Re: Question for everyone....

[Guest guest]

Hi, Dawn.

I think, first of all, that anything in IE should be preceded by the words "most of the time" or "mostly" so that we don't get into the perfectionism that I for one have fallen into with every diet I've ever done.

That having been said, the aim with IE is, most of the time, to let internal, body signals guide what we eat. I don't think this means ignoring nutrition - we want to make nutritional choices as well as play food choices according to what our bodies - and our hearts and spirits - want. But I also don't think we have to read package labels to know what nutritional choices are (fresh produce and good quality proteins and fats), and we especially don't need to read calorie counts. I can't imagine what good can come of reading calorie counts and it runs the risk of sabotaging your learning to trust your own appetite.

It's a hard habit to break and I catch myself sometimes sneaking in a thought about how many calories I've had or may have, but I try, more of the time, to let that go.

Hope that's helpful.

April M.

When I go to the store to shop is it okay to look at calories (or fat or sodium)? I mean, to me it just seems the healthy thing to do. I am not saying only by low calorie food. I will always have my peanut butter, ice cream, and nutella...YUMMY! And don't forget cheese...I love love love cheese (and the fat free or reduced kind is gross...it will never cross these lips again...LOL). But, when I am buying frozen meals, as I often do, shouldn't I look at the nutritional info...just to be healthy? Is that a big no-no in the world of IE? I was just wondering because I have always done the 2-4-8 rule for frozen meals and just don't see why I should stop that. And really, the only things that I ever look at the label on is the frozen meals. Should I stop doing that? I mean, would that be considered to diet-like even though the only reason I do it is because of health reasons. Be blessed, Dawn C ------------------------------------

[Guest guest]

Hi, Dawn.

I think, first of all, that anything in IE should be preceded by the words "most of the time" or "mostly" so that we don't get into the perfectionism that I for one have fallen into with every diet I've ever done.

That having been said, the aim with IE is, most of the time, to let internal, body signals guide what we eat. I don't think this means ignoring nutrition - we want to make nutritional choices as well as play food choices according to what our bodies - and our hearts and spirits - want. But I also don't think we have to read package labels to know what nutritional choices are (fresh produce and good quality proteins and fats), and we especially don't need to read calorie counts. I can't imagine what good can come of reading calorie counts and it runs the risk of sabotaging your learning to trust your own appetite.

It's a hard habit to break and I catch myself sometimes sneaking in a thought about how many calories I've had or may have, but I try, more of the time, to let that go.

Hope that's helpful.

April M.

When I go to the store to shop is it okay to look at calories (or fat or sodium)? I mean, to me it just seems the healthy thing to do. I am not saying only by low calorie food. I will always have my peanut butter, ice cream, and nutella...YUMMY! And don't forget cheese...I love love love cheese (and the fat free or reduced kind is gross...it will never cross these lips again...LOL). But, when I am buying frozen meals, as I often do, shouldn't I look at the nutritional info...just to be healthy? Is that a big no-no in the world of IE? I was just wondering because I have always done the 2-4-8 rule for frozen meals and just don't see why I should stop that. And really, the only things that I ever look at the label on is the frozen meals. Should I stop doing that? I mean, would that be considered to diet-like even though the only reason I do it is because of health reasons. Be blessed, Dawn C ------------------------------------

[Guest guest]

If and when I do read a label I am usually more interested in the sodium content or the fiber(I have IBS) or the protein.  Without some protein I can get feeling pretty bad.  I no longer eat that fake cheese either.  I had 2 little cubes of real cheese and it just curbed my appetite so good.  Sometimes I have it with some apple slices in the afternoon just because I love it.  I don't think you have to stop reading labels altogether and I know some of those frozen ones are loaded with sodium.  Every person is different and I think you have to do what is right for you.  I have to watch out for the food police. Sandy

 

When I go to the store to shop is it okay to look at calories (or fat or sodium)? I mean, to me it just seems the healthy thing to do. I am not saying only by low calorie food. I will always have my peanut butter, ice cream, and nutella...YUMMY! And don't forget cheese...I love love love cheese (and the fat free or reduced kind is gross...it will never cross these lips again...LOL). But, when I am buying frozen meals, as I often do, shouldn't I look at the nutritional info...just to be healthy? Is that a big no-no in the world of IE? I was just wondering because I have always done the 2-4-8 rule for frozen meals and just don't see why I should stop that. And really, the only things that I ever look at the label on is the frozen meals. Should I stop doing that? I mean, would that be considered to diet-like even though the only reason I do it is because of health reasons.

Be blessed,

Dawn C