Re: Re: first post...and introduction

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Hi

I struggle with body image too ( like many I guess) I have been practicing standing in front of a mirror and just looking at myself completely...either a full length or not clothed or not. I try to make no judgements I just look and then I practice telling myself that I love myself and that my legs and arms are strong, I am healthy etc. I find that my mental image of myself is so much worse that actually seeing myself is grounding. Sometimes I am so separated from my body I don’t even recognize myself. Something like that might help. Also in regards to my weight....I don’t find mine acceptable either but since its become clear I neither have the energy nor focus to loose it the traditional way I figure why fight the stress of the negative messages? I am trying instead to listen to what my body wants and not what my head dictates.

n

“Have you guys mastered the whole body acceptance thing yet? If so, how did you manage? I can follow the ie principles, but in the back of my head it is simply not okay if I stay at this weight! “

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hi n,i'm with you...that's what i'm trying to do as well. i have a host of mental health problems, from anxiety to depression and back again, so really my weight or size is the least of my worries. so for me as well, trying to remove the burden of negative judgement is really imperative.thanks for sharing, jenSubject: Re: Re: first post...and introductionTo: IntuitiveEating_Support Date: Monday, May 31, 2010, 9:56 AM

Hi

I struggle with body image too ( like many I guess) I have been practicing standing in front of a mirror and just looking at myself completely.. .either a full length or not clothed or not. I try to make no judgements I just look and then I practice telling myself that I love myself and that my legs and arms are strong, I am healthy etc. I find that my mental image of myself is so much worse that actually seeing myself is grounding. Sometimes I am so separated from my body I don’t even recognize myself. Something like that might help. Also in regards to my weight....I don’t find mine acceptable either but since its become clear I neither have the energy nor focus to loose it the traditional way I figure why fight the stress of the negative messages? I am trying instead to listen to what my body wants and not what my head dictates.

n

“Have you guys mastered the whole body acceptance thing yet? If so, how did you manage? I can follow the ie principles, but in the back of my head it is simply not okay if I stay at this weight! “

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I can accept that this is what my body is right now. I can't say I

like it, but I can accept it--I suppose that's something. I was able

to give the scale up very easily, although I'm not sure why. I did

recognize that a pound or two either way on the scale wasn't going to

change the reality of what my body is, so maybe that helped. Sometimes

I'd like to see what I weigh, but so far I haven't gotten on the scale

in months. To some extent I think the scale was my way of avoiding

actually looking at my body; I'd just look at the scale instead.

Sohni

Have not been able to toss the scale..I weigh myself so many times a

day its embarassing! This weekend has not been good..weekends are

challenging anyways, but we had a lot of bbq's this weekend and I

really lost control and now I am here feeling depressed and sick! Ugh!

This really has to be the one thing that works! Have you guys mastered

the whole body acceptance thing yet? If so, how did you manage? I can

follow the ie principles, but in the back of my head it is simply not

okay if I stay at this weight!

Thanks for all the respopnses! You all have given me some great insight!

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> > Hi everyone!

> > I've been lurking around for awhile but have yet to post

anything. Anyways I have beem following the IE lifestyle or trying to

for a few months now. I have a long history of restricting my food and

over exercising and that was usually followed by a period of binging

and not moving at all. Two years ago I lost 80 pds but eating entirely

too little and measuring/counting every little morsel of food that went

in my mouth. I got so fed up that I finally had to stop...stop

everything, and I promptly gained back 20 pds. So now I'm trying to get

myself in the right mindset..but its hard to truly accept myself and

not subconciosly count calories in my head. Every day is a struggle and

I widh that it weren't afterall isn't that the point of IE to be a

peacefull eater?

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> > I'm not there yet but I have made strides and a few

accomplishments that I am proud of. I learned that there comes a point

in my eating that'll I will say to myslef...okay just one more really

good bite/piece whatever it may be. But that one last bite always turns

into three or four more. So if I stop when I get to that point I find

I'm probably pretty satisfied and if I kept going I would be full.

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> > My second thing that I am proud of is not eating something if

it doesn't taste really good. The other day my husband brought home

cookies, I took one and had a bite but it really want anything

special..so I put it down.

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> > Anyways just thought I would finally write and say hello! I

hope to get to know a lot of you better!

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