Guest guest Posted August 21, 2006 Report Share Posted August 21, 2006 Thanks, Gillian, for the information. It is good to hear from someone who is a veteran. Vicki P. From: IntuitiveEating_Support [mailto:IntuitiveEating_Support ] On Behalf Of Gillian Hood-son Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 11:46 AM To: IntuitiveEating_Support Subject: Re: introduction Hi Vicki, I have been able to stick with IE since I started. After my last diet, I was done and I refused to go back to anything even looking like a diet. As far as weight, I have maintained my weight within 10 pounds I would say (not sure since I don't weight myself). I still have difficult times, sometimes it seems easier to eat than to deal with my feelings. The good news is that these times don't last too long. Used to be my binging behavior would last up to a couple of weeks. Now, if it happens, I binge (and I don't eat as much as I used to) and I move on. No guilt, no skipping my next meal, or swearing to exercise to work it off. I also find that if I do eat too much, my body will compensate for it later and I am not as hungry. It's really interesting. Please keep in mind that when you find yourself off track, there is always something to be learned from it. It's a good time to step back and ask yourself what is going on, how you feel, and what you really need. Hope this helps! Gillian Gillian Hood-son, MS, ACSM Healthier Outcomes It's not just about losing weight! http://www.healthieroutcomes.com Four weeks to a new you teleclass series - this September! For more info: http://www.healthieroutcomes.com/teleseminars4weekseries.html At 08:02 AM 8/19/2006, you wrote: Gillian, Have you lost the weight that you needed to lose, and have you kept it off? Have you stayed with the program for 6 years or did you leave it and come back to it? I seem to be doing well with it but have had a few hard times along the way. I would love to know specifics from someone who has lived it for a while. Vicki From: IntuitiveEating_Support [ mailto:IntuitiveEating_Support ] On Behalf Of Gillian Hood-son Sent: Friday, August 18, 2006 1:45 PM To: IntuitiveEating_Support Subject: introduction Hi Everyone, I have been lurking here for a while so I thought it was time to say hi! My name is Gillian and I have been on the Intuitive Eating journey since 2000. I am a fitness coach and met a dietician through a colleague. I was a binge eating since the age of 7, I know how it happened. I grew up having to eat foods I didn't like, clean my plate, food restriction, etc. You guys know the story I am sure. I dieted for years with mixed results, and always finished with a great big diet deprivation backlash. Intuitive Eating really saved me from insanity, I don't know what I would do without it! Since finding help with IE, I went through a coach training program to help others. I have been doing this since 2003. I still have my moments when it feels life would be easier if I had some food to numb me. It's an up and down journey, but for those of you who are just getting started, I can tell you that the down times get shorter and shorter over time. I look forward to getting to know you. I am here to offer support as well as get support from the group. There are times I really need it! :-) Gillian Gillian Hood-son, MS, ACSM Healthier Outcomes It's not just about losing weight! http://www.healthieroutcomes.com Four weeks to a new you teleclass series - this September! For more info: http://www.healthieroutcomes.com/teleseminars4weekseries.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 21, 2006 Report Share Posted August 21, 2006 Thanks, Gillian, for the information. It is good to hear from someone who is a veteran. Vicki P. From: IntuitiveEating_Support [mailto:IntuitiveEating_Support ] On Behalf Of Gillian Hood-son Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 11:46 AM To: IntuitiveEating_Support Subject: Re: introduction Hi Vicki, I have been able to stick with IE since I started. After my last diet, I was done and I refused to go back to anything even looking like a diet. As far as weight, I have maintained my weight within 10 pounds I would say (not sure since I don't weight myself). I still have difficult times, sometimes it seems easier to eat than to deal with my feelings. The good news is that these times don't last too long. Used to be my binging behavior would last up to a couple of weeks. Now, if it happens, I binge (and I don't eat as much as I used to) and I move on. No guilt, no skipping my next meal, or swearing to exercise to work it off. I also find that if I do eat too much, my body will compensate for it later and I am not as hungry. It's really interesting. Please keep in mind that when you find yourself off track, there is always something to be learned from it. It's a good time to step back and ask yourself what is going on, how you feel, and what you really need. Hope this helps! Gillian Gillian Hood-son, MS, ACSM Healthier Outcomes It's not just about losing weight! http://www.healthieroutcomes.com Four weeks to a new you teleclass series - this September! For more info: http://www.healthieroutcomes.com/teleseminars4weekseries.html At 08:02 AM 8/19/2006, you wrote: Gillian, Have you lost the weight that you needed to lose, and have you kept it off? Have you stayed with the program for 6 years or did you leave it and come back to it? I seem to be doing well with it but have had a few hard times along the way. I would love to know specifics from someone who has lived it for a while. Vicki From: IntuitiveEating_Support [ mailto:IntuitiveEating_Support ] On