Guest guest Posted October 28, 2010 Report Share Posted October 28, 2010 Welcome to the group , I try to read all of the posts here because that is what helps me to stick with this way of life. I feel really great now that my mind is finally free from the compulsion of thinking about food every day, every minute, really. It's taken me since May to get to this stage & I have to admit that I was at my goal weight at the time that I read WFG BUT generally THAT has always been the most dangerous time for me. I never had trouble losing the weight on the diets the first time I did a particular diet BUT trying to maintain it after the diet was over ( & they always were with a shorter time for each successive diet) was almost always impossible. I always went right back to the food because of the deprivation of the diet making me CRAVE the very things my body had been denying itself all the time that I was ON the diet. Those days are GONE for good, if I ever even think of going on a diet again or of weighing myself I have asked my friend to clobber me over the head & knock some sense into me. IE is the LIFE for me & after having seen Geneen last month in Seattle I am more convinced than ever that this really DOES work. mj Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 29, 2010 Report Share Posted October 29, 2010 I have a question - I have been reading Geneen Roth in Good Housekeeping for a long time. Are her books good? I have thought about getting them. Subject: Re: I'm new, tooTo: IntuitiveEating_Support Date: Thursday, October 28, 2010, 10:09 PM Welcome to the group ,I try to read all of the posts here because that is what helps me to stick with this way of life. I feel really great now that my mind is finally free from the compulsion of thinking about food every day, every minute, really. It's taken me since May to get to this stage & I have to admit that I was at my goal weight at the time that I read WFG BUT generally THAT has always been the most dangerous time for me. I never had trouble losing the weight on the diets the first time I did a particular diet BUT trying to maintain it after the diet was over ( & they always were with a shorter time for each successive diet) was almost always impossible. I always went right back to the food because of the deprivation of the diet making me CRAVE the very things my body had been denying itself all the time that I was ON the diet. Those days are GONE for good, if I ever even think of going on a diet again or of weighing myself I have asked my friend to clobber me over the head & knock some sense into me. IE is the LIFE for me & after having seen Geneen last month in Seattle I am more convinced than ever that this really DOES work.mj Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 29, 2010 Report Share Posted October 29, 2010 Women, Food, and God totally, completed rocked my world. Her other books were good but not nearly as inspiring to me, personally. I borrowed all of them at the library; W, F, G was the only one that I felt compelled to purchase after the fact. I have a question - I have been reading Geneen Roth in Good Housekeeping for a long time. Are her books good? I have thought about getting them. Subject: Re: I'm new, too To: IntuitiveEating_Support Date: Thursday, October 28, 2010, 10:09 PM Welcome to the group ,I try to read all of the posts here because that is what helps me to stick with this way of life. I feel really great now that my mind is finally free from the compulsion of thinking about food every day, every minute, really. It's taken me since May to get to this stage & I have to admit that I was at my goal weight at the time that I read WFG BUT generally THAT has always been the most dangerous time for me. I never had trouble losing the weight on the diets the first time I did a particular diet BUT trying to maintain it after the diet was over ( & they always were with a shorter time for each successive diet) was almost always impossible. I always went right back to the food because of the deprivation of the diet making me CRAVE the very things my body had been denying itself all the time that I was ON the diet. Those days are GONE for good, if I ever even think of going on a diet again or of weighing myself I have asked my friend to clobber me over the head & knock some sense into me. IE is the LIFE for me & after having seen Geneen last month in Seattle I am more convinced than ever that this really DOES work. mj Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 29, 2010 Report Share Posted October 29, 2010 ok, good to know! I will definitely get it! Thanks so much. Subject: Re: I'm new, tooTo: IntuitiveEating_Support Date: Thursday, October 28, 2010, 10:09 PM Welcome to the group ,I try