Guest guest Posted August 19, 2010 Report Share Posted August 19, 2010 and everyone- YES!!!! I've recently had that experience myself. I found it happening with my exercise also. One day, I gave myself permission to take a nap if I wanted, but I had to really want it, (much like we do with food,) and while I was checking that, challenged myself to be productive for a short while after the kids went down, but before I napped. I am now on week 3 of exercising, I've had only a handful of naps, my house is cleaner, and best of all. I'm happier. Yes, I'm happier. I was talking to my husband just the other night. I was saying how, I haven't lost weight, but. . . and he goes, before I can finish, ". . . your attitude is different." He's right. I'm so much more forgiving of myself. I needed that, and not just in my relationship with food. As with many people, I'm my own worst critic, and this process is helping me be gentler with myself in so many ways. I look forward to the continuation of the journey.Dawn RTo: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Thu, August 19, 2010 2:44:25 PMSubject: Intuitive walking... Hi and everyone...Was reading your comment about exercising and I related. For the past couple months I had been pushing myself to jog, rather than walk. Over this period of time, I messed up my calf and by the end of the 3.5 mile route that I do, I felt like I was going to pass out because I was pushing myself so hard. The route was getting tedious rather than enjoyable. Just yesterday, I decided to walk only and listen to my body. I did and I had the most wonderful walk! I saw and heard things I didn't pay much attention to before probably because I was pushing too hard. My mind was free to think so I had some productive thinking time. I felt really good when finished, rather than like I was going to pass out. No injuries to my legs. I still worked up a sweat and had a great work-out, but it wasn't over-done. So, I found out listening to my body works in other ways as well as eating. I believe the intuitive eating is what led me to the 'intuitive walk' and I'm sure it will lead to other areas on life too. Love it!To: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Thu, August 19, 2010 1:30:52 PMSubject: Re: Re: Chapter 5: Principle 1: Reject the Diet Mentality Thanks, Meg, for responding. Where am I here? As I mentioned in my past email I've wanted to go vegan for years but I think somehow in the back of my brain was viewing it as a diet rather than the ethics of it all. Now I'm interested in the ethics and the diet is not part of it, and I'm able to stick with it! Stubborn these crazy bodies!!! For breakfast today had some soy yogurt and tea with soy creamer, both delicious. Lunch was peanut butter mousse. Was making it for later, a tofu based mousse with maple syrup that's absolutely incredible... once I ate the small bowl of it I was STUFFED, because it's full of protein and fat with sugar. I ended the meal with a 1/2 pint bowl of blackberries. My brain was going "you SHOULD eat more...you SHOULD have some vegetables" and I know that I have this tendency to overfeed myself in order to "make sure I get enough nutrition". Now, I'm taking a multivitamin and not worrying about the details. This is fine!!! On the exercise side of things, I did some gentle kundalini yoga today, with extra meditation and self-gentleness, and found that I was actually in tears at the corpse pose. Why? I realized how much fun I've deprived myself of over time by forcing myself to exercise because I "should", because I'm trying to meet some crazy deadline. Not good!!! When I was a little munchkin I loved riding my bike just because it was fun...and all those other things that kids enjoy. Maybe I'll ride my bike tomorrow, just for fun!!! So, gently working to change things for the better. I may comment more on this. Hugs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 19, 2010 Report Share Posted August 19, 2010 and everyone- YES!!!! I've recently had that experience myself. I found it happening with my exercise also. One day, I gave myself permission to take a nap if I wanted, but I had to really want it, (much like we do with food,) and while I was checking that, challenged myself to be productive for a short while after the kids went down, but before I napped. I am now on week 3 of exercising, I've had only a handful of naps, my house is cleaner, and best of all. I'm happier. Yes, I'm happier. I was talking to my husband just the other night. I was saying how, I haven't lost weight, but. . . and he goes, before I can finish, ". . . your attitude is different." He's right. I'm so much more forgiving of myself. I needed that, and not just in my relationship with food. As