Re: Where are you on your IE journey?

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The main thing I'm trying to do right now is just stop eating and check my hunger level, and also stop the negative self-talk. That's plenty to work on for right now! LOL

To: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Mon, February 14, 2011 10:10:58 AMSubject: Re: Where are you on your IE journey?

Welcome Tricia and Happy IE Journey to you! Ie, like many other things, is simple but not easy. What worked best for me in the very beginning was to pick ONE thing (suggestion/principle) and let that be my focus for a bit. Then as other IE suggestions popped up for me, I would tackle them as they did. Its rather like the clean plate compulsion - taking EVERYTHING in alllll at once - burp! and definitely OVERload. Figure it took you years to get to this point so what's a few months or so compared to that? Looking forward to reading more posts from you. Don't be shy and get the most out of this group for YOUR sake.BEST to you, KatchaIEing since March 2007---

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First , its very good that you are so aware of 'where' you are. I find

this positive even if the 'where' is being seen as a 'negative' in your eyes.

Another thing you may want to consider is that going 'backwards' can be part of

the IE process! I found that I needed to do a little 'back tracking' to find

what was the cause for some of my current reactions/behaviors. Stress will

usually 'reset' us back to old 'comfortable' behaviors because these are known

and nearly automatic. Just being aware is enough until you are ready to tackle

them. Mean while it sounds like you have plenty of other things to deal with! If

it makes you feel better - stick your tongue out at those diet demons and body

critics when they come to visit you ;-)

BEST to you - Katcha

IEing since March 2007

>

> I thought I was doing so well with IE, and I'm pretty sure I was.. I'd noticed

> that I'd put on some weight but I didn't judge myself. I felt so much calmer

> about food and was thoroughly enjoying eating without guilt. I know it's more

> important that I fix my relationship with food - something that will benefit

me

> in the long run - rather than feeling skinny right now. But now with more

> stress - I have my college thesis due in two months - and I'm in season for

> varsity softball, I've found myself going past my fullness a lot more often,

and

> thinking about food a lot more often than I had been. I'm not depriving

myself

> of anything but for some reason I still feel like I am... I feel like I've

gone

> back into the dieting mentality but I can't pinpoint what exactly has changed!

> I find myself doing the body check with other girls a lot more often and I get

> frustrated putting on clothes... I think this makes it all spiral - when I

feel

> fat I eat more. Could that be what it is? I don't know what to do right now

I

> just feel like I'm not making anymore progress.. or even going backwards.

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thanks for the encouragement! it's nice to hear from people who understand, since none of the women on the softball team do. even after explaining the whole idea behind IE (in detail) to my best friend on the team, she still asks me whether what she's eating is good or bad... the worst is when these 00 sized girls on my team talk about how much fat they have on their bodies. it's hard to tune out all this craziness!! and especially hard to tune it out without preaching the IE philosophy. but i'm doing my best.. : /To: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Tue, February 15, 2011 12:10:11 PMSubject: Re: Where are you on your IE journey?

First , its very good that you are so aware of 'where' you are. I find this positive even if the 'where' is being seen as a 'negative' in your eyes. Another thing you may want to consider is that going 'backwards' can be part of the IE process! I found that I needed to do a little 'back tracking' to find what was the cause for some of my current reactions/behaviors. Stress will usually 'reset' us back to old 'comfortable' behaviors because these are known and nearly automatic. Just being aware is enough until you are ready to tackle them. Mean while it sounds like you have plenty of other things to deal with! If it makes you feel better - stick your tongue out at those diet demons and body critics when they come to visit you ;-)

BEST to you - Katcha

IEing since March 2007

>

> I thought I was doing so well with IE, and I'm pretty sure I was.. I'd noticed

> that I'd put on some weight but I didn't judge myself. I felt so much calmer

> about food and was thoroughly enjoying eating without guilt. I know it's more

> important that I fix my relationship with food - something that will benefit me

> in the long run - rather than feeling skinny right now. But now with more

> stress - I have my college thesis due in two months - and I'm in season for

> varsity softball, I've found myself going past my fullness a lot more often, and

> thinking about food a lot more often than I had been. I'm not depriving myself

> of anything but for some reason I still feel like I am... I feel like I've gone

> back into the dieting mentality but I can't pinpoint what exactly has changed!