to read all of the posts here because that is what helps me to stick with this way of life. I feel really great now that my mind is finally free from the compulsion of thinking about food every day, every minute, really. It's taken me since May to get to this stage & I have to admit that I was at my goal weight at the time that I read WFG BUT generally THAT has always been the most dangerous time for me. I never had trouble losing the weight on the diets the first time I did a particular diet BUT trying to maintain it after the diet was over ( & they always were with a shorter time for each successive diet) was almost always impossible. I always went right back to the food because of the deprivation of the diet making me CRAVE the very things my body had been denying itself all the time that I was ON the diet. Those days are GONE for good, if I ever even think of going on a diet again or of weighing myself I have asked my friend to clobber me over the head & knock some sense into me. IE is the LIFE for me & after having seen Geneen last month in Seattle I am more convinced than ever that this really DOES work.mj Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 29, 2010 Report Share Posted October 29, 2010 OMG you HAVE to get Women, Food & God. I have been reading Geneen for years & I loved her ideas BUT I never really believed that they could work for me UNTIL I read WFG. That was the beginning of an entire SHIFT in my thinking. I bless her for writing that book & I can't wait until her newest book comes out. She told us she finished it just before the workshop started at the beginning of this month. The IE book by Tribole & Resch is also good because it is more specific than Geneen's in actually explaining how it works. Maybe your library has them & you can read through & see if you want to buy them. I have to own them because I mark mine up & write all over them. Also, if you go to youtube & search am I hungry there are good short clips by a medical doctor on how to do IE. She was on PBS but again, I thought " great idea but it won't work for me, let me just try ONE MORE DIET. " LOL. mj Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 31, 2010 Report Share Posted October 31, 2010 Hello Tai, You are doing well. sounds like you are already beginning to eat intuitively. I find that when I eat IE I sometimes get hungry every 2 hours or so & that is when I eat a little more. That's the way IE is supposed to work. There are dayswhen I will go for hours without being hungry & I'm realizing that is no better or worse than the days that I'm eating every 2 hours. As long as I'm listening to my hunger cues, my body tells me when & what it wants to eat. Soooooo cool!!!!!! After years of deprivation diets (bingeing & restricting, punishing myself & thinking that I was either a complete failure or over the top success) I am now learning how to eat according to what my body wants not what my mind tells me I should. YES!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 31, 2010 Report Share Posted October 31, 2010 Thanks for these great ideas and support! I am so looking forward to receiving my book. It should get here sometime next week. It’s just been a couple of weeks and there have been ups and downs. I’m realizing how difficult it is for me to actually sit down and be mindful. Having a two year old doesn’t make it any easier! LOL The other thing I’ve been noticing is how little it takes to fill me up and, as a result, how often I need to eat. I feel guilty that I am eating so often. It goes against all the dieting rules I grew up with that one shouldn’t snack if you wanted to lose weight. It’s so difficult to get out of that mind set. That’s why your comment, MJ, really helped. It took me a long time to get here. It’ll take me a long time to get out of these habits! From: IntuitiveEating_Support [mailto:IntuitiveEating_Support ] On Behalf Of mj Sent: Saturday, October 30, 2010 5:02 PM To: IntuitiveEating_Support Subject: Re: I'm new, too hi, I agree with abby, it's important to remember that it takes time to change our habits that we developed over years of dieting so try to be patient. This process really does take time. besides, I have always found in my own past that the slower the weight loss, the longer I was able to maintain it. That might mean that I wasn't losing it on some crazy fad diet at the time but as I got older it took much longer to lose weight. I guess all those years of dieting & restriction had my body hoarding fat whenever it got the opportunity. I feel so much more comfortable with eating intuitively now but it has taken me several months to just be able to tell WHEN I am hungry & I'm still working on learning to tell when I am comfortably