Behalf Of Gillian Hood-son Sent: Friday, August 18, 2006 1:45 PM To: IntuitiveEating_Support Subject: introduction Hi Everyone, I have been lurking here for a while so I thought it was time to say hi! My name is Gillian and I have been on the Intuitive Eating journey since 2000. I am a fitness coach and met a dietician through a colleague. I was a binge eating since the age of 7, I know how it happened. I grew up having to eat foods I didn't like, clean my plate, food restriction, etc. You guys know the story I am sure. I dieted for years with mixed results, and always finished with a great big diet deprivation backlash. Intuitive Eating really saved me from insanity, I don't know what I would do without it! Since finding help with IE, I went through a coach training program to help others. I have been doing this since 2003. I still have my moments when it feels life would be easier if I had some food to numb me. It's an up and down journey, but for those of you who are just getting started, I can tell you that the down times get shorter and shorter over time. I look forward to getting to know you. I am here to offer support as well as get support from the group. There are times I really need it! :-) Gillian Gillian Hood-son, MS, ACSM Healthier Outcomes It's not just about losing weight! http://www.healthieroutcomes.com Four weeks to a new you teleclass series - this September! For more info: http://www.healthieroutcomes.com/teleseminars4weekseries.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 17, 2006 Report Share Posted November 17, 2006 Hi everyone. I just joined the group and I wanted to introduce myself. My name is Barbara, and I'm 34 and live in Wisconsin. I learned about the intutive eating website from the latest issue of Oprah, and I was very happy to see a link to this support group when I checked the website out. I've been struggling with emotional eating for as long as I can remember. About 10 years ago, I discovered Geneen Roth's writings, and they had a huge impact on my and my efforts to deal with my eating issues and patterns. Since then, I've also read the " Overcoming Overeating " books and of course, Intuitive Eating. Over the past 10 years, I've made a lot of progress. I can distinguish between physical and emotional hunger; I can rate my hunger levels and I know what level of hunger is the ideal time to eat. I know how to determine what my body wants to eat and when my body has had enough. I've also had short periods in my life when I've been able to eat from physical hunger pretty regularly. That said, I feel stalled right now. As soon as life gets busier and more stressful (which is most of the time), my emotional eating starts back up full force. I feel that I've gotten some of the basic stuff down on my own, but would really benefit from having a support community to help me get to the next level and learn how to stick with the intutive eating under normal life circumstances and not only when I'm on break from school (I'm a professor)or on vacation. I do see a therapist who helps me with my underlying emotional issues, but she's not an eating specialist, and isn't familiar with this approach to eating. I have several reasons why I want to work on these eating issues. 1) I use food to avoid dealing with assorted emotional issues and situations. I really want to learn how to deal with some of these issues head on instead of eating them away. 2) I worry about my long term health. I'm not overweight and I don't have any major health problems that i know of, but if I continue with my emotional eating patterns (my overeating food of choice is chocolate and sweets, and at particular times in my life I've consumed over a pound of chocolate a day for days/weeks on end.)I could do some serious damage. I'm all for eating chocolate and sweets, but I'd like to eat them when I actually want them and not when I'm in need of a security blanket or a stress reliever. Anyway, sorry for the length of this post. I just felt great to get this all down in writing. I really haven't had many people to talk to about my eating issue and even less people to talk to about the intuitive eating approach. Most people aren't familiar with it and/or don't really get it. I look forward to meeting you all! Barb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 14, 2007 Report Share Posted March 14, 2007 -----Forwarded Message----- From: le Sent: Mar 14, 2007 5:34 AM Hello, My name is le. I have always known that waiting until you are hungry and stopping when you are comfortable is the best way to lose weight and maintain it for life. I like the fact that you cannot fail doing it this way. If you happen to over eat , you just wait until you are hungry again. I have done Weighdown and led a couple of classes and successfully lost weight. Unfortunately the program had other intentions that I'm sure most of you know about. Well, I threw everything out including the bath water and gained 100 pounds! I'm so glad that there are other books/authors out there that believe in the hunger/ fullness philosophy. That's how I found this group. I ordered my book and can't wait to glean from it and find support from all of you. Thanks for reading, le Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 14, 2007 Report Share Posted March 14, 2007 -----Forwarded Message----- From: le Sent: Mar 14, 2007 5:34 AM Hello, My name is le. I have always known that waiting until you are hungry and stopping when you are comfortable is the best way to lose weight and maintain it for life. I like the fact that you cannot fail doing it this way. If you happen to