> I find myself doing the body check with other girls a lot more often and I get

> frustrated putting on clothes... I think this makes it all spiral - when I feel

> fat I eat more. Could that be what it is? I don't know what to do right now I

> just feel like I'm not making anymore progress.. or even going backwards.

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Tricia - I know what you mean about stopping the negative self-talk! Once you learn about it, you start noticing how often it happens, and it's insane! It happens (at least for me) constantly throughout the day. Nothing positive can come out of staring at your body in the mirror and criticizing it, and comparing it to other women's bodies. What good does it do?? My worst problem is seeing pictures of myself when I was thinner on Weight Watchers and resisting the teeny tiny voice in my head that's saying "all you have to do is go back on WW and you can look like that again!" but it's just not worth it! I'm working on stopping the negative self-talk.. and making very slow progress. But at least it's something. You can do

it!!To: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Tue, February 15, 2011 10:18:13 AMSubject: Re: Re: Where are you on your IE journey?

The main thing I'm trying to do right now is just stop eating and check my hunger level, and also stop the negative self-talk. That's plenty to work on for right now! LOL

To: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Mon, February 14, 2011 10:10:58 AMSubject: Re: Where are you on your IE journey?

Welcome Tricia and Happy IE Journey to you! Ie, like many other things, is simple but not easy. What worked best for me in the very beginning was to pick ONE thing (suggestion/principle) and let that be my focus for a bit. Then as other IE suggestions popped up for me, I would tackle them as they did. Its rather like the clean plate compulsion - taking EVERYTHING in alllll at once - burp! and definitely OVERload. Figure it took you years to get to this point so what's a few months or so compared to that? Looking forward to reading more posts from you. Don't be shy and get the most out of this group for YOUR sake.BEST to you, KatchaIEing since March 2007---

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I have done IE for about 3 years and my weight has been VERY stable, unbcluding

now at the end of the third month of my pregnancy.

Pregnancy is the best time to be an IE!!!!!

Anyway, not an easy journey.

For me the struggle now is body checking more than a number on the scale.

if you saw Oprah's show with jennifer huddson (not that I am a fan of weight

watchers), she said that the most challenging thing for her is the eye.her eyes

have not caught up with her body now.

That happened to me for a long time and for almost a year after weight loss on

IE, I was still wearing my big clothes.

I lost 40 pounds from before and after IE but at a very slow pace, getting ready

of old habits and joining an eater disorder center.

Now that I am pregnant, I know I will have my challenges in terms of body

checking..it really seems that I am doing well in terms of eating to satisfy

hunger level and nt to satisfy anything else

good luck everyone and feel free to email me

>

> I thought a good way to spark conversation here might be to introduce an IE

topic that all members could speak to. Viewing the IE process as a 'journey'

helped me to see that I didn't have to master all the principles at one time and

place. IE became more a return(ing) voyage to the starting point that I was born

with - responding to my body for its needs. And as much as I thought I had set

my IE GPS for that point, I've wandered allllll over the landscape and are still

on my way.

>

> I'm currently at a lull place - not standing totally still, but not hot-to-go

either. I have recently caught myself back in the clean plate club! I do not

load my plate up - I have a decent idea about how much I need to eat. However I

find I am taking those last few bites and am ignoring the okay, that's enough

feedback that is there when I listen to it.

>

> Perhaps part of this is a mild reaction to not being able eat exactly what I

want. I am self testing for gluten intolerance so my beloved baked goods are

out. I have bought a gluten free cook book for baking, made a few recipes which

are tasty enough, but just not the 'real' thing as I know them. Its a touch off

putting, but I do want to give this the best go I can - my body is happier for

it too.

>

> Just another detour in my IE journey. Learning to appreciate the 'view' from

where ever I am on it too.

>

> ehugs, Katcha

> IEing since March 2007

>