Need Help Believing

[Guest guest]

The first week I began Intuitive eating, I felt completely refreshed and so

hopeful. Then I bought more books on the subject and got sucked in to diets in

disguise: only eat what your great grandmother would have, eat only three meals

a day, etc. I am trying to re-trust my body and it is hard. Plus my hectic job

seems to be getting in my day. I want to banish the scale forever but am afraid

that if I do, I will return to my all time high weight. Isn't what matters is

how I feel and how I feel in my body? Of course but the number still holds so

much power. Why? I was hoping to find a few people to reach out to.

Thank you,

Katrina

[Guest guest]

Some really good thoughts here, , thank you for sharing them. 

Dawn B

 

HI there,

That nasty scale!!!  I have been looking at IE and Geneen Roth over the

last year, and overall it totally makes sense to me.  MInd you, I am

trying to redirect at least 35 years of programming!!!    So,

I've been taking baby steps.  Mostly, these days I try to approach it

with one thing at a time.  For now, it's simply to pause when I want to

eat and ask myself why I'm doing it....In a kind and nurturing tone, I

just ask myself, "What is it you need?" 

I have also been doing yoga and absolutely have fallen in love with how

that makes me feel about my body:  thankful, kind and caring...  This

is new to me as well since I've been trying to be a person unlike me

for so many years.....trying to be something other than myself, how

ridiculous is this?  Why?  Heck if I know.  Maybe because society told

me to go that way, maybe because I wasn't told anything to oppose it

growing up ...who knows.  It doesn't really matter because I may never

figure that out.  I have to work with myself in this very moment and

trust a plan that makes me feel at ease for the very first time around

food and eating.

I did step on the scale the other day and it unravelled me for the rest

of the day...I'm going to stay off it and try to just honor who I am,

not my size, moment to moment.  It was a great lesson in seeing how

huge the reaction was and for that I'm grateful!

It's a journey worth taking and seeking out with curiosity....I'm

rooting for everyone here.

The first week I began Intuitive eating, I felt

completely refreshed and so hopeful. Then I bought more books on the

subject and got sucked in to diets in disguise: only eat what your

great grandmother would have, eat only three meals a day, etc. I am

trying to re-trust my body and it is hard. Plus my hectic job seems to

be getting in my day. I want to banish the scale forever but am afraid

that if I do, I will return to my all time high weight. Isn't what

matters is how I feel and how I feel in my body? Of course but the

number still holds so much power. Why? I was hoping to find a few

people to reach out to. 

Thank you,

Katrina