Re: Welcome!

[Guest guest]

elisa,

thank you so much for this post, I learned so much from it. Please keep posting

what you are learning from this book, it is very enlightening for me.

mj

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> Hi Norma!

>

> I do know that feeling, quite well!

>

> I am currently reading and following the ideas presented in Eating the Moment

by Pavel (sorry can’t remember the last name). Last night I learned that one

cannot be in the moment 100% of the time, that we do many things in our eating

times that is on autopilot and that is okay. For instance, we can eat with a

utensil and not really have to pay attention to navigating it from the plate to

the mouth, as we are quite practiced in that. So with other aspects of eating,

some of it can be “mindlessâ€. The part that needs attention is tasting. It

helps to recognize that not all meals have to be a taste fest at every bite.

>

> The author talks about different ways to develop mindfulness by choosing the

techniques that work. One that was suggested to help put some perspective in

eating without disrupting it at every bite, is to eat half the meal and pause

for 5 minutes. This doesn’t have to be timed, just that at the halfway point

to stop, look at the food and think about what tasted best, what was so so, or

even just realize that perhaps we didn’t pay attention to that at all. The

second half of the meal could be the time to check out the best flavour on the

plate. Another technique which I personally love, is to make a “mmmmmmâ€

noise when I discover the best tasting bite of all in my meal. it’s crazy,

but it really works, I look forward to finding that perfect bite. I never use

to allow myself to like food, I felt it would only keep me wanting it. It’s

amazing that it took me well over 40 years to allow myself to enjoy food in

public or make a mmmmm sound because before, I didn’t want anyone to know I

was that into food...not while obese!

>

> There was a film years ago called The Mirror has Two Faces (I think that’s

it) with Jeff Bridges and Barbara Streisand. There is a scene where Barbara

fusses with her food until she finds the perfect bite, the perfect combination

of food on her fork. I admired that scene, because she made a point of doing

something I was literally afraid to do.

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> There are quite a few books out now about mindful eating and IE. When I first

discovered it, there were only 2! Some of them are harder for me to follow,

some have ideas that make me feel I have discovered something truly wonderful

about myself. For me, it feels like waking up from a long sleep. While I

cannot practice mindful eating like I am attempting to reach nirvana, I can take

small little moments of enjoying the food without making a huge deal out of

every bite.

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>

> From: Norma Nill

> Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2011 6:07 PM

> To: intuitiveeating_support

> Subject: Welcome!

>

>

> Hi Everyone!

>

> Thanks for the welcome.

>

> At the moment, I'm trying to learn to eat mindfully--I figure I do that about

10% of the time, which explains why I'm so disappointed when I discover my plate

is empty. For some reason, I get distracted and forget to think about the food

in my mouth, and the next thing I know, the meal is over but I feel like I

really haven't tasted it. Does anyone else have that problem?

>

> Thanks!

>

> Norma,

> blogging at http://givingupdieting.wordpress.com/

>

[Guest guest]

- I love the book, although I'm not reading a chapter a day. More like a chapter every week or two. I've made it through lesson 7 or 8. I'm really enjoying it every time I go through a chapter and do the exercises in it.I didn't know about the yoga challenge but I'm looking at it now and it looks interesting. I'll check it out over the weekend. Thanks for mentioning it.

Hi !

I just started the Course in Weight Loss today...doing the 21 day

Yoga Journal Yoga Challenge PLUS the 21 day Course in Weight Loss.

At the end of the 3 weeks I'll be in tip-top emotional shape!

Nice to know others are enjoying this. The first lesson was

powerful...and I journalled up a storm. I too wish she didn't say

weight loss or talk about some binge foods like "sugar" and

"bread"...but otherwise love it.

Cheers,

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> Thanks for reminding me about that book. I had it in my

> bookshelf. When I read your post, I looked it up on Amazon, saw

> the picture and said to myself, "Wait a minute, I have that book" LOL

>

> I'll have to check it out. Another great book, that I'm working my

> way through now, is A Course in Weight Loss by nne .

> While it's geared towards weight loss, its focus is on mindful

> eating practices.

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

- I love the book, although I'm not reading a chapter a day. More like a chapter every week or two. I've made it through lesson 7 or 8. I'm really enjoying it every time I go through a chapter and do the exercises in it.I didn't know about the yoga challenge but I'm looking at it now and it looks interesting. I'll check it out over the weekend. Thanks for mentioning it.

Hi !

I just started the Course in Weight Loss today...doing the 21 day

Yoga Journal Yoga Challenge PLUS the 21 day Course in Weight Loss.

At the end of the 3 weeks I'll be in tip-top emotional shape!

Nice to know others are enjoying this. The first lesson was

powerful...and I journalled up a storm. I too wish she didn't say

weight loss or talk about some binge foods like "sugar" and

"bread"...but otherwise love it.

Cheers,

> -

>

>

> Thanks for reminding me about that book. I had it in my

> bookshelf. When I read your post, I looked it up on Amazon, saw

> the picture and said to myself, "Wait a minute, I have that book" LOL

>

> I'll have to check it out. Another great book, that I'm working my

> way through now, is A Course in Weight Loss by nne .

> While it's geared towards weight loss, its focus is on mindful

> eating practices.

>

>

>