satisfied. I do see a LOT of progress though in my eating habits, not nearly as much mindless eating & I've really been able to choose the foods that my body wants & not listen to the foods my mind thinks I should have. It's starting to feel more & more natural every day. Keep going girl & it will all come together but take your time because you are worth it. mj > > > > > > > > > Subject: Re: I'm new, too > > T... > Date: Friday, October 29, 2010, 1:19 PM > > > > > > > > OMG you HAVE to get Women, Food & God. I have been reading Geneen for > years & I loved her i... > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 31, 2010 Report Share Posted October 31, 2010 I am totally having the same thing happen to me. I’m trying really, really hard to just trust the process and know that it will all sort itself out. From: IntuitiveEating_Support [mailto:IntuitiveEating_Support ] On Behalf Of Tai Gendreau Sent: Saturday, October 30, 2010 6:15 PM To: IntuitiveEating_Support Subject: Re: Re: I'm new, too It's good to hear that this process is becoming more natural; some days it still feels like a lot of effort for me. Over the past week I've been reading the posts more often and making sure that I really slow down when I'm eating to make sure that I know when I'm satisfied before I'm really full. Even putting my fork down between each bite does seem to help and I find that it only takes a little bit for me to feel full. Although when I eat so little at each meal I do find that I get hungrier faster, anyone else notice this? Tai From: mj To: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Sat, October 30, 2010 7:01:58 PM Subject: Re: I'm new, too hi, I agree with abby, it's important to remember that it takes time to change our habits that we developed over years of dieting so try to be patient. This process really does take time. besides, I have always found in my own past that the slower the weight loss, the longer I was able to maintain it. That might mean that I wasn't losing it on some crazy fad diet at the time but as I got older it took much longer to lose weight. I guess all those years of dieting & restriction had my body hoarding fat whenever it got the opportunity. I feel so much more comfortable with eating intuitively now but it has taken me several months to just be able to tell WHEN I am hungry & I'm still working on learning to tell when I am comfortably satisfied. I do see a LOT of progress though in my eating habits, not nearly as much mindless eating & I've really been able to choose the foods that my body wants & not listen to the foods my mind thinks I should have. It's starting to feel more & more natural every day. Keep going girl & it will all come together but take your time because you are worth it. mj > > > > > > > > > Subject: Re: I'm new, too > > T... > Date: Friday, October 29, 2010, 1:19 PM > > > > > > > > OMG you HAVE to get Women, Food & God. I have been reading Geneen for > years & I loved her i... > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 31, 2010 Report Share Posted October 31, 2010 I am totally having the same thing happen to me. I’m trying really, really hard to just trust the process and know that it will all sort itself out. From: IntuitiveEating_Support [mailto:IntuitiveEating_Support ] On Behalf Of Tai Gendreau Sent: Saturday, October 30, 2010 6:15 PM To: IntuitiveEating_Support Subject: Re: Re: I'm new, too It's good to hear that this process is becoming more natural; some days it still feels like a lot of effort for me. Over the past week I've been reading the posts more often and making sure that I really slow down when I'm eating to make sure that I know when I'm satisfied before I'm really full. Even putting my fork down between each bite does seem to help and I find that it only takes a little bit for me to feel full. Although when I eat so little at each meal I do find that I get hungrier faster, anyone else notice this? Tai From: mj To: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Sat, October 30, 2010 7:01:58 PM Subject: Re: I'm new, too hi, I agree with abby, it's important to remember that it takes time to change our habits that we developed over years of dieting so try to be patient. This process really does take time. besides, I have always found in my own past that the slower the weight loss, the longer I was able to maintain it. That might mean that I wasn't losing it on some crazy fad diet at the time but as I got older it took much longer to lose weight. I guess all those years of dieting & restriction had my body hoarding fat whenever it got the opportunity. I feel so much more comfortable with eating intuitively now but it has taken me several months to just be able to tell WHEN I am hungry & I'm