Breaking Free from Emotional Eating

[Guest guest]

Hi,

I just started to read parts of Breaking Free from Emotional Eating by Geneen on

the amazon website where you can browse parts of the book. It goes into much

more detail about the guidelines & many other questions I had. It seems like it

would be very helpful so I am going to order it today.

[Guest guest]

Thanks, MJ,

I just received my copy of Intuitive Eating and am going through

it now. It’s really helpful!

I do have one question for the group. I used to be a major

compulsive eater with lots of bingeing, restricting, guilty feelings,

etc. For the past few years, I really haven’t been bingeing,

although I have overeaten plenty of time and have eaten mindlessly even more

often. In reading Intuitive Eating, I recognize who I used to be in terms

of depriving myself and then facing a major binge. However, since I’m

no longer doing that nearly as much, in some ways I feel like IE isn’t as

helpful for me. However, in writing this, I think it’s just another

form of resistance. I want to think I’m “beyond that”

when, in reality, I still have plenty of issues with food and IE can still help

me with the mindless eating and the overeating.

Thanks for listening everyone!

From:

IntuitiveEating_Support

[mailto:IntuitiveEating_Support ] On Behalf Of mj

Sent: Saturday, November 06, 2010 2:48 PM

To: IntuitiveEating_Support

Subject: Re: Breaking Free from Emotional

Eating

anna,

I love your curiosity & fascination about your experience with the process.

I think that really helps us to keep going with it. And just to know that it

will not be a magic 'cure' that it will take time & patience with ourselves

to really have it become 'natural'. Yes, there are still many days when I face

'resistance' too. I think it is just a part of the process, as well. I'll let

you know more about Breaking Free when I've read it. I won't get it for a week

or two. If anyone else has read it, maybe they can share in the meantime.

mj

ps, if you want a really specific book, see if your library has Intuitive

Eating - a revolutionary program that works by tribole & resch. It is

excellent for the specifics of how to do IE.

>

> MJ,

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> I'd be interested to hear how it complements and/or differs from IE. I

just

> got IE and have been enjoying it tremendously. I liked WFG, but it was not

> specific enough for me on the steps I should take. I like IE for that.

> Already, I'm starting to notice a tiny difference. I'm also fascinated by

> the resistance I'm facing. It is definitely a learning process!

>

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> From: IntuitiveEating_Support

> [mailto:IntuitiveEating_Support ]

On Behalf Of mj

> Sent: Friday, November 05, 2010 8:44 AM

> To: IntuitiveEating_Support

> Subject: Breaking Free from Emotional Eating

>

>

>

>

>

> Hi,

>

> I just started to read parts of Breaking Free from Emotional Eating by

> Geneen on the amazon website where you can browse parts of the book. It

goes

> into much more detail about the guidelines & many other questions I

had. It

> seems like it would be very helpful so I am going to order it today.

>

[Guest guest]

Hi anna,

I used to be binger whenever I couldn't hold on to the restricting phase any

longer. For the past couple of years I haven't been binging but I have been

eating mindlessly, snacking all the time, putting food into my mouth whenever I

was prepping food for the family. To me, that really wasn't much different than

binging, just on a slower scale. I was still 'overeating' to numb my emotions,

to deal with my problems & to quell the boredom of being at home looking after a

toddler all day. I started to look at those behaviors when I was in Overeaters

anonymous for 2 months and since starting IE things have really turned full

circle for me. I still have periods of time when I snack mindlessly but now I

deal with those periods much more quickly & have better tools at my disposal

(this group being one of them - thanks).

mj

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> > MJ,

> >

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> >

> > I'd be interested to hear how it complements and/or differs from IE. I

> just

> > got IE and have been enjoying it tremendously. I liked WFG, but it was not

> > specific enough for me on the steps I should take. I like IE for that.

> > Already, I'm starting to notice a tiny difference. I'm also fascinated by

> > the resistance I'm facing. It is definitely a learning process!

