Guest guest Posted December 27, 2011 Report Share Posted December 27, 2011 This is such the cool thing about these posts and everyone sharing is how different everyone's insights are, and how clear it is that one person's " truth " might now work at all for someone else. I love this description of the internal line between head and rest of the body, but it's one that makes no sense for me, since most of my overeating ills manifest themselves in my head--through ringing ears, pressure in my head, etc. but this makes me wonder where my lines are..... Going to think on that. Tilley > > One of my best used IE 'mantras' is recognizing INternal vs. EXternal directions regarding my eating. Initially that brought up a vision of a battle between ME and so-called experts who wanted to dictate to me shoulds and oughts for my eating. This 'line' has served me well in helping me to keep my focus more IE than diet mentality driven. > > As I have struggled to reacquaint myself with my own INternal signals desires and drives, I have come to find that I also have a 'line' - within myself' that I have needed to acknowledge and come to grips with. And that line is about at my neck ;-) If I eat 'from the neck up' I find that I am taste and thinking directed (shoulds & oughts). But if I eat 'from the neck down' I am responding more to what my body (overall, head included!) needs and appreciates. Its wacky that I have such a division within myself, but there it is and now that I can 'see' it, I have a better chance of reuniting all of elements that make up this complicated critter that I am. And eating can be the olive branch for achieving this too. Wow, another gift from IE - lucky me :-) > > Katcha > IEing since March 2007 > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 27, 2011 Report Share Posted December 27, 2011 This is such the cool thing about these posts and everyone sharing is how different everyone's insights are, and how clear it is that one person's " truth " might now work at all for someone else. I love this description of the internal line between head and rest of the body, but it's one that makes no sense for me, since most of my overeating ills manifest themselves in my head--through ringing ears, pressure in my head, etc. but this makes me wonder where my lines are..... Going to think on that. Tilley > > One of my best used IE 'mantras' is recognizing INternal vs. EXternal directions regarding my eating. Initially that brought up a vision of a battle between ME and so-called experts who wanted to dictate to me shoulds and oughts for my eating. This 'line' has served me well in helping me to keep my focus more IE than diet mentality driven. > > As I have struggled to reacquaint myself with my own INternal signals desires and drives, I have come to find that I also have a 'line' - within myself' that I have needed to acknowledge and come to grips with. And that line is about at my neck ;-) If I eat 'from the neck up' I find that I am taste and thinking directed (shoulds & oughts). But if I eat 'from the neck down' I am responding more to what my body (overall, head included!) needs and appreciates. Its wacky that I have such a division within myself, but there it is and now that I can 'see' it, I have a better chance of reuniting all of elements that make up this complicated critter that I am. And eating can be the olive branch for achieving this too. Wow, another gift from IE - lucky me :-) > > Katcha > IEing since March 2007 > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 27, 2011 Report Share Posted December 27, 2011 This is such the cool thing about these posts and everyone sharing is how different everyone's insights are, and how clear it is that one person's " truth " might now work at all for someone else. I love this description of the internal line between head and rest of the body, but it's one that makes no sense for me, since most of my overeating ills manifest themselves in my head--through ringing ears, pressure in my head, etc. but this makes me wonder where my lines are..... Going to think on that. Tilley > > One of my best used IE 'mantras' is recognizing INternal vs. EXternal directions regarding my eating. Initially that brought up a vision of a battle between ME and so-called experts who wanted to dictate to me shoulds and oughts for my eating. This 'line' has served me well in helping me to keep my focus more IE than diet mentality driven. > > As I have struggled to reacquaint myself with my own INternal signals desires and drives, I have come to find that I also have a 'line' - within myself' that I have needed to acknowledge and come to grips with. And that line is about at my neck ;-) If I eat 'from the neck up' I find that I am taste and thinking directed (shoulds & oughts). But if I eat 'from the neck down' I am responding more to what my body (overall, head included!) needs and appreciates. Its wacky that I have such a division within