Guest guest Posted January 20, 2012 Report Share Posted January 20, 2012 , glad you are here. What has your experience with IE been so far? Have you read the book and what did you think? Sandy Hi, I'm . My history includes a low-carb diet that led to unbelievable weight loss and then low-cal, low-carb which led to anorexia. Horrible bingeing is what followed my period of serious restriction. Intuitive Eating is the only way for me to heal and find balance in life and peace with food. I'm so glad to have found this wonderful, supportive website. Thanksto all of you here!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 20, 2012 Report Share Posted January 20, 2012 , glad you are here. What has your experience with IE been so far? Have you read the book and what did you think? Sandy Hi, I'm . My history includes a low-carb diet that led to unbelievable weight loss and then low-cal, low-carb which led to anorexia. Horrible bingeing is what followed my period of serious restriction. Intuitive Eating is the only way for me to heal and find balance in life and peace with food. I'm so glad to have found this wonderful, supportive website. Thanksto all of you here!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 20, 2012 Report Share Posted January 20, 2012 , glad you are here. What has your experience with IE been so far? Have you read the book and what did you think? Sandy Hi, I'm . My history includes a low-carb diet that led to unbelievable weight loss and then low-cal, low-carb which led to anorexia. Horrible bingeing is what followed my period of serious restriction. Intuitive Eating is the only way for me to heal and find balance in life and peace with food. I'm so glad to have found this wonderful, supportive website. Thanksto all of you here!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 20, 2012 Report Share Posted January 20, 2012 ,Welcome to the group! Thank you for sharing your story. I look forward to hearing more from you.Best,Abby IE since 11/08 , glad you are here. What has your experience with IE been so far? Have you read the book and what did you think? Sandy Hi, I'm . My history includes a low-carb diet that led to unbelievable weight loss and then low-cal, low-carb which led to anorexia. Horrible bingeing is what followed my period of serious restriction. Intuitive Eating is the only way for me to heal and find balance in life and peace with food. I'm so glad to have found this wonderful, supportive website. Thanksto all of you here!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 20, 2012 Report Share Posted January 20, 2012 ,Welcome to the group! Thank you for sharing your story. I look forward to hearing more from you.Best,Abby IE since 11/08 , glad you are here. What has your experience with IE been so far? Have you read the book and what did you think? Sandy Hi, I'm . My history includes a low-carb diet that led to unbelievable weight loss and then low-cal, low-carb which led to anorexia. Horrible bingeing is what followed my period of serious restriction. Intuitive Eating is the only way for me to heal and find balance in life and peace with food. I'm so glad to have found this wonderful, supportive website. Thanksto all of you here!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 20, 2012 Report Share Posted January 20, 2012 ,Welcome to the group! Thank you for sharing your story. I look forward to hearing more from you.Best,Abby IE since 11/08 , glad you are here. What has your experience with IE been so far? Have you read the book and what did you think? Sandy Hi, I'm . My history includes a low-carb diet that led to unbelievable weight loss and then low-cal, low-carb which led to anorexia. Horrible bingeing is what followed my period of serious restriction. Intuitive Eating is the only way for me to heal and find balance in life and peace with food. I'm so glad to have found this wonderful, supportive website. Thanksto all of you here!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 21, 2012 Report Share Posted January 21, 2012 Thank you Sandy and Abby IE will always be my goal and I will never diet again! That said, I find eating only when hungry, whatever I want, and stopping when satified or full to be very challenging. After years of disordered eating, those three (quite "simple") steps (that make SO much sense to me), are hard to do. At times I feel like I re-start IE every day, but I realize it's a process, a journey. And healing takes time. I have several books on IE that I've gotten tons from, including: Intuitive Eating by Tribole & Resch Eaing Awareness Training by Molly Groger The Rules of "Normal" Eating by Koenig It's Not About Food by Normandi & Roark Breaking Free From Emotional Eating and Women Food And God by Gennen Roth Beyond Chocolate by Sophie and Audrey Boss I'm off to read the posts! Happy Saturday > >> >> **> >>> >>> >> Hi, I'm .> >>> >> My history includes a low-carb diet that led to unbelievable weight loss> >> and then low-cal, low-carb which led to anorexia. [image: ]> >>> >> *Horrible bingeing* is what followed my period of serious restriction. [image:> >> :- & ]> >>> >> *Intuitive Eating* is the only way for me to heal and find balance in> >> life and peace with food.> >>> >> I'm so glad to have found this wonderful, supportive website.> >>> >> Thanksto all of you here!!!