Re: New here, overweight diabetic

[Guest guest]

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.

>

> I'm new to this group. Found out about it today when looking into IE; I just

ordered IE and a couple related mindfullness titles.

>

> I was 100 pounds overweight when diagnosed w/diabetes last year. I lost 50

pounds w/certain fear-induced changes but have now come up against my emotional

eating " stuff " & would like to find a new relationship w/food.

>

> I found with much experimentation how to control my blood sugar w/diet alone,

but I have also in the process discovered how to overeat without raising my

blood sugar too much. My insulin resistance improved dramatically after losing

the first 30 pounds, and I don't want to go back there. But my new knowledge

about eating " safely " for my diabetes puts the power back in my hands to... I

don't know. Continue to eat to avoid feeling? I guess that's it.

>

> Looking forward to learning more here,

> Donna

>

[Guest guest]

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.

>

> I'm new to this group. Found out about it today when looking into IE; I just

ordered IE and a couple related mindfullness titles.

>

> I was 100 pounds overweight when diagnosed w/diabetes last year. I lost 50

pounds w/certain fear-induced changes but have now come up against my emotional

eating " stuff " & would like to find a new relationship w/food.

>

> I found with much experimentation how to control my blood sugar w/diet alone,

but I have also in the process discovered how to overeat without raising my

blood sugar too much. My insulin resistance improved dramatically after losing

the first 30 pounds, and I don't want to go back there. But my new knowledge

about eating " safely " for my diabetes puts the power back in my hands to... I

don't know. Continue to eat to avoid feeling? I guess that's it.

>

> Looking forward to learning more here,

> Donna

>

[Guest guest]

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.

>

> I'm new to this group. Found out about it today when looking into IE; I just

ordered IE and a couple related mindfullness titles.

>

> I was 100 pounds overweight when diagnosed w/diabetes last year. I lost 50

pounds w/certain fear-induced changes but have now come up against my emotional

eating " stuff " & would like to find a new relationship w/food.

>

> I found with much experimentation how to control my blood sugar w/diet alone,

but I have also in the process discovered how to overeat without raising my

blood sugar too much. My insulin resistance improved dramatically after losing

the first 30 pounds, and I don't want to go back there. But my new knowledge

about eating " safely " for my diabetes puts the power back in my hands to... I

don't know. Continue to eat to avoid feeling? I guess that's it.

>

> Looking forward to learning more here,

> Donna

>

[Guest guest]

> I lost 50 pounds w/certain fear-induced changes but have now come up against

my emotional eating " stuff " & would like to find a new relationship w/food.

>

WOW! I couldn't have said it better. You've described me perfectly above.

In all these years, I guess I never realized that I really WAS an emotional

eater. I've yo yo'd all my life never actually reaching a healthy weight for

longer than a couple of days only to shoot right back up to morbidly obese.

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.

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