Success stories?

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I can completely relate to those who are gaining and getting upset, and sometimes I get mad at IE and almost want to kick to the curb, but then I say no because it is the only way that I can maintain sanity! My question is though- is there anyone out there that has success stories? Has IE actually helped you to get down to a healthy weight and maintain it? Please let me know if it has!-kelley Day wrote: Carol...I feel your frustration... but I had a small epiphany yesterday that I think is

going to help me... maybe it'll give you a little insight... maybe not... but I know it has taken input from a variety of folks on this board and dietsurvivors to shake up my mind and find my own answers... For me... I was waiting too long to eat... I think I felt that if I ate as often as every 2 - 3 hrs then I must be a pig. I'd start the day off with a breakfast that just took me to satiety... then I was hungry again by 10:30... immediately I'd "feel" like it couldn't be hunger because normal people don't eat that often... WRONG... but I'd continue to wait... by lunchtime I'd be too hungry to stop at satiety... and I'd overeat... then I'd beat myself up... in my mind confirming that I have no control... so then later in the day I'd try again... and I'd wait too long and be nearly ravenous... and again overeat.... feeling like a failure each day as I went through this taunt.I'm trying now to really listen... when I get hungry after 2 1/2 hrs

I eat a snack... at my meals I'm able to maintain and not stuff myself... my meals are no more than about 1 1/2 cups of food... and my snack may be a handful of something... This has helped tremendously... no, I haven't lost weight yet as I only started this the other day... but I feel a bit more sane!!! Also, I gained a bunch of weight when I started this process because I didn't pay attention to hunger... and just ate when the mood hit me... It's critical that you release the pressure on yourself... in order to learn to do this... it's so important that you just tap into your body instead of listening to your mind telling you when you should eat and what you should eat... letting go of all the thinking and judgement... so that you can find your natural eating wisdom.I hope this helps in some small way.Hugs,Carol <rmdudgeonjuno> wrote: I feel nearly at my wits end as I have gained weight again and my clothes are getting tight. I don't want to buy more clothes!!! I have been really hungry and gone past full especially when we go away for the weekend. Now the holidays are coming and I think, "When will this end?" Just can't seem to get it right the I love the concept of IE. Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta.

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Kelley,

I just am not sure what some of you guys consider IE. For me it always worked. I gained weight in 1997 when my husband of 1 year came to me with some REAL bad news about his health but now I am back to my old ways and have lost 50 lbs and have about 20 more to go! But most my life I ate intuitively and it worked great and it is working again now.

But for me it is not eating whatever I want in excess. It is still about finding healthy recipes, healthy substitutes for fatty foods and whatnot. I will eat a brownie, or whatever, but only once in a while but knowing i can have it anytime of the day is probably why I only want it once in a while.

I spend a lot of time coming up with healthy foods that are not fattening and making them taste good. I also will go to my mother in laws and eat her italian cooking, just in moderation.

So I have not quite figured out if some people think IE is about just eating and eating or ?

Sorry I probably should have asked sooner!!

I can completely relate to those who are gaining and getting upset, and sometimes I get mad at IE and almost want to kick to the curb, but then I say no because it is the only way that I can maintain sanity! My question is though- is there anyone out there that has success stories? Has IE actually helped you to get down to a healthy weight and maintain it? Please let me know if it has!

-kelley Day wrote:

Carol...I feel your frustration... but I had a small epiphany yesterday that I think is going to help me... maybe it'll give you a little insight... maybe not... but I know it has taken input from a variety of folks on this board and dietsurvivors to shake up my mind and find my own answers... For me... I was waiting too long to eat... I think I felt that if I ate as often as every 2 - 3 hrs then I must be a pig. I'd start the day off with a breakfast that just took me to satiety... then I was hungry again by 10:30... immediately I'd " feel " like it couldn't be hunger because normal people don't eat that often... WRONG... but I'd continue to wait... by lunchtime I'd be too hungry to stop at satiety... and I'd overeat... then I'd beat myself up... in my mind confirming that I have no control... so then later in the day I'd try again... and I'd wait too long and be nearly ravenous... and again overeat.... feeling like a failure each day as I went through this taunt.