> >>> >> [image: ]> >>> >>> > > >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 21, 2012 Report Share Posted January 21, 2012 Thank you Sandy and Abby IE will always be my goal and I will never diet again! That said, I find eating only when hungry, whatever I want, and stopping when satified or full to be very challenging. After years of disordered eating, those three (quite "simple") steps (that make SO much sense to me), are hard to do. At times I feel like I re-start IE every day, but I realize it's a process, a journey. And healing takes time. I have several books on IE that I've gotten tons from, including: Intuitive Eating by Tribole & Resch Eaing Awareness Training by Molly Groger The Rules of "Normal" Eating by Koenig It's Not About Food by Normandi & Roark Breaking Free From Emotional Eating and Women Food And God by Gennen Roth Beyond Chocolate by Sophie and Audrey Boss I'm off to read the posts! Happy Saturday > >> >> **> >>> >>> >> Hi, I'm .> >>> >> My history includes a low-carb diet that led to unbelievable weight loss> >> and then low-cal, low-carb which led to anorexia. [image: ]> >>> >> *Horrible bingeing* is what followed my period of serious restriction. [image:> >> :- & ]> >>> >> *Intuitive Eating* is the only way for me to heal and find balance in> >> life and peace with food.> >>> >> I'm so glad to have found this wonderful, supportive website.> >>> >> Thanksto all of you here!!!> >>> >> [image: ]> >>> >>> > > >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 21, 2012 Report Share Posted January 21, 2012 , thanks for your post. Yes, I find it extremely difficult, too. I think they're the right things for me to do, because imposing rules about foods themselves has never worked for me. Those three steps can help me get back to the relationship I had with food as a child, which was pretty healthy (it was in my teens that I started using food for something other than nourishment and pleasure). But oh, my heavens, it is SO hard for me not to eat when my mind starts obsessing about it, whether I'm hungry or not. And once I start eating, I feel like I'm being pulled downstream by a strong current, and my mind doesn't even consider stopping, much less actually doing it. This group is helping. The posts remind me to try to stay aware, and for me that's the key. Well, one of the keys. It will also help to start comforting myself in ways other than with food. For me, awareness is harder than blindly following a diet plan. But I think it's also the way to the heart of the problem -- not a part of the problem itself, as I think dieting is. When I realize how much I think about food and my weight, it's eye-opening. I think about those things probably 90 percent of the time. I quit drinking about 25 years ago, and I've always been thankful that I didn't have to waste emotional energy thinking obsessively about drinking anymore. But as time in sobriety has gone on, I've been seeing that food/weight/diet issues jumped into the breach and provided me with something to use to divert myself from the reality of my life here and now. I've had a great morning, just staying home and doing some things I needed and wanted to do (like catching up with the posts on this list!). I think I need more mornings like this -- there's too much running around in life! Sue Thank you Sandy and Abby IE will always be my goal and I will never diet again! That said, I find eating only when hungry, whatever I want, and stopping when satified or full to be very challenging. After years of disordered eating, those three (quite "simple") steps (that make SO much sense to me), are hard to do. At times I feel like I re-start IE every day, but I realize it's a process, a journey. And healing takes time. I have several books on IE that I've gotten tons from, including: Intuitive Eating by Tribole & Resch Eaing Awareness Training by Molly Groger The Rules of "Normal" Eating by Koenig It's Not About Food by Normandi & Roark Breaking Free From Emotional Eating and Women Food And God by Gennen Roth Beyond Chocolate by Sophie and Audrey Boss I'm off to read the posts! Happy Saturday > > > >> ** > >> > >> > >> Hi, I'm . > >> > >> My history includes a low-carb diet that led to unbelievable weight loss > >> and then low-cal, low-carb which led to anorexia. [image: ] > >> > >> *Horrible bingeing* is what followed my period of serious restriction. [image: > >> :- & ] > >> > >> *Intuitive Eating* is the only way for me to heal and find balance in > >> life and peace with food. > >> > >> I'm so glad to have found this wonderful, supportive website. > >> > >> Thanksto all of you here!!! > >> > >> [image: ] > >> > >> > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 21, 2012 Report Share Posted January 21, 2012 , thanks for your post. Yes, I find it extremely difficult, too. I think they're the right things for me to do, because imposing rules about foods themselves has never worked for me. Those three steps can help me get back to the relationship I had with food as a child, which was pretty healthy (it was in my teens that I started using food for something other than nourishment and pleasure). But oh, my heavens, it is SO hard for me not to eat when my mind starts obsessing about it, whether I'm hungry or not. And once I start eating, I feel like I'm being pulled downstream by a strong current, and my mind doesn't even consider stopping, much less actually doing it. This group is helping. The posts remind me to try to stay aware, and for me that's the key. Well, one of the keys. It will also help to start comforting myself in ways other than with food. For me, awareness is harder than