still working on learning to tell when I am comfortably satisfied. I do see a LOT of progress though in my eating habits, not nearly as much mindless eating & I've really been able to choose the foods that my body wants & not listen to the foods my mind thinks I should have. It's starting to feel more & more natural every day. Keep going girl & it will all come together but take your time because you are worth it. mj > > > > > > > > > Subject: Re: I'm new, too > > T... > Date: Friday, October 29, 2010, 1:19 PM > > > > > > > > OMG you HAVE to get Women, Food & God. I have been reading Geneen for > years & I loved her i... > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 31, 2010 Report Share Posted October 31, 2010 Just being a part of this group for a few days has already helped. , Don't worry about how often you eat! I find too, that I am hungry sometimes in an hour or two after eating, and sometimes I go all day and think "wow, I probably should eat!" It's great not to think about it. I have been having some issues in the past few days - wanting to just eat everything in sight and then feeling EXTREMELY guilty about it, thinking about how I can exercise more, starve for a few days, etc... just like the "old days". I know that getting the feedback from others will help. Subject: RE: Re: I'm new, tooTo: IntuitiveEating_Support Date: Sunday, October 31, 2010, 4:36 PM Thanks for these great ideas and support! I am so looking forward to receiving my book. It should get here sometime next week. It’s just been a couple of weeks and there have been ups and downs. I’m realizing how difficult it is for me to actually sit down and be mindful. Having a two year old doesn’t make it any easier! LOL The other thing I’ve been noticing is how little it takes to fill me up and, as a result, how often I need to eat. I feel guilty that I am eating so often. It goes against all the dieting rules I grew up with that one shouldn’t snack if you wanted to lose weight. It’s so difficult to get out of that mind set. That’s why your comment, MJ, really helped. It took me a long time to get here. It’ll take me a long time to get out of these habits! From: IntuitiveEating_Support [mailto:IntuitiveEating_Support ] On Behalf Of mjSent: Saturday, October 30, 2010 5:02 PMTo: IntuitiveEating_Support Subject: Re: I'm new, too hi, I agree with abby, it's important to remember that it takes time to change our habits that we developed over years of dieting so try to be patient. This process really does take time. besides, I have always found in my own past that the slower the weight loss, the longer I was able to maintain it. That might mean that I wasn't losing it on some crazy fad diet at the time but as I got older it took much longer to lose weight. I guess all those years of dieting & restriction had my body hoarding fat whenever it got the opportunity. I feel so much more comfortable with eating intuitively now but it has taken me several months to just be able to tell WHEN I am hungry & I'm still working on learning to tell when I am comfortably satisfied. I do see a LOT of progress though in my eating habits, not nearly as much mindless eating & I've really been able to choose the foods that my body wants & not listen to the foods my mind thinks I should have. It's starting to feel more & more natural every day.Keep going girl & it will all come together but take your time because you are worth it.mj > > >> >> > > > Subject: Re: I'm new, too> > T...> Date: Friday, October 29, 2010, 1:19 PM> > > >> >> > OMG you HAVE to get Women, Food & God. I have been reading Geneen for> years & I loved her i...> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 31, 2010 Report Share Posted October 31, 2010 Just being a part of this group for a few days has already helped. , Don't worry about how often you eat! I find too, that I am hungry sometimes in an hour or two after eating, and sometimes I go all day and think "wow, I probably should eat!" It's great not to think about it. I have been having some issues in the past few days - wanting to just eat everything in sight and then feeling EXTREMELY guilty about it, thinking about how I can exercise more, starve for a few days, etc... just like the "old days". I know that getting the feedback from others will help. Subject: RE: Re: I'm new, tooTo: IntuitiveEating_Support Date: Sunday, October 31, 2010, 4:36 PM Thanks for these great ideas and support! I am so looking forward to receiving my book. It should get here sometime next week. It’s just been a couple of weeks and there have been ups and downs. I’m realizing how difficult it is for me to actually sit down and be mindful. Having a two year old doesn’t make it any easier! LOL The other thing I’ve