Guest guest Posted April 18, 2011 Report Share Posted April 18, 2011 Hi, Katcha. As always, you are wise and helpful. I always appreciate reminders that IE is not something you just "get" and the switch is flipped, but that it is a continual process of returning when we drift. I noticed a question that I ask myself that is helpful for me when I'm thinking of eating: "Will I know when to stop?" I realized that when I eat without being clearly hungry, or at the very first glimmer of hunger, I'm not always clear about when to stop. But if I allow the hunger to develop to a certain level I have a stronger sense of knowing just what it will take to become satisfied. Passing it on in case it's helpful to anyone. April M. message dated 4/16/2011 11:01:27 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, jain_daugh@... writes: No matter how long I have traveled on my IE journey, I find myself 'off the trail' now and then. When I manage to catch myself wandering what gets me back to the path I really want to go is reminding myself of IE basics and how these are always available for me.I find that if I say to myself what I think the basic suggestions are, that I am better able to re-focus and follow them once again. Here's what they are for me (at this moment) -Is this really what I want to eat? Does my body go YUM! when I think of it or does my mind say - 'You know you really want to/should eat this.'Am I full because I am satisfied or because I have judged that I have had enough? Don't I trust my own body?!? Even when I am eating what I KNOW I don't want/need, why am I not 'listening' to the underlying 'drive'? KatchaIEing since March 2007------------------------------------ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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