with many people, I'm my own worst critic, and this process is helping me be gentler with myself in so many ways. I look forward to the continuation of the journey.Dawn RTo: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Thu, August 19, 2010 2:44:25 PMSubject: Intuitive walking... Hi and everyone...Was reading your comment about exercising and I related. For the past couple months I had been pushing myself to jog, rather than walk. Over this period of time, I messed up my calf and by the end of the 3.5 mile route that I do, I felt like I was going to pass out because I was pushing myself so hard. The route was getting tedious rather than enjoyable. Just yesterday, I decided to walk only and listen to my body. I did and I had the most wonderful walk! I saw and heard things I didn't pay much attention to before probably because I was pushing too hard. My mind was free to think so I had some productive thinking time. I felt really good when finished, rather than like I was going to pass out. No injuries to my legs. I still worked up a sweat and had a great work-out, but it wasn't over-done. So, I found out listening to my body works in other ways as well as eating. I believe the intuitive eating is what led me to the 'intuitive walk' and I'm sure it will lead to other areas on life too. Love it!To: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Thu, August 19, 2010 1:30:52 PMSubject: Re: Re: Chapter 5: Principle 1: Reject the Diet Mentality Thanks, Meg, for responding. Where am I here? As I mentioned in my past email I've wanted to go vegan for years but I think somehow in the back of my brain was viewing it as a diet rather than the ethics of it all. Now I'm interested in the ethics and the diet is not part of it, and I'm able to stick with it! Stubborn these crazy bodies!!! For breakfast today had some soy yogurt and tea with soy creamer, both delicious. Lunch was peanut butter mousse. Was making it for later, a tofu based mousse with maple syrup that's absolutely incredible... once I ate the small bowl of it I was STUFFED, because it's full of protein and fat with sugar. I ended the meal with a 1/2 pint bowl of blackberries. My brain was going "you SHOULD eat more...you SHOULD have some vegetables" and I know that I have this tendency to overfeed myself in order to "make sure I get enough nutrition". Now, I'm taking a multivitamin and not worrying about the details. This is fine!!! On the exercise side of things, I did some gentle kundalini yoga today, with extra meditation and self-gentleness, and found that I was actually in tears at the corpse pose. Why? I realized how much fun I've deprived myself of over time by forcing myself to exercise because I "should", because I'm trying to meet some crazy deadline. Not good!!! When I was a little munchkin I loved riding my bike just because it was fun...and all those other things that kids enjoy. Maybe I'll ride my bike tomorrow, just for fun!!! So, gently working to change things for the better. I may comment more on this. Hugs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 19, 2010 Report Share Posted August 19, 2010 Hi Dawn... Yay, glad to hear from you and that you've had the same experience! I am much more forgiving of myself also, and I'm much more happy and relaxed just following my intuition in many different areas of my life. It feels like I'm on the right track instead of always re-evaluating what I'm doing. I do have my moments, like when my jeans were tighter a couple weeks ago, but for the most part, this is awesome! :-) From: Dawn Rittenbach To: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Thu, August 19, 2010 4:10:52 PMSubject: Re: Intuitive walking... and everyone- YES!!!! I've recently had that experience myself. I found it happening with my exercise also. One day, I gave myself permission to take a nap if I wanted, but I had to really want it, (much like we do with food,) and while I was checking that, challenged myself to be productive for a short while after the kids went down, but before I napped. I am now on week 3 of exercising, I've had only a handful of naps, my house is cleaner, and best of all. I'm happier. Yes, I'm happier. I was talking to my husband just the other night. I was saying how, I haven't lost weight, but. . . and he goes, before I can finish, ". . . your attitude is different." He's right. I'm so much more forgiving of myself. I needed that, and not just in my relationship with food. As with many people, I'm my own worst critic, and this process is helping me be gentler with myself in so many ways. I look forward to the continuation of the journey.Dawn R Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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