Re: Hello, new here and thrilled to find you all!

[Guest guest]

I've been IEating one month and do not have a weight goal as that would trigger

me back into goal-oriented diet eating/thinking. My primary focus is still

working with legalizing and tip toeing into choosing in such a way as to not

arouse the diet rebel/diet police; which still happens.

I'm working with the notion that this is potentially a years long process to get

to a " normal weight " and have accepted that's ok. I don't want to fight the

fight any longer. Any weight changes will be an outcome of re-learning

normal/intuitive eating and finding enough comfort with food and myself that I

can routinely leave the table sated but not full. And that the emotional need

for food will abate as time goes on in this process of re-doing my food

relationship.

But I've been dieting for decades and my skewed eating behaviors and attitudes

are deeply imbedded. And, to be honest, I'm liking the process and the notion

of relinquishing all that baggage, trusting that my food/weight/eating will all

normalize over time.

Sandarah

>

> Hello ladies,

>

> My name is Ingrid and I just discovered Intuitive Eating in the past few

weeks. Actually, I hope to sink my teeth into more of the book tonight and this

week, but I have been really enjoying it so far. I can see it's a process to

learn to listen to my body after so many years of dieting, but I do feel like

I'm making progress...sometimes. Other times I'm so disappointed that I ate on

auto-pilot and totally overate (lunch today).

>

> So I do have two questions -- do you ladies have a goal weight or are you not

weighing anymore at all? I think weighing too often is discouraging and

inaccurate, but like someone else posted, I am afraid that if I stop weighing

myself I will just gain and gain and gain.

>

> Secondly, can anyone who has had weight loss success with IE (measured in

pounds or clothing sizes, or whatever) share their story?

>

> I am not having crazy sugar cravings like I have for most of my life and I

feel good about being able to imagine how I'll feel after I eat something.

(i.e. if I eat a Krispy Kreme on an empty stomach I will feel headachy and

gross, so I've been able to choose not to do that -- it's not worth it). I know

the weight loss won't be immediate or fast, but I'd love to hear if anyone has

returned to healthy weight by living this way.

>

> Thanks!

>

> - Ingrid

>

[Guest guest]

Sandarah I totally agree and when I 'gifted' myself the time to embrace IE, I

realized that considering the many years I had been caught up in diet mentality,

a few years reversing that wouldn't be at all out of line either.

ehugs, Katcha

IEing since March 2007

>

> I've been IEating one month and do not have a weight goal as that would

trigger me back into goal-oriented diet eating/thinking. My primary focus is

still working with legalizing and tip toeing into choosing in such a way as to

not arouse the diet rebel/diet police; which still happens.

>

> I'm working with the notion that this is potentially a years long process to

get to a " normal weight " and have accepted that's ok. I don't want to fight the

fight any longer. Any weight changes will be an outcome of re-learning

normal/intuitive eating and finding enough comfort with food and myself that I

can routinely leave the table sated but not full. And that the emotional need

for food will abate as time goes on in this process of re-doing my food

relationship.

>

> But I've been dieting for decades and my skewed eating behaviors and attitudes

are deeply imbedded. And, to be honest, I'm liking the process and the notion

of relinquishing all that baggage, trusting that my food/weight/eating will all

normalize over time.

>

> Sandarah

>

[Guest guest]

Sandarah I totally agree and when I 'gifted' myself the time to embrace IE, I

realized that considering the many years I had been caught up in diet mentality,

a few years reversing that wouldn't be at all out of line either.

ehugs, Katcha

IEing since March 2007

>

> I've been IEating one month and do not have a weight goal as that would

trigger me back into goal-oriented diet eating/thinking. My primary focus is

still working with legalizing and tip toeing into choosing in such a way as to

not arouse the diet rebel/diet police; which still happens.

>

> I'm working with the notion that this is potentially a years long process to

get to a " normal weight " and have accepted that's ok. I don't want to fight the

fight any longer. Any weight changes will be an outcome of re-learning

normal/intuitive eating and finding enough comfort with food and myself that I

can routinely leave the table sated but not full. And that the emotional need

for food will abate as time goes on in this process of re-doing my food

relationship.

>

> But I've been dieting for decades and my skewed eating behaviors and attitudes

are deeply imbedded. And, to be honest, I'm liking the process and the notion

of relinquishing all that baggage, trusting that my food/weight/eating will all

normalize over time.

>

> Sandarah

>

[Guest guest]

Sandarah I totally agree and when I 'gifted' myself the time to embrace IE, I

realized that considering the many years I had been caught up in diet mentality,

a few years reversing that wouldn't be at all out of line either.

ehugs, Katcha

IEing since March 2007

>

> I've been IEating one month and do not have a weight goal as that would

trigger me back into goal-oriented diet eating/thinking. My primary focus is

still working with legalizing and tip toeing into choosing in such a way as to

not arouse the diet rebel/diet police; which still happens.

>

> I'm working with the notion that this is potentially a years long process to

get to a " normal weight " and have accepted that's ok. I don't want to fight the

fight any longer. Any weight changes will be an outcome of re-learning

normal/intuitive eating and finding enough comfort with food and myself that I

can routinely leave the table sated but not full. And that the emotional need

for food will abate as time goes on in this process of re-doing my food

relationship.

>

> But I've been dieting for decades and my skewed eating behaviors and attitudes

are deeply imbedded. And, to be honest, I'm liking the process and the notion

of relinquishing all that baggage, trusting that my food/weight/eating will all

normalize over time.

>

> Sandarah

>