Guest guest Posted January 24, 2012 Report Share Posted January 24, 2012 A thought hit me while reading your post. In a dieter’s mind, the opposite of “dieting” is eating junk food. At the beginning of IE, many feel that IE is “not dieting” which could translate into eating junk food. I love your realization that you don’t HAVE to eat junk food to be “not dieting”. YAYYY for IE. Kate ] On Behalf Of twalker0475 Sent: Monday, January 23, 2012 4:11 PM To: IntuitiveEating_Support Subject: epiphany When I decided a couple weeks ago that IE was something I needed to do for my sanity and quality of life, I spent the better part of a week eating junky foods that made me feel like..junk. I didn't necessarily have strong cravings for all of them, some of them were things that used to hold magic for me so I guess I was going back to check if that was still true. I felt like I was supposed to do this, otherwise it wasn't IE. But the thing I realized is, there are lots of healthy foods that I really enjoy and look forward to eating. I like the way they taste and I like the way they make me feel physically...not sluggish and tired, but energized. And then I realized...THAT is IE! I don't HAVE to eat junk food if I am not craving it, I am just as entitled to eat healthfully if that is what I am craving. I know that may sound sort of obvious, but for some reason it just wasn't to me, maybe because of the de-emphasis on nutrition in the book. Of course, in the past I had rules associated with eating healthfully...no starchy carbs after 3PM, junk food only on assigned " cheat " days or meals, stay within my calorie range, eat the right number of carbs, etc. So the difference with IE is that none of these rules exist anymore...if I feel like eating carbs with dinner, I will...if I don't, I won't. I will even drink a diet soda if I want it despite all of those artificial chemicals in it! It is a subtle mental shift, but it makes all the difference between following a diet and listening to what feels right. And the truth is, most of those rules were never about being healthy, they were about looking a certain way. Take away the rules, and you have IE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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