blindly following a diet plan. But I think it's also the way to the heart of the problem -- not a part of the problem itself, as I think dieting is. When I realize how much I think about food and my weight, it's eye-opening. I think about those things probably 90 percent of the time. I quit drinking about 25 years ago, and I've always been thankful that I didn't have to waste emotional energy thinking obsessively about drinking anymore. But as time in sobriety has gone on, I've been seeing that food/weight/diet issues jumped into the breach and provided me with something to use to divert myself from the reality of my life here and now. I've had a great morning, just staying home and doing some things I needed and wanted to do (like catching up with the posts on this list!). I think I need more mornings like this -- there's too much running around in life! Sue Thank you Sandy and Abby IE will always be my goal and I will never diet again! That said, I find eating only when hungry, whatever I want, and stopping when satified or full to be very challenging. After years of disordered eating, those three (quite "simple") steps (that make SO much sense to me), are hard to do. At times I feel like I re-start IE every day, but I realize it's a process, a journey. And healing takes time. I have several books on IE that I've gotten tons from, including: Intuitive Eating by Tribole & Resch Eaing Awareness Training by Molly Groger The Rules of "Normal" Eating by Koenig It's Not About Food by Normandi & Roark Breaking Free From Emotional Eating and Women Food And God by Gennen Roth Beyond Chocolate by Sophie and Audrey Boss I'm off to read the posts! Happy Saturday > > > >> ** > >> > >> > >> Hi, I'm . > >> > >> My history includes a low-carb diet that led to unbelievable weight loss > >> and then low-cal, low-carb which led to anorexia. [image: ] > >> > >> *Horrible bingeing* is what followed my period of serious restriction. [image: > >> :- & ] > >> > >> *Intuitive Eating* is the only way for me to heal and find balance in > >> life and peace with food. > >> > >> I'm so glad to have found this wonderful, supportive website. > >> > >> Thanksto all of you here!!! > >> > >> [image: ] > >> > >> > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 21, 2012 Report Share Posted January 21, 2012 , thanks for your post. Yes, I find it extremely difficult, too. I think they're the right things for me to do, because imposing rules about foods themselves has never worked for me. Those three steps can help me get back to the relationship I had with food as a child, which was pretty healthy (it was in my teens that I started using food for something other than nourishment and pleasure). But oh, my heavens, it is SO hard for me not to eat when my mind starts obsessing about it, whether I'm hungry or not. And once I start eating, I feel like I'm being pulled downstream by a strong current, and my mind doesn't even consider stopping, much less actually doing it. This group is helping. The posts remind me to try to stay aware, and for me that's the key. Well, one of the keys. It will also help to start comforting myself in ways other than with food. For me, awareness is harder than blindly following a diet plan. But I think it's also the way to the heart of the problem -- not a part of the problem itself, as I think dieting is. When I realize how much I think about food and my weight, it's eye-opening. I think about those things probably 90 percent of the time. I quit drinking about 25 years ago, and I've always been thankful that I didn't have to waste emotional energy thinking obsessively about drinking anymore. But as time in sobriety has gone on, I've been seeing that food/weight/diet issues jumped into the breach and provided me with something to use to divert myself from the reality of my life here and now. I've had a great morning, just staying home and doing some things I needed and wanted to do (like catching up with the posts on this list!). I think I need more mornings like this -- there's too much running around in life! Sue Thank you Sandy and Abby IE will always be my goal and I will never diet again! That said, I find eating only when hungry, whatever I want, and stopping when satified or full to be very challenging. After years of disordered eating, those three (quite "simple") steps (that make SO much sense to me), are hard to do. At times I feel like I re-start IE every day, but I realize it's a process, a journey. And healing takes time. I have several books on IE that I've gotten tons from, including: Intuitive Eating by Tribole & Resch Eaing Awareness Training by Molly Groger The Rules of "Normal" Eating by Koenig It's Not About Food by Normandi & Roark Breaking Free From Emotional Eating and Women Food And God by Gennen Roth Beyond Chocolate by Sophie and Audrey Boss I'm off to read the posts! Happy Saturday > > > >> ** > >> > >> > >> Hi, I'm . > >> > >> My history includes a low-carb diet that led to unbelievable weight loss > >> and then low-cal, low-carb which led to anorexia. [image: ] > >> > >> *Horrible bingeing* is what followed my period of serious restriction. [image: > >> :- & ] > >> > >> *Intuitive Eating* is the only way for me to heal and find balance in > >> life and peace with food. > >> > >> I'm so glad to have found this wonderful, supportive website. > >> > >> Thanksto all of you here!!! > >> > >> [image: ] > >> > >> > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 21, 2012 Report Share Posted January 21, 2012 Sue, this was such a true statement! <For me, awareness is harder than blindly following a diet plan. But I think it's also the way to the heart of the problem -- not a part of the problem itself, as I think dieting is.