Rebellion

[Guest guest]

This is such good advice, Tana. Now if I could just remember it...

Laurie

Tana wrote:

>>>Something that did help me was in Geneen Roths WFG she talks about being present in your body no matter what. I don't know about you but when I overeat the last thing I want to do is feel what I am feeling, the fullness, the uncomforability, the slowness of how my body moves, but it was exactly what I needed to do.<<<

[Guest guest]

Dawn,

I have also been struggling with stopping when satisfied and one of the things

therapist said at the IE workshop I attended last weekend was that this is the

hardest principle to master and it can take a long time. That was really

helpful for me to hear because I was feeling really bad about that and feeling

bad is a sure way to make me want to toss up my hands and give up and stuff my

face. I'm still working on this step, but now I'm just a lot more kind to

myself when it doesn't happen (and it still doesn't the vast majority of the

time!).

Given that you're already stressed, you might want to just try to focus on one

thing, like eating when hungy, so that you're not overwhelmed by eating, along

with everything else. I don't think we can remind ourselves often enough that

this is a long process and that any progress, even baby steps, is good progress.

And even awareness of not stopping when satisfied is progress. If you keep

practicing awareness, somewhere down the line, that awareness will actually lead

to the action of stopping. But for now, awareness is good.

Josie

*visit www.artofintuitiveliving.blogspot.com. New post 7/26*

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> Hey,

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> I've had a rough week. My husband left Wednesday for work and won't return

until bedtime tonight. This has of course left me not wanting to cook, the kids

don't eat enough usually to make that worth it, and also stressed and with alone

time on my hands, both eating triggers for me.

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> So, I've found that while I'm keeping some of the IE principals mindful, I'm

not following them well. In truth, I'm almost rebelling against them. IE:

Honor your hunger- well, um, not really. Oh, I eat when I'm hungry, I'm trying

to identify what flavor, texture, etc I'm looking for and to satisfy that, but

I'm having trouble stopping when full. I'm looking at food going, 'hmph, I want

to eat that, so I'm going to eat that, no book is going to tell me I can't eat

that. " Now, I know the books aren't saying don't but the whole stopping when

full thing, is turning into a bad thing for me right now. Anyone have similar

feelings/experiences or suggestions for me?

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> On the positive, you know we should try and find that bright side. I have not

eaten things when I just haven't wanted them. Like my normal cups of tea, I've

skipped those a few times, and I've tossed some sweets.

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> I just needed to put this out there I think, both to see it in print and to

see if anyone has any helpful thoughts I guess.

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> Dawn R

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