Re: Re: New here, overweight diabetic

[Guest guest]

,One of the main things I do not like about where I am is

the fear. Today my Amazon order arrived with several books including

" The Food & Feelings Workbook. " I spent an hour with it and

I know this will be the most important book I have read and worked with in

years -- this is the one I need most right now, maybe the best clue being

that I am scared to really start the writing and thinking that even the

very first chapter requires.Will post about it now and then as

I work through it and need feedback...Donna> Welcome Donna. I'm new this week too. Health is my main reason to

do> this no diet group because I fear diabetes, stroke, heart

attack, etc. I> can feel my body tiring and struggling because of

the extra weight, so I> hope we'll find understanding and support

here.>

[Guest guest]

Fireangel,For years at a time in the past I have eaten without

constantly thinking about food, and I think those were my IE years.

Diabetes throws a wrench in it, but then again my required morning food

routine both frees me from decisions when I am not yet awake and allows me

to have more flexibility later in the day to make intuitive choices above

emotional ones. Not that I'm very good at it yet.My reading in

the last few weeks, and a few experiences a few years ago, have shown me

that I can eat intuitively again when I re-learn how to separate food from

feelings most of the time.Donna> This time

around it has to be different. I have put aside dieting, and>

have been working (all by myself not knowing about IE until recently)

at> learning to eat normally. I've done fine in the past year,

but suddenly> I'm at a stand still, and I've come to recognize

that I'm beginning again> to eat for reasons other than

hunger.> > fireangel

[Guest guest]

Fireangel,For years at a time in the past I have eaten without

constantly thinking about food, and I think those were my IE years.

Diabetes throws a wrench in it, but then again my required morning food

routine both frees me from decisions when I am not yet awake and allows me

to have more flexibility later in the day to make intuitive choices above

emotional ones. Not that I'm very good at it yet.My reading in

the last few weeks, and a few experiences a few years ago, have shown me

that I can eat intuitively again when I re-learn how to separate food from

feelings most of the time.Donna> This time

around it has to be different. I have put aside dieting, and>

have been working (all by myself not knowing about IE until recently)

at> learning to eat normally. I've done fine in the past year,

but suddenly> I'm at a stand still, and I've come to recognize

that I'm beginning again> to eat for reasons other than

hunger.> > fireangel