Guest guest Posted October 30, 2010 Report Share Posted October 30, 2010 Jami, That problem is all too familiar to me and many others, too! Good for you for catching it early! It's a delicate thing because many of us do want to lose weight, and so of course we are pleased when we do... and then we think, well, I have to make sure to keep " behaving " if I want it to keep working. And then suddenly we realize that we are dieting, and most likely rebelling as well, again! My suggestion to you is to work on accepting your body at any weight. I think the more you can lessen the pressure you put on yourself, the more likely you are to keep your brain out of the way of your body! And remember that IE works because there aren't rules about what you can't eat. Try to stay with that, and remember that it's working so don't change anything and definitely don't try to speed things up! Ihth, Abby I might just go ahead and buy the book. I love Intuitve Eating - have read it several times. It's funny, because I have been so happy the past several months, and have actually dropped weight. I exercise because I feel good and eat good foods for the same reason. However, lately I have been slipping into the " wow, i have lost some weight - what if I gain it back? What if I eat too much? Why did I eat that? " etc... and I feel like I am kind of losing it. Have you had this problem? > >> > Subject: Re: I'm new, too> T...Date: Friday, October 29, 2010, 1:19 PM >> > OMG you HAVE to get Women, Food & God. I have been reading Geneen for years & I loved her i... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 30, 2010 Report Share Posted October 30, 2010 Jami, That problem is all too familiar to me and many others, too! Good for you for catching it early! It's a delicate thing because many of us do want to lose weight, and so of course we are pleased when we do... and then we think, well, I have to make sure to keep " behaving " if I want it to keep working. And then suddenly we realize that we are dieting, and most likely rebelling as well, again! My suggestion to you is to work on accepting your body at any weight. I think the more you can lessen the pressure you put on yourself, the more likely you are to keep your brain out of the way of your body! And remember that IE works because there aren't rules about what you can't eat. Try to stay with that, and remember that it's working so don't change anything and definitely don't try to speed things up! Ihth, Abby I might just go ahead and buy the book. I love Intuitve Eating - have read it several times. It's funny, because I have been so happy the past several months, and have actually dropped weight. I exercise because I feel good and eat good foods for the same reason. However, lately I have been slipping into the " wow, i have lost some weight - what if I gain it back? What if I eat too much? Why did I eat that? " etc... and I feel like I am kind of losing it. Have you had this problem? > >> > Subject: Re: I'm new, too> T...Date: Friday, October 29, 2010, 1:19 PM >> > OMG you HAVE to get Women, Food & God. I have been reading Geneen for years & I loved her i... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 3, 2010 Report Share Posted November 3, 2010 Hi MJ! Your words are so helpful. What you're saying resonates loudly with me. I just started stuffing this darn pie down my throat! And, when I do this type of eating I always notice I am not thinking, not even realizing how much or what I am eating, you know? I have gone quite awhile without that feeling, and it really scared me when it happened. Because I think, " Oh my gosh what if I can't quit and keep going!!!" I snapped out of it. I have a friend who, although has never had eating issues, has been very good for me in the sense that she reminds me I deserve to be happy and not hung up with food. That exercising is to feel good and food is to enjoy, not to freak out over. Thanks again MJ! Subject: Re: I'm new, tooTo: IntuitiveEating_Support Date: Monday, November 1, 2010, 1:21 PM Jami,That still happens to me. I have a period where I can't seem to stop eating. When it happens I have to start to backtrack & ask myself, "what happened today that made me want to eat all the time? What might I be avoiding by eating (many times it's just because my house is a mess & I don't really want to clean it up so might as well EAT). Another thing that I sometimes do is ask myself if there is a particular FEELING that I am trying to STUFF down with food. Since my mom died at the end of May I've been having waves of sadness come over me & I'm trying to allow myself to feel that & not to mask it by stuffing my body with food that it doesn't need. Stuffing emotions never works anyway, they always come back & then I have the added guilt of having binged on top of the original emotion. I have to tell you, though, with time & perserverance, these binge periods are almost minimal now. Actually they are now pretty rare. I'm getting much better at recognizing the problem right away & taking care of THAT without stuffing my face. This is an awesome way to live once it gets established but it does take time to break all those bad habits that I've developed over YEARS of over & under eating. Even just listening to my own body signals took months to become natural but it is getting to feel like I'm "getting it" finally.The most important thing for me is to recognize when I am getting back into that OLD 'diet mentality' & to nip that in the bud right away. Been there, done that, never want to do that again!!!! But still, my mind sometimes entertains it so I have to remind it that "I" am in charge & not "it". lol.keep going, you are doing wellmj Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 3, 2010 Report Share Posted November 3, 2010 Hi MJ! Your words are so helpful. What you're saying resonates loudly with me. I just started stuffing this darn pie down my throat! And, when I do this type of eating I always notice I am not thinking, not even realizing how much or what I am eating, you know? I have gone quite awhile without that feeling, and it really scared me when it happened. Because I think, " Oh my gosh what if I can't quit and keep going!!!" I snapped out of it. I have a friend who, although has never had eating issues, has been very good for me in the sense that she reminds me I deserve to be happy and not hung up with food. That exercising is to feel good and food is to enjoy, not to freak out over. Thanks again MJ! Subject: Re: I'm new, tooTo: IntuitiveEating_Support Date: Monday, November 1, 2010, 1:21 PM Jami,That still happens to me. I have a period where I can't seem to stop eating. When it happens I have to start to backtrack & ask myself, "what happened today that made me want to eat all the time? What might I be avoiding by eating (many times it's just because my house is a mess & I don't really want to clean it up so might as well EAT). Another thing that I sometimes do is ask myself if there is a particular FEELING that I am trying to STUFF down with food. Since my mom died at the end of May I've been having waves of sadness come over me & I'm trying to allow myself to feel that & not to mask it by stuffing my body with food that it doesn't need. Stuffing emotions never works anyway, they always come back & then I have the added guilt of having binged on top of the original emotion. I have to tell you, though, with time & perserverance, these binge periods are almost minimal now. Actually they are now pretty rare. I'm getting much better at recognizing the problem right away & taking care of THAT without stuffing my face. This is an awesome way to live once it gets established but it does take time to break all those bad habits that I've developed over YEARS of over & under eating. Even just listening to my own body signals took months to become natural but it is getting to feel like I'm "getting it" finally.The most important thing for me is to recognize when I am getting back into that OLD 'diet mentality' & to nip that in the bud right away. Been there, done that, never want to do that again!!!! But still, my mind sometimes entertains it so I have to remind it that "I" am in charge & not "it". lol.keep going, you are doing wellmj Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 3, 2010 Report Share Posted November 3, 2010 Hi MJ! Your words are so helpful. What you're saying resonates loudly with me. I just started stuffing this darn pie down my throat! And, when I do this type of eating I always notice I am not thinking, not even realizing how much or what I am eating, you know? I have gone quite awhile without that feeling, and it really scared me when it happened. Because I think, " Oh my gosh what if I can't quit and keep going!!!" I snapped out of it. I have a friend who, although has never had eating issues, has been very good for me in the sense that she reminds me I deserve to be happy and not hung up with food. That exercising is to feel good and food is to enjoy, not to freak out over. Thanks again MJ! Subject: Re: I'm new, tooTo: IntuitiveEating_Support Date: Monday, November 1, 2010, 1:21 PM Jami,That still happens to me. I have a period where I can't seem to stop eating. When it happens I have to start to backtrack & ask myself, "what happened today that made me want to eat all the time? What might I be avoiding by eating (many times it's just because my house is a mess & I don't really want to clean it up so might as well EAT). Another thing that I sometimes do is ask myself if there is a particular FEELING that I am trying to STUFF down with food. Since my mom died at the end of May I've been having waves of sadness come over me & I'm trying to allow myself to feel that & not to mask it by stuffing my body with food that it doesn't need. Stuffing emotions never works anyway, they always come back & then I have the added guilt of having binged on top of the original emotion. I have to tell you, though, with time & perserverance, these binge periods are almost minimal now. Actually they are now pretty rare. I'm getting much better at recognizing the problem right away & taking care of THAT without stuffing my face. This is an awesome way to live once it gets established but it does take time to break all those bad habits that I've developed over YEARS of over & under eating. Even just listening to my own body signals took months to become natural but it is getting to feel like I'm "getting it" finally.The most important thing for me is to recognize when I am getting back into that OLD 'diet mentality' & to nip that in the bud right away. Been there, done that, never want to do that again!!!! But still, my mind sometimes entertains it so I have to remind it that "I" am in charge & not "it". lol.keep going, you are doing wellmj Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 3, 2010 Report Share Posted November 3, 2010 HI , I have been really "doing" IE for about 5 months, although I have read the book three times! Subject: RE: Re: I'm new, tooTo: IntuitiveEating_Support Date: Monday, November 1, 2010, 5:34 PM It’s helpful to know that you’ve been doing this for “only†3 or 4 months. I was fearing that I would have to wait years before I felt the shift! Thanks! From: IntuitiveEating_Support [mailto:IntuitiveEating_Support ] On Behalf Of mjSent: Monday, November 01, 2010 12:27 PMTo: IntuitiveEating_Support Subject: Re: I'm new, too Hello again, I might have to revise what I said before, in reading it back I think I should have said, "it took a long time to get all these bad habits, it may take longer than I think it should to break myself of them." Seems to be how it's working out for me these days. I've been doing IE 3 or 4 months & I'm really feeling the "shift" into this way of living already. Which isn't as long as the 56 years that it took me to get those nasty habits. ; ) ; )mj Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 3, 2010 Report Share Posted November 3, 2010 HI , I have been really "doing" IE for about 5 months, although I have read the book three times! Subject: RE: Re: I'm new, tooTo: IntuitiveEating_Support Date: Monday, November 1, 2010, 5:34 PM It’s helpful to know that you’ve been doing this for “only†3 or 4 months. I was fearing that I would have to wait years before I felt the shift! Thanks! From: IntuitiveEating_Support [mailto:IntuitiveEating_Support ] On Behalf Of mjSent: Monday, November 01, 2010 12:27 PMTo: IntuitiveEating_Support Subject: Re: I'm new, too Hello again, I might have to revise what I said before, in reading it back I think I should have said, "it took a long time to get all these bad habits, it may take longer than I think it should to break myself of them." Seems to be how it's working out for me these days. I've been doing IE 3 or 4 months & I'm really feeling the "shift" into this way of living already. Which isn't as long as the 56 years that it took me to get those nasty habits. ; ) ; )mj Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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