Re: Hi, I'm (sort of) new!

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Hi Sara, welcome to the group & thank you for introducing yourself.

mj

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> Hi, everyone!

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> I've actually been a member of this group for a couple of months now, I just

never introduced myself. I'm sorry about that, but I was shy. I LOVE reading

what you all have to say every day. I feel that this group has been very helpful

to me.

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> I am 21 years old, happily married, and have stuggled with food for years. My

journey with intuitive eating started my first year of college. I went to my

first counseling session at the health center, and I immediately told the

counselor that I had issues with food and that I was on a diet. She said, " First

of all, NEVER diet again. Second of all, get the book 'Intuitive Eating.' " So I

did. But for some reason, it just didn't click for me at that time. Fast forward

3 years (to this spring), and out of nowhere I stop gaining weight. (I had been

gaining weight steadily for 4 years.) I was curious, so I thought about it. All

of a sudden, I realized that I had been eating intuitively! I had " given up " on

diets, and I was eating whatever I wanted. Essentially, all I needed to do to

get it was give up (on all the things I thought I needed to believe in).

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> That's what I LOVE about intuitive eating. It's not about control, it's not

about " willpower " or being " on " or " off " of a program. I love that for the first

time in my life I feel like I simply can't fail. Because this truly is a

JOURNEY.

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> Sara

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