Re: Hearing but not listening

[Guest guest]

It's OK, Eileen. IE isn't some kind of test where you pass or fail.

Chalk it up to a learning experience, and know that at least you heard

what your body was saying--you chose not to listen, but you did hear

it. I found that if I thought "I am choosing to eat this" it helped to

take away the guilt afterwards. I think this kind of eating is just

part of the beginning phase of IE, because I was doing that a lot at

first and now it seems to have really slacked off.

Sohni

Eileen wrote:

So yesterday I tried to

listen to my intuition. It was very strong that my body didn't want

the baked good I bought but I bought it anyway. Then when I got home

and stood in front of it I got very clearly again I didn't want to eat

this. I did anyway - the whole thing. It wasn't that good and I just

felt sick afterwards. I did manage to not beat myself up but whew!!

What a day.

[Guest guest]

Hi Eileen: Rather than thinking that you don't listen to yourself, consider that

you might have conflicting intentions. Part of you may want to avoid feeling

physical discomfort from eating certain foods (baked goods?), but another part

of you wants to protect yourself from emotional discomfort (perhaps feeling

deprived of tasty foods?). Both parts have positive intentions to protect you

from discomfort. You just need to imagine ways that you can protect yourself

from both emotional and physical discomfort. Perhaps you can eat foods that feel

good in your body and also taste good, but also find nonfood ways to cope with

emotional discomfort (fears? anxiety? deprivation?).

SUE

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> So yesterday I tried to listen to my intuition.  It was very strong that my

body didn't want the baked good I bought but I bought it anyway.  Then when I

got home and stood in front of it I got very clearly again I didn't want to eat

this.  I did anyway - the whole thing.  It wasn't that good and I just felt sick

afterwards.  I did manage to not beat myself up but whew!!  What a day.  

>

[Guest guest]

Thanx for the encouragement and sharing your experience. I am soooOOooo impatient. EIleen

So yesterday I tried to

listen to my intuition. It was very strong that my body didn't want

the baked good I bought but I bought it anyway. Then when I got home

and stood in front of it I got very clearly again I didn't want to eat

this. I did anyway - the whole thing. It wasn't that good and I just

felt sick afterwards. I did manage to not beat myself up but whew!!

What a day.

[Guest guest]

Give it some time and you'll start seeing progress.  I'm impatient,

too, but now that I feel like I'm getting somewhere, it isn't so hard. 

It also starts to become more natural and feels less like "work."

Sohni

Eileen wrote:

 

Thanx for the encouragement and sharing your experience. I am soooOOooo

impatient.   EIleen

 

So yesterday I tried to

listen to my intuition.  It was very strong that my body didn't want

the baked good I bought but I bought it anyway.  Then when I got home

and stood in front of it I got very clearly again I didn't want to eat

this.  I did anyway - the whole thing.  It wasn't that good and I just

felt sick afterwards.  I did manage to not beat myself up but whew!!

 What a day.