Re: IE does work for weight loss!

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Alana,

I loved this post! Thank you for these encouraging words. I am going to print

them out and re-read them from time to time.

May your IE journey continue to provide you with much of what would otherwise be

lacking. Here's to mindfulness!!!

Carolyn

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> Subject: IE does work for weight loss!

> To: IntuitiveEating_Support

> Date: Wednesday, November 17, 2010, 7:35 PM

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> The question always comes up for new people posting here asking whether IE

will help with weight loss.

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> The purpose of IE isn't supposed to be about weight loss, but about developing

a healthy, normal relationship with food. However there is a majority percentage

of people here that are here because of the desire to lose weight, but are tired

of the diet/regain cycle and have realized that diets don't work, at least in

the long term.

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> I am here to say that IE does work for weight loss. I have been doing IE for 3

1/2 almost 4 years. I came across IE when I did a tele conference called " Women

don't get fat eating chocolate " . Thru that tele-conference I then signed up for

another tele-class called " Am I Hungry? " which followed the IE book by the same

title by Dr. May. I then worked for a period of time with our dear

moderator and IE coach Gillian.

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> Let me say... It isn't just about the food.

> I had to learn to re-incorporate all the foods that were forbidden to me in

the diet world. I learned I can eat those foods in moderation.

> I had to give up the Diet Mentality - and it is hard - it still creeps in and

I have to fight it ALL the time.

> I had to learn to start loving my body just they way it was. It didn't mean I

didn't have desire to lose weight, because I did. But I loved and accepted my

body the way it was. I did that by buying clothes that fit me at that time and

that I felt good and beautiful in.

> I had to learn that food doesn't make my feelings go away. I had to learn to

sit with my feelings. And sometimes those feelings are uncomfortable. But I've

learned I'm not going to die because of my feelings.

> I've had to change some of my habits like eating in front of the TV. It is the

best place to stuff my face and zone out. And sometimes I allow myself to do

just that. But I now sit at the kitchen table and eat - still have the TV on,

but it's across the room and I have to turn my body to see it.

> And I've had to learn to be mindful while eating - or doing anything for that

matter. To be present in the moment. God Bless Eckart Tolle and all that he has

to teach.

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> Today I had a visit to my GP, the first since March. I don't own a scale and

only get weighed at the Dr's office. I have learned that no matter what that

number says, it is not my worth. But today I discovered I am down 16 lbs. This

is without even trying. This is because of incorporating IE into my life and it

being a part of me.

> I am very excited because my Dr. is taking me off of one of my high blood

pressure medications.

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> Sooooo, IE does work at weight loss, but it takes a long time and it's about

way more than food, but about rediscovering our minds, bodies and spirits!

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> Alana

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