been noticing is how little it takes to fill me up and, as a result, how often I need to eat. I feel guilty that I am eating so often. It goes against all the dieting rules I grew up with that one shouldn’t snack if you wanted to lose weight. It’s so difficult to get out of that mind set. That’s why your comment, MJ, really helped. It took me a long time to get here. It’ll take me a long time to get out of these habits! From: IntuitiveEating_Support [mailto:IntuitiveEating_Support ] On Behalf Of mjSent: Saturday, October 30, 2010 5:02 PMTo: IntuitiveEating_Support Subject: Re: I'm new, too hi, I agree with abby, it's important to remember that it takes time to change our habits that we developed over years of dieting so try to be patient. This process really does take time. besides, I have always found in my own past that the slower the weight loss, the longer I was able to maintain it. That might mean that I wasn't losing it on some crazy fad diet at the time but as I got older it took much longer to lose weight. I guess all those years of dieting & restriction had my body hoarding fat whenever it got the opportunity. I feel so much more comfortable with eating intuitively now but it has taken me several months to just be able to tell WHEN I am hungry & I'm still working on learning to tell when I am comfortably satisfied. I do see a LOT of progress though in my eating habits, not nearly as much mindless eating & I've really been able to choose the foods that my body wants & not listen to the foods my mind thinks I should have. It's starting to feel more & more natural every day.Keep going girl & it will all come together but take your time because you are worth it.mj > > >> >> > > > Subject: Re: I'm new, too> > T...> Date: Friday, October 29, 2010, 1:19 PM> > > >> >> > OMG you HAVE to get Women, Food & God. I have been reading Geneen for> years & I loved her i...> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 1, 2010 Report Share Posted November 1, 2010 I am new too! I just wanted to say Hi. I just discovered the group this morning and plan to spend some time in the FILES section. I've been walking in the evenings for several weeks, thinking, trying to make sense of how we have been lied to as a nation by the food industry and medical industry. It's difficult to come to terms with the fact that everything we thought we knew about eating and exercise was all wrong for our health. I don't know about everyone else but I believed that if I exercised in the gym 2 or 3 hours, 3 or 4 times a week I would lose weight, following a calorie limit meal plan. I've been there and done that with very little weight loss. I am excited to learn from everyone! I just searched my library website for the Women, Food & God book. They also have the audiobook so I requested that so I can listen it to during my walk for a week. Anyway, just wanted to introduce myself and say Hi! > > > > > > > > > > > From: mj <imhere4u1232000@> > > > Subject: Re: I'm new, too > > > T... > > Date: Friday, October 29, 2010, 1:19 PM > > > > > > > > > > > > > OMG you HAVE to get Women, Food & God. I have been reading Geneen for > > years & I loved her i... > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 1, 2010 Report Share Posted November 1, 2010 Jami, That still happens to me. I have a period where I can't seem to stop eating. When it happens I have to start to backtrack & ask myself, " what happened today that made me want to eat all the time? What might I be avoiding by eating (many times it's just because my house is a mess & I don't really want to clean it up so might as well EAT). Another thing that I sometimes do is ask myself if there is a particular FEELING that I am trying to STUFF down with food. Since my mom died at the end of May I've been having waves of sadness come over me & I'm trying to allow myself to feel that & not to mask it by stuffing my body with food that it doesn't need. Stuffing emotions never works anyway, they always come back & then I have the added guilt of having binged on top of the original emotion. I have to tell you, though, with time & perserverance, these binge periods are almost minimal now. Actually they are now pretty rare. I'm getting much better at recognizing the problem right away & taking care of THAT without stuffing my face. This is an awesome way to live once it gets established but it does take time to break all those bad habits that I've developed over YEARS of over & under eating. Even just listening to my own body signals took months to become natural but it is getting to feel like I'm " getting it " finally. The most important thing for me is to recognize when I am getting back into that OLD 'diet mentality' & to nip that in the bud right away. Been