I'm trying now to really listen... when I get hungry after 2 1/2 hrs I eat a snack... at my meals I'm able to maintain and not stuff myself... my meals are no more than about 1 1/2 cups of food... and my snack may be a handful of something... This has helped tremendously... no, I haven't lost weight yet as I only started this the other day... but I feel a bit more sane!!! Also, I gained a bunch of weight when I started this process because I didn't pay attention to hunger... and just ate when the mood hit me... It's critical that you release the pressure on yourself... in order to learn to do this... it's so important that you just tap into your body instead of listening to your mind telling you when you should eat and what you should eat... letting go of all the thinking and judgement... so that you can find your natural eating wisdom.

I hope this helps in some small way.Hugs,Carol wrote:

I feel nearly at my wits end as I have gained weight again and my clothes are getting tight. I don't want to buy more clothes!!! I have been really hungry and gone past full especially when we go away for the weekend. Now the holidays are coming and I think, " When will this end? " Just can't seem to get it right the I love the concept of IE.

Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta.

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I lost the first 15 lbs of my over 50 lbs weight loss with IE. I admit, i cheated and did other stuff after that but it helped me to not gain more then 20lbs during my pregnancy and I have maintaind the whole 50 someodd lb weight loss simply with IE. I just didnt have the patience to let it all come off slowly, which i the long run really would have been the better thing to do for my sanity. my major secret is to not think of it as being "on" anything. I am not on an IE plan where I follow ANYTHING. If I personaly think of it that way at all, use hunger scale or anything my brain turns it into a diet and i end up wanting to "cheat" with junk food and stuff. I am never afraid to regain the weight because I know my body is used to eating this way now and I would seriously have to force it to eat the way I used to.I love the book "diets Don't work" because it is emphasized to just think like a thin person not an IE person, which I

like. The more simple the better. take care Kelley wrote: I can completely relate to those who are gaining and getting upset, and sometimes I get mad at IE and almost want to kick to the curb, but then I say no because it is the only way that I can maintain sanity! My question is though- is there anyone out there that has success stories? Has IE actually helped you to get down to a healthy weight and maintain it?

Please let me know if it has!-kelley Day wrote: Carol...I feel your frustration... but I had a small epiphany yesterday that I think is going to help me... maybe it'll give you a little insight... maybe not... but I know it has taken input from a variety of folks on this board and dietsurvivors to shake up my mind and find my own answers... For me... I was waiting too long to eat... I think I felt that if I ate as often as every 2 - 3 hrs then I must be a pig. I'd start the day off with a breakfast that just took me to satiety... then I was hungry again by 10:30... immediately I'd "feel" like it couldn't be hunger because normal people don't eat that often... WRONG... but I'd continue to wait... by lunchtime I'd be too hungry to stop at satiety... and I'd overeat... then

I'd beat myself up... in my mind confirming that I have no control... so then later in the day I'd try again... and I'd wait too long and be nearly ravenous... and again overeat.... feeling like a failure each day as I went through this taunt.I'm trying now to really listen... when I get hungry after 2 1/2 hrs I eat a snack... at my meals I'm able to maintain and not stuff myself... my meals are no more than about 1 1/2 cups of food... and my snack may be a handful of something... This has helped tremendously... no, I haven't lost weight yet as I only started this the other day... but I feel a bit more sane!!! Also, I gained a bunch of weight when I started this process because I didn't pay attention to hunger... and just ate when the mood hit me... It's critical that you release the pressure on yourself... in order to learn to do this... it's so important that you just tap into your body instead of listening to your

mind telling you when you should eat and what you should eat... letting go of all the thinking and judgement... so that you can find your natural eating wisdom.I hope this helps in some small way.Hugs,Carol <rmdudgeonjuno> wrote: I feel nearly at my wits end as I have gained weight again and my clothes are getting tight. I don't want to buy more clothes!!! I have been really hungry and gone past full especially when we go away for the weekend. Now the holidays are coming and I think, "When will this end?" Just can't seem to get it right the I love the concept of IE. Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta.