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> > From: IntuitiveEating_Support

> <mailto:IntuitiveEating_Support%40yahoogroups.com>

> > [mailto:IntuitiveEating_Support

> <mailto:IntuitiveEating_Support%40yahoogroups.com> ] On Behalf Of mj

> > Sent: Friday, November 05, 2010 8:44 AM

> > To: IntuitiveEating_Support

> <mailto:IntuitiveEating_Support%40yahoogroups.com>

> > Subject: Breaking Free from Emotional Eating

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> > Hi,

> >

> > I just started to read parts of Breaking Free from Emotional Eating by

> > Geneen on the amazon website where you can browse parts of the book. It

> goes

> > into much more detail about the guidelines & many other questions I had.

> It

> > seems like it would be very helpful so I am going to order it today.

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Hi , What I've come to believe is that when it comes to " emotional eating " there are many " flavors " .  LOLI struggle with mindless eating in the evening.  So for about a month I have paid particular attention to what I'm feeling/thinking when I want to reach for food in the evening.  I have found that for me the feelings I'm blocking are either exhaustion (from overbooking my life) or sadness (I have experienced some big losses in my life).  When I first started I didn't try to change any behavior, I just studied what I was feeling.  Slowly I came to realize fully that the food didn't help.  So now I am mostly able to catch myself when I begin to think of using food to cover my exhaustion or sadness.  I don't identify with all the flavors that are mentioned as potential causes of overeating. 

I do rebel a fair amount against the concepts of IE .... I'm not one to " believe " easily.  I argue a lot with myself about whether this is still a diet or not.  I think that arguing is just a way for me to avoid doing the work to stay distracted and and continue to self medicate with food.   

I am finding that I'm making small changes though.  And I am hugely more aware of what is going on. Jody 

 

Thanks, MJ,

 

I just received my copy of Intuitive Eating and am going through

it now.  It’s really helpful!

 

I do have one question for the group.  I used to be a major

compulsive eater with lots of bingeing, restricting, guilty feelings,

etc.  For the past few years, I really haven’t been bingeing,

although I have overeaten plenty of time and have eaten mindlessly even more

often.  In reading Intuitive Eating, I recognize who I used to be in terms

of depriving myself and then facing a major binge.  However, since I’m

no longer doing that nearly as much, in some ways I feel like IE isn’t as

helpful for me.  However, in writing this, I think it’s just another

form of resistance.  I want to think I’m “beyond that”

when, in reality, I still have plenty of issues with food and IE can still help

me with the mindless eating and the overeating.

 

Thanks for listening everyone!

 

 

From:

IntuitiveEating_Support

[mailto:IntuitiveEating_Support ] On Behalf Of mj

Sent: Saturday, November 06, 2010 2:48 PM

To: IntuitiveEating_Support

Subject: Re: Breaking Free from Emotional

Eating

 

 

anna,

I love your curiosity & fascination about your experience with the process.

I think that really helps us to keep going with it. And just to know that it

will not be a magic 'cure' that it will take time & patience with ourselves

to really have it become 'natural'. Yes, there are still many days when I face

'resistance' too. I think it is just a part of the process, as well. I'll let

you know more about Breaking Free when I've read it. I won't get it for a week

or two. If anyone else has read it, maybe they can share in the meantime.

mj

ps, if you want a really specific book, see if your library has Intuitive

Eating - a revolutionary program that works by tribole & resch. It is

excellent for the specifics of how to do IE.

>

> MJ,

>

>

>

> I'd be interested to hear how it complements and/or differs from IE. I

just

> got IE and have been enjoying it tremendously. I liked WFG, but it was not

> specific enough for me on the steps I should take. I like IE for that.

> Already, I'm starting to notice a tiny difference. I'm also fascinated by

> the resistance I'm facing. It is definitely a learning process!

>

>

>

>

>

>

>

> From: IntuitiveEating_Support

> [mailto:IntuitiveEating_Support ]

On Behalf Of mj

> Sent: Friday, November 05, 2010 8:44 AM

> To: IntuitiveEating_Support

> Subject: Breaking Free from Emotional Eating

>

>

>

>

>

> Hi,

>

> I just started to read parts of Breaking Free from Emotional Eating by

> Geneen on the amazon website where you can browse parts of the book. It

goes

> into much more detail about the guidelines & many other questions I

had. It

> seems like it would be very helpful so I am going to order it today.

>