > > > > I used the principles of IE and TW for a long time and did see some weight loss, but continued to weigh myself almost daily. The scales are one of the things I have a hard time ridding myself of, but I really want to. My husband and son use the scales often, so getting rid of them completely is out, but moving them into another room is a good option for me. I do want to get out of the habit of weighing myself daily, but maybe after hiding the scales I'll weigh myself monthly or every three months or hopefully and eventually, not at all. > > > > > > Anyway, after a while of doing IE, I got to the point that I found myself grazing throughout most days, therefore the weight loss came to a standstill, so I started counting calories. I did have some success with calorie counting, but went back to binging (bingeing?) like crazy and through this whole month of December I've found myself completely out of control and having terrible binge eating, to the point of making myself miserably full. This is why I decided to go back to IE. I feel so free from the calorie counting and hope to never go back, but I'm going to keep a check on myself that I don't go back to snacking throughout each day on IE. > > > > > > I'm journaling my foods and what times I eat because I don't yet trust my body's hunger signals (feeling truly hungry at times I know I can't possibly be). I'm only keeping track so that I make sure I don't eat before a three hour minimum between small meals. > > > > > > I'm getting rid of other charts I've been using, such as tracking my " good " days on a calendar each month. Looking at all the " bad " days for December was really bringing me down, so I destroyed that this morning and won't go back to that. > > > > > > I'm sorry this is too long, but wanted to give a little intro on my thoughts on how I plan to handle IE for now; subject to change at the drop of a hat! lol > > > > > > I'd love to hear suggestions any of you may have if you had a habit of weighing often or charting almost any and everything. How did you handle getting yourselves out of the " dieting mindset " ? > > > > > > Thanks for letting me ramble! > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 28, 2011 Report Share Posted December 28, 2011 Katcha, I wanted to repost this to you because I accidentally posted under my full name, so deleted it. I have a thing about posting my full name online. I thought I'd repost my reply to you in case you didn't see it. Thanks! " Thank you for the information Katcha! I'm looking forward to reviewing the principles with all of you. Out of habit, I did want to weigh this morning, but held strong! I hope that one day it won't even occur to me! I love the idea of bashing that thing with a big hammer! " Thank you for the nice welcome! I'm looking forward to learning from all of you on this journey to getting out of the " d word " mindset! > > > > > > > > It's been a long time since I read IE and I've since given my copy of the book away to a friend, but I do have a list of all the principles. > > > > > > > > If I'm remembering correctly, one of the first things the book mentioned is getting rid of all the things that keep you in the " dieting " mindset. Or maybe I'm getting this confused with " Thin Within " , as I've read both books. > > > > > > > > I used the principles of IE and TW for a long time and did see some weight loss, but continued to weigh myself almost daily. The scales are one of the things I have a hard time ridding myself of, but I really want to. My husband and son use the scales often, so getting rid of them completely is out, but moving them into another room is a good option for me. I do want to get out of the habit of weighing myself daily, but maybe after hiding the scales I'll weigh myself monthly or every three months or hopefully and eventually, not at all. > > > > > > > > Anyway, after a while of doing IE, I got to the point that I found myself grazing throughout most days, therefore the weight loss came to a standstill, so I started counting calories. I did have some success with calorie counting, but went back to binging (bingeing?) like crazy and through this whole month of December I've found myself completely out of control and having terrible binge eating, to the point of making myself miserably full. This is why I decided to go back to IE. I feel so free from the calorie counting and hope to never go back, but I'm going to keep a check on myself that I don't go back to snacking throughout each day on IE. > > > > > > > > I'm journaling my foods and what times I eat because I don't yet trust my body's hunger signals (feeling truly hungry at times I know I can't possibly be). I'm only keeping track so that I make sure I don't eat before a three hour minimum between small meals. > > > > > > > > I'm getting rid of other charts I've been using, such as tracking my " good " days on a calendar each month. Looking at all the " bad " days for December was really bringing me down, so I destroyed that this morning and won't go back to that. > > > > > > > > I'm sorry this is too long, but wanted to give a little intro on my thoughts on how I plan to handle IE for now; subject to change at the drop of a hat! lol > > > > > > > > I'd