Re: Discipline and IE

[Guest guest]

I too never got to my goal weight with WW. Each time I joined I would lose

about 30 pounds but then stop and never get to my goal. And I have heard it from

others here. I wonder what percentage of all their members really do achieve

their goal weight? The great thing about IE is that WE, OUR BODIES, get to set

our own goal weight, not an outside influence telling us what we should weigh.

Just take things one step at a time and stick with IE. It really is great

freedom and if it helps to know, I've been doing IE for about 3 years and

finally my clothes are getting looser. Went shopping this weekeend at an outlet

mall and when I tried on new jeans I kept having to go to a lessor size

(yippee). I thought, but wasn't sure if something was happening. I thought my

clothes were getting baggier and looser, but I don't step on the scale so I

wasn't sure what was happening. IE does work if you stick with it long enough

until it becomes second nature and you don't even think about it anymore.

Alana

> I initially lost 80 pounds doing WW and was 20 pounds away from my goal

[Guest guest]

I have " done " WW a few times. Meaning started and stopped well before my goal

weight. I had weird " reactions " to it every time. The very first time, I wasn't

willing to give up my junk food, so I was basically starving everyday because I

would use up half my points in one meal. A few times after that I would try and

quit after a day or so. One time I did it right after Thanksgiving and stopped

right before my Christmas break from school, and lost about 16 lbs and felt

great. Then I recently tried it this past spring, went to the meetings and

weighins and everything, and again was STARVING the whole time, even though I

changed the foods I ate to be more filling foods. It was completely miserable. I

swore I would never go back to it again, and this time I think I'll stick to

that promise.

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> Thank-you Alana... that really helps. I am so glad your clothes are getting

> looser! Regarding WW... I used to think that was it... the only way to lose

> weight because it was the only way I lost a good amount of weight. But I now

> see that it works a little better than other diets only because of all the

> support. In the end, it's just like every other diet restricting what is

eaten

> and at some point fails because it's impossible to keep depriving yourself.

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> It was a rough couple of days, but today I am in a more positive state of

mind.

> My jeans being uncomfortably tight made me become more aware that maybe I was

> slipping back into compulsive eating so now I'm looking at it as a fresh start

> and being more conscious of my eating... savoring and being sure I am eating

> only when hungry and stopping when satisfied. Also, I'm trying to be less

hard

> on myself and more accepting. This group really helps with that and many

other

> aspects of IE... thanks to all... love this group!

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> To: IntuitiveEating_Support

> Sent: Thu, August 12, 2010 12:02:35 PM

> Subject: Re: Discipline and IE

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> I too never got to my goal weight with WW. Each time I joined I would lose

> about 30 pounds but then stop and never get to my goal. And I have heard it

from

> others here. I wonder what percentage of all their members really do achieve

> their goal weight? The great thing about IE is that WE, OUR BODIES, get to

set

> our own goal weight, not an outside influence telling us what we should weigh.

>

> Just take things one step at a time and stick with IE. It really is great

> freedom and if it helps to know, I've been doing IE for about 3 years and

> finally my clothes are getting looser. Went shopping this weekeend at an

outlet

> mall and when I tried on new jeans I kept having to go to a lessor size

> (yippee). I thought, but wasn't sure if something was happening. I thought

my

> clothes were getting baggier and looser, but I don't step on the scale so I

> wasn't sure what was happening. IE does work if you stick with it long enough

> until it becomes second nature and you don't even think about it anymore.

>

> Alana

>

> > I initially lost 80 pounds doing WW and was 20 pounds away from my goal

>

[Guest guest]

josiesjunkmail wrote:

> I know that discipline is something we criticize ourselves for not being

> when we cannot stick to diets, but it seems to me that it also takes

> discipline to do IE. For example, it takes discipline to stop and figure

> out if you're hungry, rather than just snarfing down whatever is in front

> of you. It takes discipline to try to figure out what emotion you're

> stuffing down by eating. It takes discipline to pause and push the plate

> away when you've had enough.

I feel with you. These are my thoughts as well, even after being a whole

while into IE. Sometimes I think the only difference between any diet

and IE is that I get to eat what I want and that I don't need to go

physically hungry.

> How do you make yourself take that pause and figure stuff out when you

> just don't want to?

I wish I would know the answer to THAT question. :-/

Best wishes

s.