I'm new and need suggestions pleeease!

January 10, 2012

Hi everyone! I'm a newbie to this group, but not to IE. I started my journey in

May 2010, when I discovered Bethenny el " s Naturally Thin. In which she says

eat ehat you want... but then there's a whole bunch of rules. Then I discovered

Geneen Roth's books, and LOVED them, but it was difficlut for me to apply her

ideas to my actual life. Then I read May's " eat what you love " and that

was great! Then I found Intuitive Eating and I am totally hooked! I have

conventionally dieted for about 15 years, on and off. Major yoyo ing, but mostly

just inching up in pounds. I have 4 children ages 6 and under, and gained lots

by each pregnancy because I was allowed to eat finally! Then, each time i gave

birth and ran to a nutritionist who gave new rules, I measured, I wrote

everything down... except when I would binge, once or twice a week, eating my

WHOLE pantry, pies of pizza, bars of choc.. you know.. ANyway here I am 4 months

postpartum, bigger THAN EVER, and trying so hard to eat mindfully. YET: i still

binge at night. most nights. I do not know why. I eat what I want every day. sit

down. concentrate. eat what i really want. stop at 5 or 6. So why after dinner

do i feel like i need to be STUFFEd... and with JUNK food? At night I feel a

magnet drawing me to the kitchen, forcing me to indulge and treat myself, and

feel that FULL number 8 or 9 feeling. WHY WHY WHY??????? I have absolutely no

clue. And therefore have stayed the same weight since my baby was born in

Septmeber. (I try not to weighy myself but do once a month about). Anyways any

suggestions would be great! thanks

January 11, 2012

Interesting…I, too, read el’s

“Naturally Thin” and loved it (at first). I think it was

because I felt at last there was a different way. I knew I didn’t

agree with everything she said; some of her ideas, I felt, were pretty out

there, but I was excited. Then, I was looking for it on Amazon, typed in “Naturally

Thin” and found Antonello’s book “How to be Naturally

Thin by Eating More: The Anti-Diet Book.” Since then, I realize

that Bethany’s

book is not for me, but I love it for getting me started. Antonello’s

book, along with IE, are my two favorites.

Kate

Hi everyone! I'm a newbie

to this group, but not to IE. I started my journey in May 2010, when I

discovered Bethenny el " s Naturally Thin. In which she says eat ehat

you want... but then there's a whole bunch of rules. Then I discovered Geneen

Roth's books, and LOVED them, but it was difficlut for me to apply her ideas to

my actual life. Then I read May's " eat what you love " and

that was great! Then I found Intuitive Eating and I am totally hooked! I have

conventionally dieted for about 15 years, on and off. Major yoyo ing, but

mostly just inching up in pounds. I have 4 children ages 6 and under, and

gained lots by each pregnancy because I was allowed to eat finally! Then, each

time i gave birth and ran to a nutritionist who gave new rules, I measured, I

wrote everything down... except when I would binge, once or twice a week,

eating my WHOLE pantry, pies of pizza, bars of choc.. you know.. ANyway here I

am 4 months postpartum, bigger THAN EVER, and trying so hard to eat mindfully.

YET: i still binge at night. most nights. I do not know why. I eat what I want

every day. sit down. concentrate. eat what i really want. stop at 5 or 6. So

why after dinner do i feel like i need to be STUFFEd... and with JUNK food? At

night I feel a magnet drawing me to the kitchen, forcing me to indulge and

treat myself, and feel that FULL number 8 or 9 feeling. WHY WHY WHY??????? I

have absolutely no clue. And therefore have stayed the same weight since my

baby was born in Septmeber. (I try not to weighy myself but do once a month

about). Anyways any suggestions would be great! thanks

January 11, 2012