> I'd been trying to figure out why IE was so hard for some folks to even consider doing, and I think you hit the nail on the head. Deep down, it causes us to question why we've allowed ourselves to stay caught up in the whirlwind of dieting! That can be a REALLY difficult thing to face. It's one thing to be told you can't eat xyz on a particular diet...another thing entirely to be told you can eat anything you want, but need to tune into the body in so many ways. Also explains why IE tends to seep into other areas of our lives at the same time. I already shared how it's effected my (healing) relationship with exercise. But it's also leading me to question why I do things--from areas I get up tight or impatient about to committments I make and my feelings toward them. My hubby's been instrumental in helping me set realistic goals for, say, a free afternoon. I used to set myself up for failure by planning to complete 10 hrs worth of work in a 4 hr time span. I'd get a lot of things done, but be left feeling like a failure b/c I hadn't completed all of it. What a pointless pattern! He's taught me to tune into my energy levels and sync them with realistic time spans--even fitting in times for R & R. That's been as valuable to me as IE has for my relationship with food. There's really something to be said for paying attention to what body & mind are communicating to us about our everyday decisions.IE since Sep 2011 To: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2012 1:40 PM Subject: Re: Re: Hew Gal Here , thanks for your post. Yes, I find it extremely difficult, too. I think they're the right things for me to do, because imposing rules about foods themselves has never worked for me. Those three steps can help me get back to the relationship I had with food as a child, which was pretty healthy (it was in my teens that I started using food for something other than nourishment and pleasure). But oh, my heavens, it is SO hard for me not to eat when my mind starts obsessing about it, whether I'm hungry or not. And once I start eating, I feel like I'm being pulled downstream by a strong current, and my mind doesn't even consider stopping, much less actually doing it. This group is helping. The posts remind me to try to stay aware, and for me that's the key. Well, one of the keys. It will also help to start comforting myself in ways other than with food. For me, awareness is harder than blindly following a diet plan. But I think it's also the way to the heart of the problem -- not a part of the problem itself, as I think dieting is. When I realize how much I think about food and my weight, it's eye-opening. I think about those things probably 90 percent of the time. I quit drinking about 25 years ago, and I've always been thankful that I didn't have to waste emotional energy thinking obsessively about drinking anymore. But as time in sobriety has gone on, I've been seeing that food/weight/diet issues jumped into the breach and provided me with something to use to divert myself from the reality of my life here and now. I've had a great morning, just staying home and doing some things I needed and wanted to do (like catching up with the posts on this list!). I think I need more mornings like this -- there's too much running around in life! Sue Thank you Sandy and Abby IE will always be my goal and I will never diet again! That said, I find eating only when hungry, whatever I want, and stopping when satified or full to be very challenging. After years of disordered eating, those three (quite "simple") steps (that make SO much sense to me), are hard to do. At times I feel like I re-start IE every day, but I realize it's a process, a journey. And healing takes time. I have several books on IE that I've gotten tons from, including: Intuitive Eating by Tribole & Resch Eaing Awareness Training by Molly Groger The Rules of "Normal" Eating by Koenig It's Not About Food by Normandi & Roark Breaking Free From Emotional Eating and Women Food And God by Gennen Roth Beyond Chocolate by Sophie and Audrey Boss I'm off to read the posts! Happy Saturday > > > >> ** > >> > >> > >> Hi, I'm . > >> > >> My history includes a low-carb diet that led to unbelievable weight loss > >> and then low-cal, low-carb which led to anorexia. [image: ] > >> > >> *Horrible bingeing* is what followed my period of serious restriction. [image: > >> :- & ] > >> > >> *Intuitive Eating* is the only way for me to heal and find balance in > >> life and peace with food. > >> > >> I'm so glad to have found this wonderful, supportive website. > >> > >> Thanksto all of you here!!! > >> > >> [image: ] > >> > >> > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 21, 2012 Report Share Posted January 21, 2012 Sue, this was such a true statement! <For me, awareness is harder than blindly following a diet plan. But I think it's also the way to the heart of the problem -- not a part of the problem itself, as I think dieting is.