there, done that, never want to do that again!!!! But still, my mind sometimes entertains it so I have to remind it that " I " am in charge & not " it " . lol. keep going, you are doing well mj Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 1, 2010 Report Share Posted November 1, 2010 Hello again, I might have to revise what I said before, in reading it back I think I should have said, " it took a long time to get all these bad habits, it may take longer than I think it should to break myself of them. " Seems to be how it's working out for me these days. I've been doing IE 3 or 4 months & I'm really feeling the " shift " into this way of living already. Which isn't as long as the 56 years that it took me to get those nasty habits. ; ) ; ) mj Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 1, 2010 Report Share Posted November 1, 2010 It’s helpful to know that you’ve been doing this for “only” 3 or 4 months. I was fearing that I would have to wait years before I felt the shift! Thanks! From: IntuitiveEating_Support [mailto:IntuitiveEating_Support ] On Behalf Of mj Sent: Monday, November 01, 2010 12:27 PM To: IntuitiveEating_Support Subject: Re: I'm new, too Hello again, I might have to revise what I said before, in reading it back I think I should have said, " it took a long time to get all these bad habits, it may take longer than I think it should to break myself of them. " Seems to be how it's working out for me these days. I've been doing IE 3 or 4 months & I'm really feeling the " shift " into this way of living already. Which isn't as long as the 56 years that it took me to get those nasty habits. ; ) ; ) mj Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 1, 2010 Report Share Posted November 1, 2010 Welcome!! I've found lots of support through this group. I try to read the posts even if I don't respond; it seems to help me keep connected to the concepts of intuitive eating. I like you have tried excessive exercise and restricting calories; it worked...too well and I ended up with anorexia. The restricting led to binge eating and a vicious cycle. I've been working to follow intuitive eating for about five months and feel like things are slowly getting better. It's a process and I continually remind myself that I need to accept myself as I am right now in this moment.Again, welcome to the group and remember we are all here for you anytime!!TaiTo: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Mon, November 1, 2010 9:37:15 AMSubject: Re: I'm new, too I am new too! I just wanted to say Hi. I just discovered the group this morning and plan to spend some time in the FILES section. I've been walking in the evenings for several weeks, thinking, trying to make sense of how we have been lied to as a nation by the food industry and medical industry. It's difficult to come to terms with the fact that everything we thought we knew about eating and exercise was all wrong for our health. I don't know about everyone else but I believed that if I exercised in the gym 2 or 3 hours, 3 or 4 times a week I would lose weight, following a calorie limit meal plan. I've been there and done that with very little weight loss. I am excited to learn from everyone! I just searched my library website for the Women, Food & God book. They also have the audiobook so I requested that so I can listen it to during my walk for a week. Anyway, just wanted to introduce myself and say Hi! > > > > > > > > > > > From: mj <imhere4u1232000@> > > > Subject: Re: I'm new, too > > > T... > > Date: Friday, October 29, 2010, 1:19 PM > > > > > > > > > > > > > OMG you HAVE to get Women, Food & God. I have been reading Geneen for > > years & I loved her i... > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 1, 2010 Report Share Posted November 1, 2010 welcome Justdoit, That will be a great start to get you motivated to follow this path to eating intuitively. Good for you. You might want to check your library for the book & hypnosis CD by Mckenna (Badly named) I Can Make You Thin (ICMYT)BUT an excellent book & CD that follows the IE principles perfectly ( very condensed & a quick read). There is also a yahoo group for ICMYT, of course. : ) ; ) I get a lot of motivation from that group, too. I have recently stepped up listening to the CD a couple of times a day & it seems to work even better. It gives the suggestions to " get more exercise, eat more slowly, etc, etc) " . has a very soothing voice & I use that time as my meditation time. Also, there is a lot of info about IE on Oprah website & on Youtube (searches for intuitive eating or am I hungry). good to have you with us, enjoy! mj Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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