Re: Reflections on Thanksgiving Day: The Intuitive Eating Super Bowl...

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Hi Latoya,Thanks for your post! I really enjoyed it.I thought a lot about IE on Thanksgiving as well. I guess because I have also been doing it for a while, I don't often focus on IE so much... it's more in the background of my life, though always there.

But on Thanksgiving this year, while I did overeat a bit, I found I was extremely conscious of it. I really only overate because I wanted dessert and I had had enough dinner. But it was interesting... I was aware while I was eating it that I wasn't really enjoying it. I stopped eating a piece of pecan pie halfway through and moved it off the table so I wouldn't eat it just because it was there. That felt good.

After nibbling on snacks before dinner -- and I found all I wanted was a little hummus and raw veg -- I realized that I actually wanted to go and move my body for a bit, and not sit around my cousin's house with all my relatives all afternoon, after riding in the car all morning, even though I love spending time with my family. So with some amazement I actually found myself putting on my exercise clothes and heading outside for a slow jog in the cold air around my cousin's town. I like wandering and getting slightly lost, but got a little more lost than i meant to... but had a great time getting found again. 

These two different things felt like huge wins for me, and what was best of all about them, and what I wish I could share with those who are newer to IE... is that they really didn't require any effort! All I had to do was to be willing to tune in to my body and shush all the outside noise (telling me to keep talking to family instead of going outside, or that the molasses cookies are really special and taste SO good, even when i'm not hungry) and ask myself what i really wanted.

amazing!thankfully,abbyIE since 11/08

 

Hey all,

I haven't posted in a while, although I do peruse through the daily message update! I'm happy to see this group continually grow as more and more people find intuitive eating.

I spent yesterday morning reading an old journal of mine that I kept when I first started practicing the 10 principles in December of 2007. It's really amazing to see the progress and experience the freedom and peace that I know have with food, eating, and my body.

I just wrote a new post about my reflections on Thanksgiving Day: The Intuitive Eating Super Bowl, the ultimate overeating versus intuitive eating showdown! I thought that the new and mid-comers to this group might appreciate it:

http://bit.ly/fEOHPg

Latoya:)

Practicing IE since December '07

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Hi Abby,

thank you for that inspiring post. It really shows me that IE can become a

natural part of my life with time. Right now it still seems like work to me but

I have confidence that eventually it will be in the " background " of my life,

too. I like that.

mj

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> >

> >

> > Hey all,

> >

> > I haven't posted in a while, although I do peruse through the daily message

> > update! I'm happy to see this group continually grow as more and more people

> > find intuitive eating.

> >

> > I spent yesterday morning reading an old journal of mine that I kept when I

> > first started practicing the 10 principles in December of 2007. It's really

> > amazing to see the progress and experience the freedom and peace that I know

> > have with food, eating, and my body.

> >

> > I just wrote a new post about my reflections on Thanksgiving Day: The

> > Intuitive Eating Super Bowl, the ultimate overeating versus intuitive eating

> > showdown! I thought that the new and mid-comers to this group might

> > appreciate it:

> >

> > http://bit.ly/fEOHPg

> >

> > Latoya:)

> > Practicing IE since December '07

> >

> >

> >

>

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Hey Abby!

The fact that you had the awareness and ability to stop while eating the pecan

pie and felt the desire to move are both awesome and definitely big wins!

One of my co-workers felt it necessary to advise everyone " not to overeat "

before we left work on Wednesday. Her comment brought my IE practice back to the

foreground again. When I heard her make that statement, in my head, I was like

" you don't have to worry about me overeating. " And, I recognized how peculiar it

is that someone would feel the need to remind people not to overeat. Yes, I

agree. Eating intuitively does feel effortless on a regular and more consistent

basis over time!

I recognized that I'm ready to tune my IE practice even more. My body is simply

used to eating lighter now. The food that I prepared, as my mom taught me on

Thanksgiving day, felt way too heavy! So, I'm planning to modify or find some

new recipes to use in the years to come. I know that I can prepare great tasting

food and feel more optimal physically. Everything that I prepared tasted good.

At the same time, I felt " weighed down " by the food. I never thought that I

would get to the point of wanting to change recipes!

Latoya:)

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> Hi Latoya,

>

> Thanks for your post! I really enjoyed it.

>

> I thought a lot about IE on Thanksgiving as well. I guess because I have

> also been doing it for a while, I don't often focus on IE so much... it's

> more in the background of my life, though always there.

>

> But on Thanksgiving this year, while I did overeat a bit, I found I was

> extremely conscious of it. I really only overate because I wanted dessert

> and I had had enough dinner. But it was interesting... I was aware while I

> was eating it that I wasn't really enjoying it. I stopped eating a piece of

> pecan pie halfway through and moved it off the table so I wouldn't eat it

> just because it was there. That felt good.

>

> After nibbling on snacks before dinner -- and I found all I wanted was a

> little hummus and raw veg -- I realized that I actually wanted to go and

> move my body for a bit, and not sit around my cousin's house with all my

> relatives all afternoon, after riding in the car all morning, even though I

> love spending time with my family. So with some amazement I actually found

> myself putting on my exercise clothes and heading outside for a slow jog in

> the cold air around my cousin's town. I like wandering and getting slightly

> lost, but got a little more lost than i meant to... but had a great time

> getting found again.

>

> These two different things felt like huge wins for me, and what was best of

> all about them, and what I wish I could share with those who are newer to

> IE... is that they really didn't require any effort! All I had to do was to

> be willing to tune in to my body and shush all the outside noise (telling me

> to keep talking to family instead of going outside, or that the molasses

> cookies are really special and taste SO good, even when i'm not hungry) and

> ask myself what i really wanted.

>

> amazing!

>

> thankfully,

>

> abby

> IE since 11/08