> I'd been trying to figure out why IE was so hard for some folks to even consider doing, and I think you hit the nail on the head. Deep down, it causes us to question why we've allowed ourselves to stay caught up in the whirlwind of dieting! That can be a REALLY difficult thing to face. It's one thing to be told you can't eat xyz on a particular diet...another thing entirely to be told you can eat anything you want, but need to tune into the body in so many ways. Also explains why IE tends to seep into other areas of our lives at the same time. I already shared how it's effected my (healing) relationship with exercise. But it's also leading me to question why I do things--from areas I get up tight or impatient about to committments I make and my feelings toward them. My hubby's been instrumental in helping me set realistic goals for, say, a free afternoon. I used to set myself up for failure by planning to complete 10 hrs worth of work in a 4 hr time span. I'd get a lot of things done, but be left feeling like a failure b/c I hadn't completed all of it. What a pointless pattern! He's taught me to tune into my energy levels and sync them with realistic time spans--even fitting in times for R & R. That's been as valuable to me as IE has for my relationship with food. There's really something to be said for paying attention to what body & mind are communicating to us about our everyday decisions.IE since Sep 2011 To: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2012 1:40 PM Subject: Re: Re: Hew Gal Here , thanks for your post. Yes, I find it extremely difficult, too. I think they're the right things for me to do, because imposing rules about foods themselves has never worked for me. Those three steps can help me get back to the relationship I had with food as a child, which was pretty healthy (it was in my teens that I started using food for something other than nourishment and pleasure). But oh, my heavens, it is SO hard for me not to eat when my mind starts obsessing about it, whether I'm hungry or not. And once I start eating, I feel like I'm being pulled downstream by a strong current, and my mind doesn't even consider stopping, much less actually doing it. This group is helping. The posts remind me to try to stay aware, and for me that's the key. Well, one of the keys. It will also help to start comforting myself in ways other than with food. For me, awareness is harder than blindly following a diet plan. But I think it's also the way to the heart of the problem -- not a part of the problem itself, as I think dieting is. When I realize how much I think about food and my weight, it's eye-opening. I think about those things probably 90 percent of the time. I quit drinking about 25 years ago, and I've always been thankful that I didn't have to waste emotional energy thinking obsessively about drinking anymore. But as time in sobriety has gone on, I've been seeing that food/weight/diet issues jumped into the breach and provided me with something to use to divert myself from the reality of my life here and now. I've had a great morning, just staying home and doing some things I needed and wanted to do (like catching up with the posts on this list!). I think I need more mornings like this -- there's too much running around in life! Sue Thank you Sandy and Abby IE will always be my goal and I will never diet again! That said, I find eating only when hungry, whatever I want, and stopping when satified or full to be very challenging. After years of disordered eating, those three (quite "simple") steps (that make SO much sense to me), are hard to do. At times I feel like I re-start IE every day, but I realize it's a process, a journey. And healing takes time. I have several books on IE that I've gotten tons from, including: Intuitive Eating by Tribole & Resch Eaing Awareness Training by Molly Groger The Rules of "Normal" Eating by Koenig It's Not About Food by Normandi & Roark Breaking Free From Emotional Eating and Women Food And God by Gennen Roth Beyond Chocolate by Sophie and Audrey Boss I'm off to read the posts! Happy Saturday > > > >> ** > >> > >> > >> Hi, I'm . > >> > >> My history includes a low-carb diet that led to unbelievable weight loss > >> and then low-cal, low-carb which led to anorexia. [image: ] > >> > >> *Horrible bingeing* is what followed my period of serious restriction. [image: > >> :- & ] > >> > >> *Intuitive Eating* is the only way for me to heal and find balance in > >> life and peace with food. > >> > >> I'm so glad to have found this wonderful, supportive website. > >> > >> Thanksto all of you here!!! > >> > >> [image: ] > >> > >> > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 21, 2012 Report Share Posted January 21, 2012 Sue, this was such a true statement! <For me, awareness is harder than blindly following a diet plan. But I think it's also the way to the heart of the problem -- not a part of the problem itself, as I think dieting is.> I'd been trying to figure out why IE was so hard for some folks to even consider doing, and I think you hit the nail on the head. Deep down, it causes us to question why we've allowed ourselves to stay caught up in the whirlwind of dieting! That can be a REALLY difficult thing to face. It's one thing to be told you can't eat xyz on a particular diet...another thing entirely to be told you can eat anything you want, but need to tune into the body in so many ways. Also explains why IE tends to seep into other areas of our lives at the same time. I already shared how it's effected my (healing) relationship with exercise. But it's also leading me to question why I do things--from areas I get up tight or impatient about to committments I make and my feelings toward them. My hubby's been instrumental in helping me set realistic goals for, say, a free