love to hear suggestions any of you may have if you had a habit of weighing often or charting almost any and everything. How did you handle getting yourselves out of the " dieting mindset " ? > > > > > > > > Thanks for letting me ramble! > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 28, 2011 Report Share Posted December 28, 2011 Katcha, I wanted to repost this to you because I accidentally posted under my full name, so deleted it. I have a thing about posting my full name online. I thought I'd repost my reply to you in case you didn't see it. Thanks! " Thank you for the information Katcha! I'm looking forward to reviewing the principles with all of you. Out of habit, I did want to weigh this morning, but held strong! I hope that one day it won't even occur to me! I love the idea of bashing that thing with a big hammer! " Thank you for the nice welcome! I'm looking forward to learning from all of you on this journey to getting out of the " d word " mindset! > > > > > > > > It's been a long time since I read IE and I've since given my copy of the book away to a friend, but I do have a list of all the principles. > > > > > > > > If I'm remembering correctly, one of the first things the book mentioned is getting rid of all the things that keep you in the " dieting " mindset. Or maybe I'm getting this confused with " Thin Within " , as I've read both books. > > > > > > > > I used the principles of IE and TW for a long time and did see some weight loss, but continued to weigh myself almost daily. The scales are one of the things I have a hard time ridding myself of, but I really want to. My husband and son use the scales often, so getting rid of them completely is out, but moving them into another room is a good option for me. I do want to get out of the habit of weighing myself daily, but maybe after hiding the scales I'll weigh myself monthly or every three months or hopefully and eventually, not at all. > > > > > > > > Anyway, after a while of doing IE, I got to the point that I found myself grazing throughout most days, therefore the weight loss came to a standstill, so I started counting calories. I did have some success with calorie counting, but went back to binging (bingeing?) like crazy and through this whole month of December I've found myself completely out of control and having terrible binge eating, to the point of making myself miserably full. This is why I decided to go back to IE. I feel so free from the calorie counting and hope to never go back, but I'm going to keep a check on myself that I don't go back to snacking throughout each day on IE. > > > > > > > > I'm journaling my foods and what times I eat because I don't yet trust my body's hunger signals (feeling truly hungry at times I know I can't possibly be). I'm only keeping track so that I make sure I don't eat before a three hour minimum between small meals. > > > > > > > > I'm getting rid of other charts I've been using, such as tracking my " good " days on a calendar each month. Looking at all the " bad " days for December was really bringing me down, so I destroyed that this morning and won't go back to that. > > > > > > > > I'm sorry this is too long, but wanted to give a little intro on my thoughts on how I plan to handle IE for now; subject to change at the drop of a hat! lol > > > > > > > > I'd love to hear suggestions any of you may have if you had a habit of weighing often or charting almost any and everything. How did you handle getting yourselves out of the " dieting mindset " ? > > > > > > > > Thanks for letting me ramble! > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 28, 2011 Report Share Posted December 28, 2011 Katcha, I wanted to repost this to you because I accidentally posted under my full name, so deleted it. I have a thing about posting my full name online. I thought I'd repost my reply to you in case you didn't see it. Thanks! " Thank you for the information Katcha! I'm looking forward to reviewing the principles with all of you. Out of habit, I did want to weigh this morning, but held strong! I hope that one day it won't even occur to me! I love the idea of bashing that thing with a big hammer! " Thank you for the nice welcome! I'm looking forward to learning from all of you on this journey to getting out of the " d word " mindset! > > > > > > > > It's been a long time since I read IE and I've since given my copy of the book away to a friend, but I do have a list of all the principles. > > > > > > > > If I'm remembering correctly, one of the first things the book mentioned is getting rid of all the things that keep you in the " dieting " mindset. Or maybe I'm getting this confused with " Thin Within " , as I've read both books. > > > > > > > > I used the principles of IE and TW for a long time and did see some weight loss, but continued to weigh myself almost daily. The scales are one of the things I have a hard time ridding myself of, but I really want to. My husband and son use the scales often, so getting rid of them completely is out, but moving them into another room is a good option for me. I do want to get out of the habit of weighing myself daily, but maybe after hiding the scales I'll weigh myself monthly or every three months or hopefully and