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

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Welcome Sara!

Glad to have you with us... and how very cool that you were able to start IE without even realizing it! That's amazing!

Looking forward to learning more.

Best,

Abby

 

Hi, everyone!

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.

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).

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.

Sara

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Hi, everyone!

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.

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).

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.

Sara