RE: My IE role models

[Guest guest]

McKella,

This is an excellent point!

I’ve often thought the same sort of things when I watch my

daughter. Sure, as a 3 yearold, she sometimes has a tendency to like more “junk”

then I’d like to give her but at the same time she stops eating when she’s full,

she’ll tell us she’s full, sometimes she’s not in the mood for a cookie, etc.

And she loves to be active.

You’re definitely spot on!

Jon

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Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2010 9:45 AM

To: IntuitiveEating_Support

Subject: My IE role models

I just want to talk about my IE inspirations

(other than you guys!) for a second.

I work in an elementary after school program and I love to watch those kids. We

serve them snack and sometimes they finish their snacks, sometime they eat

everything but one bite, sometimes they ask for more, and sometimes they don't

want snack at all.

I also love watching them run around outside. The latest thing is jump roping

believe it or not, and all the girls love to get together and learn new ways to

jump rope, or see how long they can go without messing up. They also love to do

cartwheels and monkey bar contests. I think adults need playgrounds instead of

gyms.

My goal is to be like these intuitive eaters in the raw, to sometimes eat more

or less and not be afraid to leave one bite, then to move my body because it's

fun and I want to see what it can do.

If you need some IE inspiration, find some kids. They'll blow you away.

McKella

[Guest guest]

My sister is a very intuitive eater. My dad--well, I guess he's an

intuitive eater, sort of. He doesn't seem to care much about food and

will pretty much eat whatever you put in front of him as long as it

isn't totally disgusting (which was unfortunate for us as kids because

my mother is not a very good cook and he'll eat just about anything she

makes). He does, however, seem to be somewhat obsessed with what my

mother eats, and she has very odd eating habits. It's interesting to

watch people at holiday dinners sometimes.

Now my boys (13 and 18) eat like wolves--glut and fast. Not in an

unhealthy way, but sometimes it's alarming to see how much food they

can pack away. If there's one good parenting thing I did, it was to

not pass my food issues on to them, thankfully.

Sohni

Hawk wrote:

I am completely agree with all here. My mother used to teach me be

intuitive eater until she passed away and the foster mother ruined it

all.

Right now I am look at my sister who is truly intuitive eater and that

alone had inspired me and remember what my mother once taught me as

one.

Eliza

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> Hi,

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> I certainly agree with you, McKella! I had somewhat of a similiar

experience. Recently a group of my former co-workers and I got

together for lunch. One of the ladies has an absolutely adorable and

charming four-year-old daughter. Since I'm still an IE newbie, I

thought it might be interesting to watch her eat. Her mother ordered

her meal, she ate until she was satisfied, and then went back to

playing. I think (and hope) maybe her mom is training her to be an

intuitive eater because, as might have happened when we were kids, her

mother didn't force her to sit until she cleaned her plate.

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> Jeanne

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