afternoon. I used to set myself up for failure by planning to complete 10 hrs worth of work in a 4 hr time span. I'd get a lot of things done, but be left feeling like a failure b/c I hadn't completed all of it. What a pointless pattern! He's taught me to tune into my energy levels and sync them with realistic time spans--even fitting in times for R & R. That's been as valuable to me as IE has for my relationship with food. There's really something to be said for paying attention to what body & mind are communicating to us about our everyday decisions.IE since Sep 2011 To: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2012 1:40 PM Subject: Re: Re: Hew Gal Here , thanks for your post. Yes, I find it extremely difficult, too. I think they're the right things for me to do, because imposing rules about foods themselves has never worked for me. Those three steps can help me get back to the relationship I had with food as a child, which was pretty healthy (it was in my teens that I started using food for something other than nourishment and pleasure). But oh, my heavens, it is SO hard for me not to eat when my mind starts obsessing about it, whether I'm hungry or not. And once I start eating, I feel like I'm being pulled downstream by a strong current, and my mind doesn't even consider stopping, much less actually doing it. This group is helping. The posts remind me to try to stay aware, and for me that's the key. Well, one of the keys. It will also help to start comforting myself in ways other than with food. For me, awareness is harder than blindly following a diet plan. But I think it's also the way to the heart of the problem -- not a part of the problem itself, as I think dieting is. When I realize how much I think about food and my weight, it's eye-opening. I think about those things probably 90 percent of the time. I quit drinking about 25 years ago, and I've always been thankful that I didn't have to waste emotional energy thinking obsessively about drinking anymore. But as time in sobriety has gone on, I've been seeing that food/weight/diet issues jumped into the breach and provided me with something to use to divert myself from the reality of my life here and now. I've had a great morning, just staying home and doing some things I needed and wanted to do (like catching up with the posts on this list!). I think I need more mornings like this -- there's too much running around in life! Sue Thank you Sandy and Abby IE will always be my goal and I will never diet again! That said, I find eating only when hungry, whatever I want, and stopping when satified or full to be very challenging. After years of disordered eating, those three (quite "simple") steps (that make SO much sense to me), are hard to do. At times I feel like I re-start IE every day, but I realize it's a process, a journey. And healing takes time. I have several books on IE that I've gotten tons from, including: Intuitive Eating by Tribole & Resch Eaing Awareness Training by Molly Groger The Rules of "Normal" Eating by Koenig It's Not About Food by Normandi & Roark Breaking Free From Emotional Eating and Women Food And God by Gennen Roth Beyond Chocolate by Sophie and Audrey Boss I'm off to read the posts! Happy Saturday > > > >> ** > >> > >> > >> Hi, I'm . > >> > >> My history includes a low-carb diet that led to unbelievable weight loss > >> and then low-cal, low-carb which led to anorexia. [image: ] > >> > >> *Horrible bingeing* is what followed my period of serious restriction. [image: > >> :- & ] > >> > >> *Intuitive Eating* is the only way for me to heal and find balance in > >> life and peace with food. > >> > >> I'm so glad to have found this wonderful, supportive website. > >> > >> Thanksto all of you here!!! > >> > >> [image: ] > >> > >> > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 21, 2012 Report Share Posted January 21, 2012 , Yes IE is hard especially after living by diet rules. Thanks for the book list too. Sandy Thank you Sandy and Abby IE will always be my goal and I will never diet again! That said, I find eating only when hungry, whatever I want, and stopping when satified or full to be very challenging. After years of disordered eating, those three (quite " simple " ) steps (that make SO much sense to me), are hard to do. At times I feel like I re-start IE every day, but I realize it's a process, a journey. And healing takes time. I have several books on IE that I've gotten tons from, including: Intuitive Eating by Tribole & Resch Eaing Awareness Training by Molly Groger The Rules of " Normal " Eating by Koenig It's Not About Food by Normandi & Roark Breaking Free From Emotional Eating and Women Food And God by Gennen Roth Beyond Chocolate by Sophie and Audrey Boss I'm off to read the posts! Happy Saturday > >> >> **> >>> >>> >> Hi, I'm .> >> > >> My history includes a low-carb diet that led to unbelievable weight loss> >> and then low-cal, low-carb which led to anorexia. [image: ]> >>> >> *Horrible bingeing* is what followed my period of serious restriction. [image: > >> :- & ]> >>> >> *Intuitive Eating* is the only way for me to heal and find balance in> >> life and peace with food.> >>> >> I'm so glad to have found this wonderful, supportive website. > >>> >> Thanksto all of you here!!!