Re: Question on weighing

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Tricia-I just wanted to say, that while my IE practice is far from perfect, I do think you can IE with the scale in your life. For me, the scale has never been anything but a number. It doesn't ruin my day, nor does it make my day. Oh, I like the number lower, but if I'm up a pound or two, I can shrug and know that tomorrows another day. It's kinda like checking to see how my pants feel. One day they feel great, and the next, not so great. Oh well. It will change again soon enough. So, I say, if for you, the scale is just an object that reflects a number, and with health concerns that weight aggravates, you can totally do it. Dawn RTo: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Wed, March 9, 2011 1:41:40 PMSubject: Re: Question on weighing

Hi Sunny - yes, I agree - for MY health, gaining an extra 5-10 lbs really does matter because my blood pressure is directly related to my weight - if i gain that much my bp goes up (and I do not want to have to raise my medications because of that). It's not so much a matter of loving myself or my body no matter what shape I am in, as knowing that the weight/size I am is not healthy for ME. So I feel that I have to monitor my weight. I understand what everyone has said and what IE says, but if losing weight is the right thing to do for me and my health, then how else am I going to know I'm on the right path? I really can't "feel" a 5-6 lb gain because it creeps up on you - that's why I depend on the scale to tell me. I don't stress out over the scale - it's

just a "fact" - like taking my blood pressure every morning. Would ie say not to check my blood pressure either? To me it's the same kind of thing. That's why I'm confused.

I appreciate everybody's input on this and I thank you for your support. I'm doing better on the eating when I'm hungry, but not so good on the stopping when i'm no longer hungry. But i'm trying to stay as in tune with my hunger signals as I can at this point. Thanks, Tricia

To: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Mon, March 7, 2011 7:15:52 PMSubject: Re: Question on weighing

Tricia, You echo my thoughts exactly. I have asked the same question and mostly I think there has to be a balance. Everything in life is about balance to some degree, right? For me, gaining any more is NOT something I can relax and accept, healthwise, even if it's only temporary. Weight is never temporary for me. I absolutely love what I'm learning as I get more and more into IE, but I have gained and my health is worse for it. Someone said "So what if you gain 10 pounds, what does it really matter?" Well for me, it matters a whole lot. I'm sicker than ever and finding it that much hard to get any movement happening. I wasn't happy with the answers I got when i asked this question. For me it's not really about wanting to lose x amount of weight in x amount of time. I just want to be able to do things without pain and to at least have my meds able to control my

multitude of issues. seriously, I don't even have a need to get off the meds anymore. I'd simply settle for having them actually control the issues caused by this "metabolic syndrome" my doctors have decided to call it. So I'll keep trying to find a way to lose weight and learn IE, because I have to. I can't make myself believe I'm good the way I am.

Sunny

Question on weighing

I know everyone says not to weigh yourself and not to focus on your weight... but for *health* reasons I need to lose weight and I feel so much better when I weight myself once a week. Isn't there some way to balance intuitive eating PLUS losing weight?