My lurking days are over.

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Hi All,I've been reading many of the messages for the past few months, and finally feel motivated to jump in and truly start my ball rolling here with IE.Have read most of the books mentioned, and think they are great resources, despite the difficulties I've been having with non-intuitive eating. Hopefully, writing and sharing about it will help me, and maybe even help others. :-)First of all, thank goodness the holidays are over!!! It just makes things easier--for people with emotional eating, drinking, gambling, shopping-- whatever-type problems, not just us. Not trying to make excuses--my husband and son did not gain an ounce over the past few months, I am certain!! They eat when hungry and stop when full...just like that, with no special thoughts about it. It's like breathing for them. I try to observe it--out of interest--and am amazed at how natural it is for them. I think we all have it in us--it's just gotten lost somehow.I've been trying to put this into practice for many months now. There are times when I've been successful, but most times not. It's definitely EMOTIONAL eating for me (we've fortunately come through some very stressful events with great success--months of stress over my husband's getting laid off, son applying for Master's degree programs, and me with all my own idiosyncracies). After almost 10 months, my husband landed a really good, solid job, our son starts his program tomorrow (for what sounds like a great career--physician's assistant), so there's now just me and my own shtick to blame things on--no real external excuses.Just wanted to say hello to everyone, as I plan to start sending posts regularly about what works (when it works) and what seems to go very wrong when that happens. I also want to say that I think "putting this into practice," really is true--it does take practice --almost like a sport, or dancing, or anything else that takes a lot of practice! I feel like it's gotta be foremost on my mind (that-- in itself-- will take major practice on my part -- putting this ahead of so many other things that fill my thinking but honestly are not nearly as important.Diets don't work! Whether or not I overeat while trying to be an intuitive eater, diets are HELL.Happy New Year to everyone!