over eat , you just wait until you are hungry again. I have done Weighdown and led a couple of classes and successfully lost weight. Unfortunately the program had other intentions that I'm sure most of you know about. Well, I threw everything out including the bath water and gained 100 pounds! I'm so glad that there are other books/authors out there that believe in the hunger/ fullness philosophy. That's how I found this group. I ordered my book and can't wait to glean from it and find support from all of you. Thanks for reading, le Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 14, 2007 Report Share Posted March 14, 2007 -----Forwarded Message----- From: le Sent: Mar 14, 2007 5:34 AM Hello, My name is le. I have always known that waiting until you are hungry and stopping when you are comfortable is the best way to lose weight and maintain it for life. I like the fact that you cannot fail doing it this way. If you happen to over eat , you just wait until you are hungry again. I have done Weighdown and led a couple of classes and successfully lost weight. Unfortunately the program had other intentions that I'm sure most of you know about. Well, I threw everything out including the bath water and gained 100 pounds! I'm so glad that there are other books/authors out there that believe in the hunger/ fullness philosophy. That's how I found this group. I ordered my book and can't wait to glean from it and find support from all of you. Thanks for reading, le Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 14, 2007 Report Share Posted March 14, 2007 Welcome le, This group is a great area of support. You will find some very intelligent women and men here who are very supportive and help out in your time of need. I have a question about Weighdown. What components of it didn't you like? Michele "Jenn S." wrote: -----Forwarded Message----- From: le Sent: Mar 14, 2007 5:34 AM Hello, My name is le. I have always known that waiting until you are hungry and stopping when you are comfortable is the best way to lose weight and maintain it for life. I like the fact that you cannot fail doing it this way. If you happen to over eat , you just wait until you are hungry again. I have done Weighdown and led a couple of classes and successfully lost weight. Unfortunately the program had other intentions that I'm sure most of you know about. Well, I threw everything out including the bath water and gained 100 pounds! I'm so glad that there are other books/authors out there that believe in the hunger/ fullness philosophy. That's how I found this group. I ordered my book and can't wait to glean from it and find support from all of you. Thanks for reading, le MicheleCR: Dream Mender Sherryl Woods RR: You've Got Male by Bevarly 3/5 Now that's room service! Choose from over 150,000 hotels in 45,000 destinations on Yahoo! Travel to find your fit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 14, 2007 Report Share Posted March 14, 2007 Welcome le, This group is a great area of support. You will find some very intelligent women and men here who are very supportive and help out in your time of need. I have a question about Weighdown. What components of it didn't you like? Michele "Jenn S." wrote: -----Forwarded Message----- From: le Sent: Mar 14, 2007 5:34 AM Hello, My name is le. I have always known that waiting until you are hungry and stopping when you are comfortable is the best way to lose weight and maintain it for life. I like the fact that you cannot fail doing it this way. If you happen to over eat , you just wait until you are hungry again. I have done Weighdown and led a couple of classes and successfully lost weight. Unfortunately the program had other intentions that I'm sure most of you know about. Well, I threw everything out including the bath water and gained 100 pounds! I'm so glad that there are other books/authors out there that believe in the hunger/ fullness philosophy. That's how I found this group. I ordered my book and can't wait to glean from it and find support from all of you. Thanks for reading, le MicheleCR: Dream Mender Sherryl Woods RR: You've Got Male by Bevarly 3/5 Now that's room service! Choose from over 150,000 hotels in 45,000 destinations on Yahoo! Travel to find your fit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 15, 2007 Report Share Posted March 15, 2007 Hi Michele, There was not anything I didn't like about the WDW. It was wonderful until Gwen started to impose a twist on her followers. When I followed the program in the beginnings, I felt a big burden lifted off of my shoulders. Freedom to eat with peace. You can continue on in other programs she offers like Weighdown Advance and Strongholds. In the beginning, I personally felt I had the grace from God to make mistakes and continue on down the path of sactification. Which, by the way, will never come full circle in this life time. In the later programs, Gwen starts to put the pressure on to conform to God's image. If you fail, you are outside of God's " will " , so to speak. Well, I'm sorry, nobody is perfect and never will be in this life time. We will always make mistakes. Anyway to make this short, I felt I was led by a dangling carrot or maybe a piece of chocolate! I truly was growing in my personal faith with the Lord, even through the mistakes I made. Then, Gwen let her full intentions be known through the other programs. Either conform to what I (Gwen) says is true about the Bible or admit that you have chosen a cheap grace because you are allowing sin to continue in your life. I'm sorry, Christ dying on the cross for my sins was not