Getting Through My First Intuitive Eating Plateau...

[Guest guest]

Hi All!

I've been a bit quiet on the group for the past several months. I started a new

position at the end of the year and then started a year-long health coaching

certification program in early March. So, my schedule has gotten a lot busier. I

do peruse through the group's daily digest whenever I have time.

I wanted to share an experience that I've been navigating through in the past

3-4 months. I hit what I'm calling my first " intuitive eating plateau. " I spent

the first 3 years of practicing IE feeling pretty fabulous and developing

increasing confidence in being able to take care of my body.

Then, in December of last year, I started to feel disconnected, heavier inside,

and like I hit a " wall. " I'm committed to IE for the rest of my life. So, I

continued my practice with the principles and at the same time everything seemed

a bit blah to me. So, I knew that I needed to make some changes to take myself

to the next level.

One of those changes has been joining a gym again (oh, the horrors). I never

thought I would join a gym again after starting my IE practice. Today, I wrote

about what I've been learning in the process of reacquainting myself with the

gym and how practicing intuitive eating has helped me create a more mature and

inspired relationship with the gym.

I thought this article might be interesting to some of you:

http://wellness.firstgenerationprofessional.com/can-you-and-the-gym-be-friends

Best,

Latoya

Practicing IE since Dec '07

[Guest guest]

Latoya, I can very much relate to your plateau. I had purposefully kept IE a

near daily conscious part of my life for about 3 years. I felt I benefited from

that immersion and it helped me to 'fake it 'til I make it' a part of my life.

But there came a time when I knew it was 'fish or cut bait' for ME and that a

personal sabbatical was in order. Without doing that I would not likely develop

being a support for MYSELF, which is of course most important in the long run.

Bravo for you to move in the direction of a gym if that is what you want to do.

I'm rather moving in an opposite direction - allowing myself to not be so

'should move' oriented. Instead I'm content to putter around our large yard,

clean house and get into veggie gardening more too. My dear body is aging and

needs me to be less 'demanding' of it. I accept that my body will never be 30,

40 or even 50 ever again, but I can gracefully love it turning into a 'granny'!

Your article title reminds me of one of the former members here. Not that you

are she, but just the net name she sported - Gymisadrug (or something like

that). Happy body movement!

ehugs, Katcha

IEing simce March 2007

>

> Hi All!

>

> I've been a bit quiet on the group for the past several months. I started a

new position at the end of the year and then started a year-long health coaching

certification program in early March. So, my schedule has gotten a lot busier. I

do peruse through the group's daily digest whenever I have time.

>

> I wanted to share an experience that I've been navigating through in the past

3-4 months. I hit what I'm calling my first " intuitive eating plateau. " I spent

the first 3 years of practicing IE feeling pretty fabulous and developing

increasing confidence in being able to take care of my body.

>

> Then, in December of last year, I started to feel disconnected, heavier

inside, and like I hit a " wall. " I'm committed to IE for the rest of my life.

So, I continued my practice with the principles and at the same time everything

seemed a bit blah to me. So, I knew that I needed to make some changes to take

myself to the next level.

>

> One of those changes has been joining a gym again (oh, the horrors). I never

thought I would join a gym again after starting my IE practice. Today, I wrote

about what I've been learning in the process of reacquainting myself with the

gym and how practicing intuitive eating has helped me create a more mature and

inspired relationship with the gym.

>

> I thought this article might be interesting to some of you:

> http://wellness.firstgenerationprofessional.com/can-you-and-the-gym-be-friends

>

> Best,

> Latoya

> Practicing IE since Dec '07

>