Re:I know IE tells me not to focus on weight but...

[Guest guest]

I don't think it's about accepting obesity, but I do think it's about accepting

yourself where you are, no matter what your size, in addition to learning your

hunger signals & triggers, etc. Part of getting off the diet roller coaster is

to stop obsessing about how we look. It's all part of the process & it all works

together. Wanting to be healthy doesn't have to be the same as obsessing about

how you look. Ginger

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[Guest guest]

I don't think it's about accepting obesity, but I do think it's about accepting

yourself where you are, no matter what your size, in addition to learning your

hunger signals & triggers, etc. Part of getting off the diet roller coaster is

to stop obsessing about how we look. It's all part of the process & it all works

together. Wanting to be healthy doesn't have to be the same as obsessing about

how you look. Ginger

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[Guest guest]

One of the things I liked when I read Intuitive Eating was that during the

chapter about respecting your body, the authors distinguished between liking

your body and respecting it. Respecting your body means giving it the

nourishment and activity it needs to be as healthy as it can be, and trying your

best not to have disrespectful or mean thoughts about it. This doesn't mean you

have to love your body and everything about it. I like to think of it as if my

body was another person, one who was worthy of my respect, but sometimes failed

me, and had to be forgiven for these failures and not judged for them, to the

best of my ability.

If you do act or say or think disrespectfully towards your body, instead of

beating yourself up about it, just figure that you are going through a process.

Think about why you are having these thoughts and what might be a more

constructive way to deal with the feelings you have surrounding your body. In

time, this will become easier and easier.

[Guest guest]

Very well said, Alana!

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[Guest guest]

It's all part of the journey. Not focusing on weight is one part of realizing that our focus instead should be on what nurtures and supports us and those we love, instead of spending all our precious psychic energy on food, scales, beating up on ourselves, etc. Obsessing about those things is a way of taking your focus off what really matters--keeping yourself healthy and strong, doing the things that sustain you with the people (and pets!) you love best.

I attended an online "Sounds True" seminar over the past month with Geneen Roth. One of the things she mentioned--maybe on her blog--was that she has a sign on her refrigerator that says, "It's not in here."

It's not in the number on the scale, either. Your life is so much bigger than that. I think IE simply helps us to realize that we've got better places to put our energies than this.

Laurie

[Guest guest]

It's all part of the journey. Not focusing on weight is one part of realizing that our focus instead should be on what nurtures and supports us and those we love, instead of spending all our precious psychic energy on food, scales, beating up on ourselves, etc. Obsessing about those things is a way of taking your focus off what really matters--keeping yourself healthy and strong, doing the things that sustain you with the people (and pets!) you love best.

I attended an online "Sounds True" seminar over the past month with Geneen Roth. One of the things she mentioned--maybe on her blog--was that she has a sign on her refrigerator that says, "It's not in here."

It's not in the number on the scale, either. Your life is so much bigger than that. I think IE simply helps us to realize that we've got better places to put our energies than this.

Laurie

[Guest guest]

It's all part of the journey. Not focusing on weight is one part of realizing that our focus instead should be on what nurtures and supports us and those we love, instead of spending all our precious psychic energy on food, scales, beating up on ourselves, etc. Obsessing about those things is a way of taking your focus off what really matters--keeping yourself healthy and strong, doing the things that sustain you with the people (and pets!) you love best.

I attended an online "Sounds True" seminar over the past month with Geneen Roth. One of the things she mentioned--maybe on her blog--was that she has a sign on her refrigerator that says, "It's not in here."

It's not in the number on the scale, either. Your life is so much bigger than that. I think IE simply helps us to realize that we've got better places to put our energies than this.

Laurie