eventually, not at all. > > > > > > > > Anyway, after a while of doing IE, I got to the point that I found myself grazing throughout most days, therefore the weight loss came to a standstill, so I started counting calories. I did have some success with calorie counting, but went back to binging (bingeing?) like crazy and through this whole month of December I've found myself completely out of control and having terrible binge eating, to the point of making myself miserably full. This is why I decided to go back to IE. I feel so free from the calorie counting and hope to never go back, but I'm going to keep a check on myself that I don't go back to snacking throughout each day on IE. > > > > > > > > I'm journaling my foods and what times I eat because I don't yet trust my body's hunger signals (feeling truly hungry at times I know I can't possibly be). I'm only keeping track so that I make sure I don't eat before a three hour minimum between small meals. > > > > > > > > I'm getting rid of other charts I've been using, such as tracking my " good " days on a calendar each month. Looking at all the " bad " days for December was really bringing me down, so I destroyed that this morning and won't go back to that. > > > > > > > > I'm sorry this is too long, but wanted to give a little intro on my thoughts on how I plan to handle IE for now; subject to change at the drop of a hat! lol > > > > > > > > I'd love to hear suggestions any of you may have if you had a habit of weighing often or charting almost any and everything. How did you handle getting yourselves out of the " dieting mindset " ? > > > > > > > > Thanks for letting me ramble! > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 30, 2011 Report Share Posted December 30, 2011 On one of my “ventures”, I was supposed to weight every morning. When I started IE, I was amazed at what I’d been putting myself through. I stopped weighing myself “cold turkey”, as they say. There was great anticipation of what the scale would say. Such power it had! Weighing was especially difficult during the second phase. The first phase I lost rapidly but the second phase was trickier. It would determine what I would eat that day, how I felt about what I ate the day before which turned into how I felt about myself. When I stopped weighing, I was able to listen more to my body. I still sometimes feel I “should” weigh myself to see if I’ve gained a lot or whatever, but I am not going to put myself through that self hate. It is what it is. Kate From: IntuitiveEating_Support [mailto:IntuitiveEating_Support ] On Behalf Of Duffie Thank you for the information Katcha! I'm looking forward to reviewing the principles with all of you. Out of habit, I did want to weigh this morning, but held strong! I hope that one day it won't even occur to me! I love the idea of bashing that thing with a big hammer! Thank you for the nice welcome! I'm looking forward to learning from all of you on this journey to getting out of the " d word " mindset! Welcome Ann. We were doing a review of the IE principles just before the holidays distracted our focuses off onto other directions. We will probably start that up again after New Years so you can get reacquainted and going again with those soon. Weighing has been a topic often discussed here. You may want to do a search (using the search link at the group site) of the previous posts here to find what others have had to say on that. I found that doing that to mislead my attention away from what IE was suggesting usually with a strong negative impact to boot so I just stopped! My scale has remained in the same place it always was - gathering dust - and I promised myself that I wouldn't weigh myself until my pants fell off! (lol) and I've been able to keep to that for several years now. A while back someone posted how they took a hammer to their scale and how GOOD it felt to destroy that instrument of self torture ;-) In the end, you will have to do what is comfortable for you. But really are you defined by a number?!? I've found that I have other criteria for reflecting what I feel about the me that I am. BEST to you and looking forward to reading more about your IE journey. Katcha IEing since march 2007 > …….. I used the principles of IE and TW for a long time and did see some weight loss, but continued to weigh myself almost daily. The scales are one of the things I have a hard time ridding myself of, but I really want to. My husband and son use the scales often, so getting rid of them completely is out, but moving them into another room is a good option for me. I do want to get out of the habit of weighing myself daily, but maybe after hiding the scales I'll weigh myself monthly or every three months or hopefully and eventually, not at all. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 30, 2011 Report Share Posted December 30, 2011 On one of my “ventures”, I was supposed to weight every morning. When I started IE, I was amazed at what I’d been putting myself through. I stopped weighing myself “cold turkey”, as they say. There was great anticipation of what the scale would say. Such power it had! Weighing was especially difficult during the second phase. The first phase I lost rapidly but the second phase was trickier. It would determine what I would eat that day, how I felt about what I ate the day before which turned into how I felt about myself. When I stopped weighing, I was able to listen more to my body. I still sometimes feel I “should” weigh myself to see if I’ve gained a lot or whatever, but I am not going to put myself through that self hate. It is what it is. Kate From: IntuitiveEating_Support [mailto:IntuitiveEating_Support ] On Behalf Of Duffie Thank you for the information Katcha! I'm looking forward to reviewing the principles with all of you. Out of habit, I did want to weigh this morning, but held strong! I hope that one day it won't even occur to me! I love the idea of bashing that thing with a big hammer! Thank you for the nice welcome! I'm looking forward to learning from all of you on this journey to getting out of the " d word " mindset! Welcome Ann. We were doing a review of the IE principles just before the holidays distracted our focuses off onto other directions. We will probably start that up again after New Years so you can get reacquainted and going again with those soon. Weighing has been a topic often discussed here. You may want to do a search (using the search link at the group site) of the previous posts here to find what others have had to say on that. I found that doing that to mislead my attention away from what IE was suggesting usually with a strong negative impact to boot so I just stopped! My scale has remained in the same place it always was - gathering dust - and I promised myself that I wouldn't weigh myself until my pants fell off! (lol) and I've been able to keep to that for several years now. A while back someone posted how they took a hammer to their scale and how GOOD it felt to destroy that instrument of self torture ;-) In the end, you will have to do what is comfortable for you. But really are you defined by a number?!? I've found that I have other criteria for reflecting what I feel about the me that I am. BEST to you and looking forward to reading more about your IE journey. Katcha IEing since march 2007 > …….. I used the principles of IE and TW for a long time and did see some weight loss, but continued to weigh myself almost daily. The scales are one of the things I have a hard time ridding myself of, but I really want to. My husband and son use the scales often, so getting rid of them completely is out, but moving them into another room is a good option for me. I do want to get out of the habit of weighing myself daily, but maybe after hiding the scales I'll weigh myself monthly or every three months or hopefully and eventually, not at all. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 2, 2012 Report Share Posted January 2, 2012 Kate, I'm sorry for this late reply, but I wanted to say I agree with you about letting the scale determine what I ate, also. I've made my decision about the scale and as another poster said, I'm not going to weigh at all again until my pants are falling off! Otherwise, I'm not touching it and I'm so much happier for making this decision. Thank you for your input. Ann > > > .... I used the principles of IE and TW for a long time and did see some > weight loss, but continued to weigh myself almost daily. The scales are one > of the things I have a hard time ridding myself of, but I really want to. My > husband and son use the scales often, so getting rid of them completely is > out, but moving them into another room is a good option for me. I do want to > get out of the habit of weighing myself daily, but maybe after hiding the > scales I'll weigh myself monthly or every three months or hopefully and > eventually, not at all. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 2, 2012 Report Share Posted January 2, 2012 Kate, I'm sorry for this late reply, but I wanted to say I agree with you about letting the scale determine what I ate, also. I've made my decision about the scale and as another poster said, I'm not going to weigh at all again until my pants are falling off! Otherwise, I'm not touching it and I'm so much happier for making this decision. Thank you for your input. Ann > > > .... I used the principles of IE and TW for a long time and did see some > weight loss, but continued to weigh myself almost daily. The scales are one > of the things I have a hard time ridding myself of, but I really want to. My > husband and son use the scales often, so getting rid of them completely is > out, but moving them into another room is a good option for me. I do want to > get out of the habit of weighing myself daily, but maybe after hiding the > scales I'll weigh myself monthly or every three months or hopefully and > eventually, not at all. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 2, 2012 Report Share Posted January 2, 2012 Kate, I'm sorry for this late reply, but I wanted to say I agree with you about letting the scale determine what I ate, also. I've made my decision about the scale and as another poster said, I'm not going to weigh at all again until my pants are falling off! Otherwise, I'm not touching it and I'm so much happier for making this decision. Thank you for your input. Ann > > > .... I used the principles of IE and TW for a long time and did see some > weight loss, but continued to weigh myself almost daily. The scales are one > of the things I have a hard time ridding myself of, but I really want to. My > husband and son use the scales often, so getting rid of them completely is > out, but moving them into another room is a good option for me. I do want to > get out of the habit of weighing myself daily, but maybe after hiding the > scales I'll weigh myself monthly or every three months or hopefully and > eventually, not at all. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 3, 2012 Report Share Posted January 3, 2012 Ann,Would you ever consider eating anyway, if you feel like you are truly hungry? Like, say you waited a little while and the hunger persisted, would you ever allow yourself to eat anyway? I ask because I found it was important to trust my body (even when my head disagreed) to truly get rid of the diet rebel. I think a lot of folks on her have found the same. Even when it's scary, deciding and informing the brain that the body would prevail was an important step. For example, if your brain knows that you can't eat until three hours have passed from the last meal, you may end up eating more at the previous meal to prepare for the wait. But if you know that you don't have to wait, you might find you only need three bites from the previous meal. Trusting your body is hard but I think it's been a necessary step for me in my IE journey. This is NOT however the same thing as giving yourself " permission to graze throughout the day. " Trusting your body might LOOK like grazing one day... and like starvation the next. the key is to really check in with yourself before eating to make sure you are hungry, and to stop when you are full. Just a thought!Best,Abby Kate, I'm sorry for this late reply, but I wanted to say I agree with you about letting the scale determine what I ate, also. I've made my decision about the scale and as another poster said, I'm not going to weigh at all again until my pants are falling off! Otherwise, I'm not touching it and I'm so much happier for making this decision. Thank you for your input. Ann > > > .... I used the principles of IE and TW for a long time and did see some > weight loss, but continued to weigh myself almost daily. The scales are one > of the things I have a hard time ridding myself of, but I really want to. My > husband and son use the scales often, so getting rid of them completely is > out, but moving them into another room is a good option for me. I do want to > get out of the habit of weighing myself daily, but maybe after hiding the > scales I'll weigh myself monthly or every three months or hopefully and > eventually, not at all. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 3, 2012 Report Share Posted January 3, 2012 Abby, Thank you for your ideas on this. As a matter of fact, I decided yesterday to get rid of the food journal because it was keeping me in the diet mentality and I decided to get rid of all things that have been keeping me focussed on food. I do feel a little more free for doing it, but it's scary at the same time. It's an old friend that I'm truly going to miss. It feels funny to not track anymore, but I'm going to stick with it! Thank you again! Ann To: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Tuesday, January 3, 2012 3:02 PM Subject: Re: Re: Hi Everyone. I'm new. Ann,Would you ever consider eating anyway, if you feel like you are truly hungry? Like, say you waited a little while and the hunger persisted, would you ever allow yourself to eat anyway? I ask because I found it was important to trust my body (even when my head disagreed) to truly get rid of the diet rebel. I think a lot of folks on her have found the same. Even when it's scary, deciding and informing the brain that the body would prevail was an important step. For example, if your brain knows that you can't eat until three hours have passed from the last meal, you may end up eating more at the previous meal to prepare for the wait. But if you know that you don't have to wait, you might find you only need three bites from the previous meal. Trusting your body is hard but I think it's been a necessary step for me in my IE journey. This is NOT however the same thing as giving yourself "permission to graze throughout the day." Trusting your body might LOOK like grazing one day... and like starvation the next. the key is to really check in with yourself before eating to make sure you are hungry, and to stop when you are full. Just a thought!Best,Abby Kate, I'm sorry for this late reply, but I wanted to say I agree with you about letting the scale determine what I ate, also. I've made my decision about the scale and as another poster said, I'm not going to weigh at all again until my pants are falling off! Otherwise, I'm not touching it and I'm so much happier for making this decision. Thank you for your input. Ann > > > .... I used the principles of IE and TW for a long time and did see some > weight loss, but continued to weigh myself almost daily. The scales are one > of the things I have a hard time ridding myself of, but I really want to. My > husband and son use the scales often, so getting rid of them completely is > out, but moving them into another room is a good option for me. I do want to > get out of the habit of weighing myself daily, but maybe after hiding the > scales I'll weigh myself monthly or every three months or hopefully and > eventually, not at all. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 3, 2012 Report Share Posted January 3, 2012 Ann, it can be a real good turning point when you can release the faux fear that dieting instills - to NOT trust - and reclaim TRUST for and in yourself. Isn't it amazing that we don't trust our own bodies?!? How wacky is that! You are on the right course, take a deep breath, pat yourself on the back and whisper lions tigers and bears oh my (giggles) as you proceed down your own IE yellow brick road. ehugs, Katcha IEing since March 2007 > > Abby, Thank you for your ideas on this. As a matter of fact, I decided yesterday to get rid of the food journal because it was keeping me in the diet mentality and I decided to get rid of all things that have been keeping me focussed on food. I do feel a little more free for doing it, but it's scary at the same time. It's an old friend that I'm truly going to miss. It feels funny to not track anymore, but I'm going to stick with it! Thank you again! Ann > Â > Â > > > ________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 4, 2012 Report Share Posted January 4, 2012 Katcha, Thanks for the giggles this morning! I'm happy to face another day of trusting my signals. Even though I miss the journal, this is sort of exciting! Ann To: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Tuesday, January 3, 2012 9:23 PM Subject: Re: Hi Everyone. I'm new. Ann, it can be a real good turning point when you can release the faux fear that dieting instills - to NOT trust - and reclaim TRUST for and in yourself. Isn't it amazing that we don't trust our own bodies?!? How wacky is that! You are on the right course, take a deep breath, pat yourself on the back and whisper lions tigers and bears oh my (giggles) as you proceed down your own IE yellow brick road. ehugs, Katcha IEing since March 2007 > > Abby, Thank you for your ideas on this. As a matter of fact, I decided yesterday to get rid of the food journal because it was keeping me in the diet mentality and I decided to get rid of all things that have been keeping me focussed on food. I do feel a little more free for doing it, but it's scary at the same time. It's an old friend that I'm truly going to miss. It feels funny to not track anymore, but I'm going to stick with it! Thank you again! Ann > Â > Â > > > ________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 4, 2012 Report Share Posted January 4, 2012 Katcha, Thanks for the giggles this morning! I'm happy to face another day of trusting my signals. Even though I miss the journal, this is sort of exciting! Ann To: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Tuesday, January 3, 2012 9:23 PM Subject: Re: Hi Everyone. I'm new. Ann, it can be a real good turning point when you can release the faux fear that dieting instills - to NOT trust - and reclaim TRUST for and in yourself. Isn't it amazing that we don't trust our own bodies?!? How wacky is that! You are on the right course, take a deep breath, pat yourself on the back and whisper lions tigers and bears oh my (giggles) as you proceed down your own IE yellow brick road. ehugs, Katcha IEing since March 2007 > > Abby, Thank you for your ideas on this. As a matter of fact, I decided yesterday to get rid of the food journal because it was keeping me in the diet mentality and I decided to get rid of all things that have been keeping me focussed on food. I do feel a little more free for doing it, but it's scary at the same time. It's an old friend that I'm truly going to miss. It feels funny to not track anymore, but I'm going to stick with it! Thank you again! Ann > Â > Â > > > ________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 4, 2012 Report Share Posted January 4, 2012 Katcha, Thanks for the giggles this morning! I'm happy to face another day of trusting my signals. Even though I miss the journal, this is sort of exciting! Ann To: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Tuesday, January 3, 2012 9:23 PM Subject: Re: Hi Everyone. I'm new. Ann, it can be a real good turning point when you can release the faux fear that dieting instills - to NOT trust - and reclaim TRUST for and in yourself. Isn't it amazing that we don't trust our own bodies?!? How wacky is that! You are on the right course, take a deep breath, pat yourself on the back and whisper lions tigers and bears oh my (giggles) as you proceed down your own IE yellow brick road. ehugs, Katcha IEing since March 2007 > > Abby, Thank you for your ideas on this. As a matter of fact, I decided yesterday to get rid of the food journal because it was keeping me in the diet mentality and I decided to get rid of all things that have been keeping me focussed on food. I do feel a little more free for doing it, but it's scary at the same time. It's an old friend that I'm truly going to miss. It feels funny to not track anymore, but I'm going to stick with it! Thank you again! Ann > Â > Â > > > ________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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