myself, but there it is and now that I can 'see' it, I have a better chance of reuniting all of elements that make up this complicated critter that I am. And eating can be the olive branch for achieving this too. Wow, another gift from IE - lucky me :-) > > Katcha > IEing since March 2007 > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 27, 2011 Report Share Posted December 27, 2011 Sorry Tilley (and others) that I didn't make myself clear which is no surprise when I remember that what I wanted to say came to me in my sleep, was clear as a ringing bell then and then got somewhat mangled when I rushed to get it down (on way out door this AM) before I forgot it. I wanted to be glib and say that I recently found that I was eating 'from the neck up' (brain driving the show) often rather than " from the neck down' (biologically driven) trying to show a 'line' that I had been making where none really existed. I also forgot to add that the light bulb part was that my IE battle ground has moved from me vs. them (diets/experts) to me vs. ME?!? But really its more about me NOT 'fighting' with myself over foods/eating in the end. A weird mesh of trust and integration that has been as foreign as Chinese to me after being around dietese for so long, not to mention trying to ignore that too these days. Yep, clear as mud - lol Maybe I need to sleep when I sleep? ;-) Katcha IEing since March 2007 > > > > One of my best used IE 'mantras' is recognizing INternal vs. EXternal directions regarding my eating. Initially that brought up a vision of a battle between ME and so-called experts who wanted to dictate to me shoulds and oughts for my eating. This 'line' has served me well in helping me to keep my focus more IE than diet mentality driven. > > > > As I have struggled to reacquaint myself with my own INternal signals desires and drives, I have come to find that I also have a 'line' - within myself' that I have needed to acknowledge and come to grips with. And that line is about at my neck ;-) If I eat 'from the neck up' I find that I am taste and thinking directed (shoulds & oughts). But if I eat 'from the neck down' I am responding more to what my body (overall, head included!) needs and appreciates. Its wacky that I have such a division within myself, but there it is and now that I can 'see' it, I have a better chance of reuniting all of elements that make up this complicated critter that I am. And eating can be the olive branch for achieving this too. Wow, another gift from IE - lucky me :-) > > > > Katcha > > IEing since March 2007 > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 27, 2011 Report Share Posted December 27, 2011 Sorry Tilley (and others) that I didn't make myself clear which is no surprise when I remember that what I wanted to say came to me in my sleep, was clear as a ringing bell then and then got somewhat mangled when I rushed to get it down (on way out door this AM) before I forgot it. I wanted to be glib and say that I recently found that I was eating 'from the neck up' (brain driving the show) often rather than " from the neck down' (biologically driven) trying to show a 'line' that I had been making where none really existed. I also forgot to add that the light bulb part was that my IE battle ground has moved from me vs. them (diets/experts) to me vs. ME?!? But really its more about me NOT 'fighting' with myself over foods/eating in the end. A weird mesh of trust and integration that has been as foreign as Chinese to me after being around dietese for so long, not to mention trying to ignore that too these days. Yep, clear as mud - lol Maybe I need to sleep when I sleep? ;-) Katcha IEing since March 2007 > > > > One of my best used IE 'mantras' is recognizing INternal vs. EXternal directions regarding my eating. Initially that brought up a vision of a battle between ME and so-called experts who wanted to dictate to me shoulds and oughts for my eating. This 'line' has served me well in helping me to keep my focus more IE than diet mentality driven. > > > > As I have struggled to reacquaint myself with my own INternal signals desires and drives, I have come to find that I also have a 'line' - within myself' that I have needed to acknowledge and come to grips with. And that line is about at my neck ;-) If I eat 'from the neck up' I find that I am taste and thinking directed (shoulds & oughts). But if I eat 'from the neck down' I am responding more to what my body (overall, head included!) needs and appreciates. Its wacky that I have such a division within myself, but there it is and now that I can 'see' it, I have a better chance of reuniting all of elements that make up this complicated critter that I am. And eating can be the olive branch for achieving this too. Wow, another gift from IE - lucky me :-) > > > > Katcha > > IEing since March 2007 > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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