Re: New Here... anyone have people act threatened by your IE choice?

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I'm in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. People are very live and let live

in general.

Before moving here, I was in NYC. I don't think I could've accepted myself as

readily there.

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> A place where people don't care about looks!? Wow, I wanna move there!

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> To: IntuitiveEating_Support

> Sent: Fri, April 8, 2011 1:37:38 AM

> Subject: Re: New Here... anyone have people act

> " threatened " by your IE choice?

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> Failure not being part of it is the best part of IE. It's just nice to not

> constantly beat myself up when really, I've done nothing wrong. The therapist

> that introduced me to IE used to tell me that I needed to be gentle with

myself

> if I overate... she said " food did something for you for many years, and it's

> okay to use it that way sometimes. "

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> I never had a therapist give me permission to eat... to use food as comfort.

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> made such a difference. It's remarkable, but when I started to let myself eat

> whatever I wanted without the rules and restrictions, I really was freed from

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> lot of the eating disorder baggage.

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> I certainly can't claim I never binge... but it's rare. It's also rare that I

> wind up uncomfortably full. When I was dieting, these were common occurrences.

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> was also eating foods I didn't really like, foods that upset my stomach (I

have

> IBS and trying to stuff myself on salads was BAD for my system)... I eat what

I

> like, when I'm hungry... and sometimes when I'm not.

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> But I do think this attitude intimidates people. I was desperate. I was at a

> point where the thought of doing another diet made me wanna cry or scream or

> maybe both. I was ready to hear " there's a solution that doesn't involve

dieting

> or scales. "

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> I'm also lucky that my primary care doctor is supportive of this choice and

> hasn't tried to get me to get weighed since October 2008. Nor does she try to

> pin every health issue I have on my weight (really, only once has she ever

said

> something was weight related... or at least affected by it).

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> I also live someplace where people don't really care about looks. It's a nice

> change of pace.

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