Guest guest Posted June 3, 2010 Report Share Posted June 3, 2010 Thanks for the welcome! I am trying to notice hunger feelings and letting myself eat things I normally wouldn't. I feel a little out of control as I lost so much weight and was at my ideal weight (performance wise but maybe slightly under healthy) and now I feel like I am creeping back up. I am sure my heavy training isn't helping because of water weight gain and muscle swelling (I am running 45 miles a week now on top of weight lifting). It's really hard to let go and I still have to stop myself from the counting in my head. I am definitely seeing some budge in obsession though. Thanks again for the welcome!!My Best, Kelli Sent from my iPhoneOn Jun 2, 2010, at 9:51 AM, bcpeditor@... wrote: Hi, Kelli, Welcome to the group! I'm fairly new here, too, and fairly new to IE. I've been rereading the IE book and the section that describes the calorie restriction studies really reminds me of what you're saying here, about how you think about food all the time. The same thing happened to the men in that study, and any dieter knows that feeling all too well. I think the comforting idea from reading this is that we can recognize that this is a condition we've created in ourselves, that it is NORMAL for anyone going through calorie restriction, and it is in fact a HEALTHY thing our body does to try to get our attention to get us to eat a proper amount of food. It's disheartening to know that it takes some time to recover from a disordered relationship with food, but please keep in mind that there's nothing wrong with you. You have a good body that's trying to keep you from consuming too little food to sustain the activity you're undertaking. Abby's advice is--as always--very sound. Take it slow. Do one thing at a time. Know that you're not alone in this. Laurie Kelli wrote: >>>I think about food constantly...all day long. I look at people and wonder if they think about food all the time too.<<< Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 4, 2010 Report Share Posted June 4, 2010 Hi Kelli, Congratulations on the baby steps you've taken on your IE journey! Kelli, please don't forget that with your training you're developing more lean muscle mass. It weighs more than fat so the weight may creep up a bit but will probably level off. But you can't go wrong with plenty of lean mass! Jeanne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 4, 2010 Report Share Posted June 4, 2010 Hi Kelli, Congratulations on the baby steps you've taken on your IE journey! Kelli, please don't forget that with your training you're developing more lean muscle mass. It weighs more than fat so the weight may creep up a bit but will probably level off. But you can't go wrong with plenty of lean mass! Jeanne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 4, 2010 Report Share Posted June 4, 2010 Hi Kelli, Congratulations on the baby steps you've taken on your IE journey! Kelli, please don't forget that with your training you're developing more lean muscle mass. It weighs more than fat so the weight may creep up a bit but will probably level off. But you can't go wrong with plenty of lean mass! Jeanne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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