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For me IE is eating what I want when

I am hungry. I offer myself healthful alternatives and decide from

there. Today I ate a sundae nut cone for lunch. Yesterday I had

celery and carrot sticks dipped in ranch dressing. If I had wanted

chocolate chip cookies I would have eaten them. It works for me.

I do snack on pretzel sticks and

this is why. When I am hungry in the middle of the day, I don’t

want to eat something that fills me up and then I can’t eat supper with

my family. I find that eating pretzel sticks satisfies my hunger

and lets me be hungry again in a couple of hours.

I never snack on goodies because

they keep me from hunger at supper time. That’s why I eat my goodies at

lunch.

I don’t drink cola unless it

is diet because it is empty calories that do not fill me up. If I am

going to put a few hundred calories in my body, I would rather it be chocolate…LOL!

Vicki

From: IntuitiveEating_Support [mailto:IntuitiveEating_Support ] On Behalf Of

Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2006

3:59 PM

To: IntuitiveEating_Support

Subject: Re:

Success stories?

Kelley,

I just am not sure what some of you guys consider IE. For

me it always worked. I gained weight in 1997 when my husband of 1 year came to

me with some REAL bad news about his health but now I am back to my old ways

and have lost 50 lbs and have about 20 more to go! But

most my life I ate intuitively and it worked great and it is working again now.

But for me it is not eating whatever I want in excess. It is still

about finding healthy recipes, healthy substitutes for fatty foods and

whatnot. I will eat a brownie, or whatever, but only once in a

while but knowing i can have it anytime of the day is probably why I only want

it once in a while.

I spend a lot of time coming up with healthy foods that are not

fattening and making them taste good. I also will go to my mother in laws

and eat her italian cooking, just in moderation.

So I have not quite figured out if some people think IE is about just

eating and eating or ?

Sorry I probably should have asked sooner!!

On 11/14/06, Kelley

<kelleygarciasbcglobal (DOT) net>

wrote:

I can completely relate to those who are gaining and getting upset, and

sometimes I get mad at IE and almost want to kick to the curb, but then I say

no because it is the only way that I can maintain sanity! My question is

though- is there anyone out there that has success stories? Has IE actually

helped you to get down to a healthy weight and maintain it? Please let me know

if it has!

-kelley

Day

wrote:

Carol...

I feel your frustration... but I had a small epiphany yesterday that I

think is going to help me... maybe it'll give you a little insight... maybe

not... but I know it has taken input from a variety of folks on this board and

dietsurvivors to shake up my mind and find my own answers...

For me... I was waiting too long to eat... I think I felt that if I ate as

often as every 2 - 3 hrs then I must be a pig. I'd start the day off with

a breakfast that just took me to satiety... then I was hungry again by 10:30...

immediately I'd " feel " like it couldn't be hunger because normal

people don't eat that often... WRONG... but I'd continue to wait... by

lunchtime I'd be too hungry to stop at satiety... and I'd overeat... then I'd

beat myself up... in my mind confirming that I have no control... so then later

in the day I'd try again... and I'd wait too long and be nearly ravenous... and

again overeat.... feeling like a failure each day as I went through this

taunt.

I'm trying now to really listen... when I get hungry after 2 1/2 hrs I eat a

snack... at my meals I'm able to maintain and not stuff myself... my meals are

no more than about 1 1/2 cups of food... and my snack may be a handful of

something...

This has helped tremendously... no, I haven't lost weight yet as I only

started this the other day... but I feel a bit more sane!!! Also, I

gained a bunch of weight when I started this process because I didn't pay

attention to hunger... and just ate when the mood hit me...

It's critical that you release the pressure on yourself... in order to learn to

do this... it's so important that you just tap into your body instead of

listening to your mind telling you when you should eat and what you should

eat... letting go of all the thinking and judgement... so that you can find

your natural eating wisdom.

I hope this helps in some small way.

Hugs,

Carol <rmdudgeonjuno>

wrote:

I feel nearly at my wits end as I have gained weight

again and my

clothes are getting tight. I don't want to buy more clothes!!! I

have been really hungry and gone past full especially when we go away

for the weekend. Now the holidays are coming and I think, " When will

this end? " Just can't seem to get it right the I love the concept of

IE.

Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta.

--

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thanks everyone! so far this has been some great inspiration Vicki wrote: For me IE is eating what I want when I am hungry. I offer myself healthful alternatives and decide from there. Today I ate a sundae nut cone for lunch.

Yesterday I had celery and carrot sticks dipped in ranch dressing. If I had wanted chocolate chip cookies I would have eaten them. It works for me. I do snack on pretzel sticks and this is why. When I am hungry in the middle of the day, I don’t want to eat something that fills me up and then I can’t eat supper with my family. I find that eating pretzel sticks satisfies my hunger and lets me be hungry again in a couple of hours. I never snack on goodies because they keep me from hunger at supper time. That’s why I eat my goodies at lunch. I don’t drink cola unless it is diet because it is empty calories that do not fill me up. If I am going to put a few hundred calories in my body, I would rather it be chocolate…LOL! Vicki From: IntuitiveEating_Support [mailto:IntuitiveEating_Support ] On Behalf Of Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 3:59 PM To: IntuitiveEating_Support Subject: Re: Success stories? Kelley, I just am not sure what some of you guys consider IE. For me it always worked. I gained weight in 1997 when my husband of 1 year came to me with some REAL bad news about his health but now I am back to my old ways and have lost 50 lbs and have about 20 more to go! But most my life I ate intuitively and it worked great and it is working again now. But for me it is not eating

whatever I want in excess. It is still about finding healthy recipes, healthy substitutes for fatty foods and whatnot. I will eat a brownie, or whatever, but only once in a while but knowing i can have it anytime of the day is probably why I only want it once in a while. I spend a lot of time coming up with healthy foods that are not fattening and making them taste good. I also will go to my mother in laws and eat her italian cooking, just in moderation. So I have not quite figured out if some people think IE is about just eating and eating or ? Sorry I probably should have asked sooner!! On 11/14/06, Kelley <kelleygarciasbcglobal (DOT) net> wrote: I can completely relate to those who are gaining and getting upset, and sometimes I get mad at IE and almost want to kick to the curb, but then I say no because it is the only way that I can maintain sanity! My question is though- is there anyone out there that has success stories? Has IE actually helped you to get down to a healthy weight and maintain it? Please let me know if it has! -kelley Day wrote: Carol... I feel

your frustration... but I had a small epiphany yesterday that I think is going to help me... maybe it'll give you a little insight... maybe not... but I know it has taken input from a variety of folks on this board and dietsurvivors to shake up my mind and find my own answers... For me... I was waiting too long to eat... I think I felt that if I ate as often as every 2 - 3 hrs then I must be a pig. I'd start the day off with a breakfast that just took me to satiety... then I was hungry again by 10:30... immediately I'd "feel" like it couldn't be hunger because normal people don't eat that often... WRONG... but I'd continue to wait... by lunchtime I'd be too hungry to stop at satiety... and I'd overeat... then I'd beat myself up... in my mind confirming that I have no control... so then later in the day I'd try again... and I'd wait too long and be nearly ravenous... and again overeat.... feeling like a failure each day as I went through this

taunt. I'm trying now to really listen... when I get hungry after 2 1/2 hrs I eat a snack... at my meals I'm able to maintain and not stuff myself... my meals are no more than about 1 1/2 cups of food... and my snack may be a handful of something... This has helped tremendously... no, I haven't lost weight yet as I only started this the other day... but I feel a bit more sane!!! Also, I gained a bunch of weight when I started this process because I didn't pay attention to hunger... and just ate when the mood hit me... It's critical that you release the pressure on yourself... in order to learn to do this... it's so important that you just tap into your body instead of listening to your mind telling you when you should eat and what you should eat... letting go of all the thinking and judgement... so that you can find your natural eating wisdom. I hope this helps in some small way. Hugs,

Carol <rmdudgeonjuno> wrote: I feel nearly at my wits end as I have gained weight again and my clothes are getting tight. I don't want to buy more clothes!!! I have been really hungry and gone past full especially when we go away for the weekend. Now the holidays are coming and I think, "When will this end?" Just can't seem to get it right the I love the concept of IE. Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. -- ..