> >>> >> [image: ]> >>> >>> > > >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 21, 2012 Report Share Posted January 21, 2012 , Yes IE is hard especially after living by diet rules. Thanks for the book list too. Sandy Thank you Sandy and Abby IE will always be my goal and I will never diet again! That said, I find eating only when hungry, whatever I want, and stopping when satified or full to be very challenging. After years of disordered eating, those three (quite " simple " ) steps (that make SO much sense to me), are hard to do. At times I feel like I re-start IE every day, but I realize it's a process, a journey. And healing takes time. I have several books on IE that I've gotten tons from, including: Intuitive Eating by Tribole & Resch Eaing Awareness Training by Molly Groger The Rules of " Normal " Eating by Koenig It's Not About Food by Normandi & Roark Breaking Free From Emotional Eating and Women Food And God by Gennen Roth Beyond Chocolate by Sophie and Audrey Boss I'm off to read the posts! Happy Saturday > >> >> **> >>> >>> >> Hi, I'm .> >> > >> My history includes a low-carb diet that led to unbelievable weight loss> >> and then low-cal, low-carb which led to anorexia. [image: ]> >>> >> *Horrible bingeing* is what followed my period of serious restriction. [image: > >> :- & ]> >>> >> *Intuitive Eating* is the only way for me to heal and find balance in> >> life and peace with food.> >>> >> I'm so glad to have found this wonderful, supportive website. > >>> >> Thanksto all of you here!!!> >>> >> [image: ]> >>> >>> > > >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 21, 2012 Report Share Posted January 21, 2012 , Yes IE is hard especially after living by diet rules. Thanks for the book list too. Sandy Thank you Sandy and Abby IE will always be my goal and I will never diet again! That said, I find eating only when hungry, whatever I want, and stopping when satified or full to be very challenging. After years of disordered eating, those three (quite " simple " ) steps (that make SO much sense to me), are hard to do. At times I feel like I re-start IE every day, but I realize it's a process, a journey. And healing takes time. I have several books on IE that I've gotten tons from, including: Intuitive Eating by Tribole & Resch Eaing Awareness Training by Molly Groger The Rules of " Normal " Eating by Koenig It's Not About Food by Normandi & Roark Breaking Free From Emotional Eating and Women Food And God by Gennen Roth Beyond Chocolate by Sophie and Audrey Boss I'm off to read the posts! Happy Saturday > >> >> **> >>> >>> >> Hi, I'm .> >> > >> My history includes a low-carb diet that led to unbelievable weight loss> >> and then low-cal, low-carb which led to anorexia. [image: ]> >>> >> *Horrible bingeing* is what followed my period of serious restriction. [image: > >> :- & ]> >>> >> *Intuitive Eating* is the only way for me to heal and find balance in> >> life and peace with food.> >>> >> I'm so glad to have found this wonderful, supportive website. > >>> >> Thanksto all of you here!!!> >>> >> [image: ]> >>> >>> > > >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 21, 2012 Report Share Posted January 21, 2012 Hi ! I'm new here as well. I really liked your post, especially this: " That said, I find eating only when hungry, whatever I want, and stopping when satified or full to be very challenging. " I second this! I have only been eating intuitively for about two weeks now, and I'm suprised at how difficult it is! And yet, at the same time, it is SO much more satisfying when I do have success. That is what has kept me going so far, when I have been tempted by my diet mentality. I am not perfect, but I'm improving, and when I DO properly listen to myself it is such a gratifying experience. I am beginning to almost look forward to my hunger now instead of fearing it like I used to, because I know I can satisfy it with whatever I really want to, and it actually adds to my eating pleasure! And I am also finding myself obsessing much less about food already. Perhaps, again, because I know I will have a satisfying meal when I next need one? Anyway, I have had some slip ups that make me realize how difficult this road will be to travel...but I am increasingly more optimistic that I can do it, too! Good luck to you! Amy > > > > > > > >> ** > > > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> Hi, I'm . > > > >> > > > >> My history includes a low-carb diet that led to unbelievable weight > > loss > > > >> and then low-cal, low-carb which led to anorexia. [image: ] > > > >> > > > >> *Horrible bingeing* is what followed my period of serious > > restriction. [image: > > > >> :- & ] > > > >> > > > >> *Intuitive Eating* is the only way for me to heal and find balance in > > > > > >> life and peace with food. > > > >> > > > >> I'm so glad to have found this wonderful, supportive website. > > > >> > > > >> Thanksto all of you here!!! > > > >> > > > >> [image: ] > > > >> > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 21, 2012 Report Share Posted January 21, 2012 Is Beyond Chocolate a book? The only place I found it was a course on the internet. Sandy Thank you Sandy and Abby IE will always be my goal and I will never diet again! That said, I find eating only when hungry, whatever I want, and stopping when satified or full to be very challenging. After years of disordered eating, those three (quite " simple " ) steps (that make SO much sense to me), are hard to do. At times I feel like I re-start IE every day, but I realize it's a process, a journey. And healing takes time. I have several books on IE that I've gotten tons from, including: Intuitive Eating by Tribole & Resch Eaing Awareness Training by Molly Groger The Rules of " Normal " Eating by Koenig It's Not About Food by Normandi & Roark Breaking Free From Emotional Eating and Women Food And God by Gennen Roth Beyond Chocolate by Sophie and Audrey Boss I'm off to read the posts! Happy Saturday > >> >> **> >>> >>> >> Hi, I'm .