cheap. He came into the world to live with us and experience our struggles. I am thankful and try to contiually remind myself of this. He knows we are not perfect. That's why He died for us. That's why His gift of salvation is free! We can't earn it by trying to be perfect (sinless) as Gwen tries to indoctrinate. Wheew! This is my personal experience. I hope no one will take offence. This is not a sermon by any means. I am so glad to have found this group. I hope to gain a lot of wisdom from all of you who are on the same journey to IE! I just hope I can catch up to all of you. I have a lot of road ahead of me. : ) le > > Welcome le, > > This group is a great area of support. You will find some very intelligent women and men here who are very supportive and help out in your time of need. > > I have a question about Weighdown. What components of it didn't you like? > > Michele > > > > > > -----Forwarded Message----- > From: le > Sent: Mar 14, 2007 5:34 AM > > Hello, > > My name is le. I have always known that waiting until you are hungry and stopping when you are comfortable is the best way to lose weight and maintain it for life. I like the fact that you cannot fail doing it this way. If you happen to over eat , you just wait until you are hungry again. I have done Weighdown and led a couple of classes and successfully lost weight. Unfortunately the program had other intentions that I'm sure most of you know about. Well, I threw everything out including the bath water and gained 100 pounds! I'm so glad that there are other books/authors out there that believe in the hunger/ fullness philosophy. That's how I found this group. I ordered my book and can't wait to glean from it and find support from all of you. > > Thanks for reading, > le > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 15, 2007 Report Share Posted March 15, 2007 AMEN le!! Very well stated!! His (Christ's) gift is FREE -- by grace alone, not of works so no one can boast!! It is your discernment that lead you away from the lie and into the truth!! Nice to have you here!! God bless, Lori > > > > Welcome le, > > > > This group is a great area of support. You will find some very > intelligent women and men here who are very supportive and help out > in your time of need. > > > > I have a question about Weighdown. What components of it didn't > you like? > > > > Michele > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Forwarded Message----- > > From: le > > Sent: Mar 14, 2007 5:34 AM > > > > Hello, > > > > My name is le. I have always known that waiting until you > are hungry and stopping when you are comfortable is the best way to > lose weight and maintain it for life. I like the fact that you > cannot fail doing it this way. If you happen to over eat , you just > wait until you are hungry again. I have done Weighdown and led a > couple of classes and successfully lost weight. Unfortunately the > program had other intentions that I'm sure most of you know about. > Well, I threw everything out including the bath water and gained 100 > pounds! I'm so glad that there are other books/authors out there > that believe in the hunger/ fullness philosophy. That's how I found > this group. I ordered my book and can't wait to glean from it and > find support from all of you. > > > > Thanks for reading, > > le > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 15, 2007 Report Share Posted March 15, 2007 Amen to this. It's funny because Gwen had a testimony in her first book from a diabetic man and he said that we can't do anything to earn our salvation. I don't think Gwen believes that so I wondered why she put the man's testimony in her book. > > > > Welcome le, > > > > This group is a great area of support. You will find some very > intelligent women and men here who are very supportive and help out > in your time of need. > > > > I have a question about Weighdown. What components of it didn't > you like? > > > > Michele > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Forwarded Message----- > > From: le > > Sent: Mar 14, 2007 5:34 AM > > > > Hello, > > > > My name is le. I have always known that waiting until you > are hungry and stopping when you are comfortable is the best way to > lose weight and maintain it for life. I like the fact that you > cannot fail doing it this way. If you happen to over eat , you just > wait until you are hungry again. I have done Weighdown and led a > couple of classes and successfully lost weight. Unfortunately the > program had other intentions that I'm sure most of you know about. > Well, I threw everything out including the bath water and gained 100 > pounds! I'm so glad that there are other books/authors out there > that believe in the hunger/ fullness philosophy. That's how I found > this group. I ordered my book and can't wait to glean from it and > find support from all of you. > > > > Thanks for reading, > > le > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 15, 2007 Report Share Posted March 15, 2007 Amen to this. It's funny because Gwen had a testimony in her first book from a diabetic man and he said that we can't do anything to earn our salvation. I don't think Gwen believes that so I wondered why she put the man's testimony in her book. > > > > Welcome le, > > > > This group is a great area of support. You will find some very > intelligent women and men here who are very supportive and help out > in your time of need. > > > > I have a question about Weighdown. What components of it didn't > you like? > > > > Michele > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Forwarded Message----- > > From: le > > Sent: Mar 14, 2007 5:34 AM > > > > Hello, > > > > My name is le. I have always known that waiting until you > are hungry and stopping when you are comfortable is the best way to > lose weight and maintain it for life. I like the fact that you > cannot fail doing it this way. If you happen to over eat , you just > wait until you are hungry again. I have done Weighdown and led a > couple of classes and successfully lost weight. Unfortunately the > program had other intentions that I'm sure most of you know about. > Well, I threw everything out including the bath water and gained 100 > pounds! I'm so glad that there are other books/authors out there > that believe in the hunger/ fullness philosophy. That's how I found > this group. I ordered my book and can't wait to glean from it and > find support from all of you. > > > > Thanks for reading, > > le > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 16, 2007 Report Share Posted March 16, 2007 There was an article is " Self " about this a few months back. Many former participants in the program voiced the same opinion; that Gwen has become an almost cult-like figure, and that there is no room for mistakes. > > > > Welcome le, > > > > This group is a great area of support. You will find some very > intelligent women and men here who are very supportive and help out > in your time of need. > > > > I have a question about Weighdown. What components of it didn't > you like? > > > > Michele > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Forwarded Message----- > > From: le > > Sent: Mar 14, 2007 5:34 AM > > > > Hello, > > > > My name is le. I have always known that waiting until you > are hungry and stopping when you are comfortable is the best way to > lose weight and maintain it for life. I like the fact that you > cannot fail doing it this way. If you happen to over eat , you just > wait until you are hungry again. I have done Weighdown and led a > couple of classes and successfully lost weight. Unfortunately the > program had other intentions that I'm sure most of you know about. > Well, I threw everything out including the bath water and gained 100 > pounds! I'm so glad that there are other books/authors out there > that believe in the hunger/ fullness philosophy. That's how I found > this group. I ordered my book and can't wait to glean from it and > find support from all of you. > > > > Thanks for reading, > > le > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 16, 2007 Report Share Posted March 16, 2007 There was an article is " Self " about this a few months back. Many former participants in the program voiced the same opinion; that Gwen has become an almost cult-like figure, and that there is no room for mistakes. > > > > Welcome le, > > > > This group is a great area of support. You will find some very > intelligent women and men here who are very supportive and help out > in your time of need. > > > > I have a question about Weighdown. What components of it didn't > you like? > > > > Michele > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Forwarded Message----- > > From: le > > Sent: Mar 14, 2007 5:34 AM > > > > Hello, > > > > My name is le. I have always known that waiting until you > are hungry and stopping when you are comfortable is the best way to > lose weight and maintain it for life. I like the fact that you > cannot fail doing it this way. If you happen to over eat , you just > wait until you are hungry again. I have done Weighdown and led a > couple of classes and successfully lost weight. Unfortunately the > program had other intentions that I'm sure most of you know about. > Well, I threw everything out including the bath water and gained 100 > pounds! I'm so glad that there are other books/authors out there > that believe in the hunger/ fullness philosophy. That's how I found > this group. I ordered my book and can't wait to glean from it and > find support from all of you. > > > > Thanks for reading, > > le > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 16, 2007 Report Share Posted March 16, 2007 There was an article is " Self " about this a few months back. Many former participants in the program voiced the same opinion; that Gwen has become an almost cult-like figure, and that there is no room for mistakes. > > > > Welcome le, > > > > This group is a great area of support. You will find some very > intelligent women and men here who are very supportive and help out > in your time of need. > > > > I have a question about Weighdown. What components of it didn't > you like? > > > > Michele > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Forwarded Message----- > > From: le > > Sent: Mar 14, 2007 5:34 AM > > > > Hello, > > > > My name is le. I have always known that waiting until you > are hungry and stopping when you are comfortable is the best way to > lose weight and maintain it for life. I like the fact that you > cannot fail doing it this way. If you happen to over eat , you just > wait until you are hungry again. I have done Weighdown and led a > couple of classes and successfully lost weight. Unfortunately the > program had other intentions that I'm sure most of you know about. > Well, I threw everything out including the bath water and gained 100 > pounds! I'm so glad that there are other books/authors out there > that believe in the hunger/ fullness philosophy. That's how I found > this group. I ordered my book and can't wait to glean from it and > find support from all of you. > > > > Thanks for reading, > > le > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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