> >> > >> My history includes a low-carb diet that led to unbelievable weight loss> >> and then low-cal, low-carb which led to anorexia. [image: ]> >>> >> *Horrible bingeing* is what followed my period of serious restriction. [image: > >> :- & ]> >>> >> *Intuitive Eating* is the only way for me to heal and find balance in> >> life and peace with food.> >>> >> I'm so glad to have found this wonderful, supportive website. > >>> >> Thanksto all of you here!!!> >>> >> [image: ]> >>> >>> > > >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 21, 2012 Report Share Posted January 21, 2012 Yep, it's on Amazon; probably elsewhere too. Sandarah > > > > > > > >> ** > > > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> Hi, I'm . > > > >> > > > >> My history includes a low-carb diet that led to unbelievable weight > > loss > > > >> and then low-cal, low-carb which led to anorexia. [image: ] > > > >> > > > >> *Horrible bingeing* is what followed my period of serious > > restriction. [image: > > > >> :- & ] > > > >> > > > >> *Intuitive Eating* is the only way for me to heal and find balance in > > > > > >> life and peace with food. > > > >> > > > >> I'm so glad to have found this wonderful, supportive website. > > > >> > > > >> Thanksto all of you here!!! > > > >> > > > >> [image: ] > > > >> > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 21, 2012 Report Share Posted January 21, 2012 Yep, it's on Amazon; probably elsewhere too. Sandarah > > > > > > > >> ** > > > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> Hi, I'm . > > > >> > > > >> My history includes a low-carb diet that led to unbelievable weight > > loss > > > >> and then low-cal, low-carb which led to anorexia. [image: ] > > > >> > > > >> *Horrible bingeing* is what followed my period of serious > > restriction. [image: > > > >> :- & ] > > > >> > > > >> *Intuitive Eating* is the only way for me to heal and find balance in > > > > > >> life and peace with food. > > > >> > > > >> I'm so glad to have found this wonderful, supportive website. > > > >> > > > >> Thanksto all of you here!!! > > > >> > > > >> [image: ] > > > >> > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 21, 2012 Report Share Posted January 21, 2012 Yep, it's on Amazon; probably elsewhere too. Sandarah > > > > > > > >> ** > > > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> Hi, I'm . > > > >> > > > >> My history includes a low-carb diet that led to unbelievable weight > > loss > > > >> and then low-cal, low-carb which led to anorexia. [image: ] > > > >> > > > >> *Horrible bingeing* is what followed my period of serious > > restriction. [image: > > > >> :- & ] > > > >> > > > >> *Intuitive Eating* is the only way for me to heal and find balance in > > > > > >> life and peace with food. > > > >> > > > >> I'm so glad to have found this wonderful, supportive website. > > > >> > > > >> Thanksto all of you here!!! > > > >> > > > >> [image: ] > > > >> > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 21, 2012 Report Share Posted January 21, 2012 Thanks, I did find it but not at book stores or library. Sandy Yep, it's on Amazon; probably elsewhere too. Sandarah > > > > > > > >> ** > > > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> Hi, I'm . > > > >> > > > >> My history includes a low-carb diet that led to unbelievable weight > > loss > > > >> and then low-cal, low-carb which led to anorexia. [image: ] > > > >> > > > >> *Horrible bingeing* is what followed my period of serious > > restriction. [image: > > > >> :- & ] > > > >> > > > >> *Intuitive Eating* is the only way for me to heal and find balance in > > > > > >> life and peace with food. > > > >> > > > >> I'm so glad to have found this wonderful, supportive website. > > > >> > > > >> Thanksto all of you here!!! > > > >> > > > >> [image: ] > > > >> > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 22, 2012 Report Share Posted January 22, 2012 - thanks for this, it really resonates with me. The undercurrent of my dysfunction with food is a need to stay busy, distracted and overbooked in order to ignore my true feelings/state of mind. I have long bemoaned the fact that I seem to always be running around, stressed to the gills so that food is either totally ignored or completely abused. Time to settle down, take a deep breath and tune in to my body! I am going to make it a goal to meditate and do yoga each morning for 20 minutes just to have some intimate time with my body. Best to you, Eden > >> > > >> >> ** > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> Hi, I'm . > >> >> > >> >> My history includes a low-carb diet that led > to unbelievable weight loss > >> >> and then low-cal, low-carb which led to > anorexia. [image: ] > >> >> > >> >> *Horrible bingeing* is what followed my > period of serious restriction. [image: > >> >> :- & ] > >> >> > >> >> *Intuitive Eating* is the only way for me to > heal and find balance in > >> >> life and peace with food. > >> >> > >> >> I'm so glad to have found this wonderful, > supportive website. > >> >> > >> >> Thanksto all of you here!!! > >> >> > >> >> [image: ] > >> >> > >> >> > >> > > >> > > >> > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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