Re: Re: How much weight did you gain in the beginning?

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I relate to the struggle not to gain weight. I am having trouble feeling my fullness point. I am also having trouble recognizing when I am hungry, and then if I wait too long (due to circumstances beyond my control usually) then I am super hungry and over eat. I have gained some and it's so hard not to jump back on the diet bandwagon (the diet pills like Hoodia are calling to me) and I know I don't want to go that route again, but I am just scared of loosing all control.

Any tips on recognizing hunger and fullness would be appreciated.

Thanks,

jamie

Remember the five simple rules to be happy: 1. Free your heart from hatred. 2. Free your mind from worries. 3. Live simply. 4. Give more. 5. Expect less.

Re: How much weight did you gain in the beginning?

It might help you (and, it would seem, your friend) to pay particularattention to eating slowly, stopping when you're satisfied (but notstuffed), and being willing to store or discard the rest (i.e., resignfrom the Clean Plate Club).IE doesn't simply mean "do whatever you want." It does allowimperfection. (You can go crazy trying to be too carefuldistinguishing satisfaction from hunger or over-fullness. ) But itrequires gentle, persistent effort.I can't see how one would gain 30 pounds taking this approach. Itmight be necessary for some people to overeat for a time as a reboundfrom dieting, and then start IE in earnest once they feel all food islegal. Perhaps that is what your friend is doing or has done. Idon't believe for a second that it's necessary.My advice is to go food shopping and stock up your kitchen. Buyplenty of those Rubbermaid "serving savers" in various sizes so yourfood is portable;

they also eliminate any excuses for plate-cleaning.Have food that you enjoy available to you AT ALL TIMES and promiseyourself that it will always be available. Once you do that, andreally, truly believe it, you won't subconciously gorge your food inanticipation of mini-famines. Expect to eat every few hours, or evenmore often. And enjoy it!Bon appetit!Tim > I feel like its a vicious trap. If I am concerned about the weight > gain, the plan won't work and if I stop worrying about the weight > gain, I'll gain more weight then I can tolerate????

[Guest guest]

I relate to the struggle not to gain weight. I am having trouble feeling my fullness point. I am also having trouble recognizing when I am hungry, and then if I wait too long (due to circumstances beyond my control usually) then I am super hungry and over eat. I have gained some and it's so hard not to jump back on the diet bandwagon (the diet pills like Hoodia are calling to me) and I know I don't want to go that route again, but I am just scared of loosing all control.

Any tips on recognizing hunger and fullness would be appreciated.

Thanks,

jamie

Remember the five simple rules to be happy: 1. Free your heart from hatred. 2. Free your mind from worries. 3. Live simply. 4. Give more. 5. Expect less.

Re: How much weight did you gain in the beginning?

It might help you (and, it would seem, your friend) to pay particularattention to eating slowly, stopping when you're satisfied (but notstuffed), and being willing to store or discard the rest (i.e., resignfrom the Clean Plate Club).IE doesn't simply mean "do whatever you want." It does allowimperfection. (You can go crazy trying to be too carefuldistinguishing satisfaction from hunger or over-fullness. ) But itrequires gentle, persistent effort.I can't see how one would gain 30 pounds taking this approach. Itmight be necessary for some people to overeat for a time as a reboundfrom dieting, and then start IE in earnest once they feel all food islegal. Perhaps that is what your friend is doing or has done. Idon't believe for a second that it's necessary.My advice is to go food shopping and stock up your kitchen. Buyplenty of those Rubbermaid "serving savers" in various sizes so yourfood is portable;

they also eliminate any excuses for plate-cleaning.Have food that you enjoy available to you AT ALL TIMES and promiseyourself that it will always be available. Once you do that, andreally, truly believe it, you won't subconciously gorge your food inanticipation of mini-famines. Expect to eat every few hours, or evenmore often. And enjoy it!Bon appetit!Tim > I feel like its a vicious trap. If I am concerned about the weight > gain, the plan won't work and if I stop worrying about the weight > gain, I'll gain more weight then I can tolerate????

[Guest guest]

I relate to the struggle not to gain weight. I am having trouble feeling my fullness point. I am also having trouble recognizing when I am hungry, and then if I wait too long (due to circumstances beyond my control usually) then I am super hungry and over eat. I have gained some and it's so hard not to jump back on the diet bandwagon (the diet pills like Hoodia are calling to me) and I know I don't want to go that route again, but I am just scared of loosing all control.

Any tips on recognizing hunger and fullness would be appreciated.

Thanks,

jamie

Remember the five simple rules to be happy: 1. Free your heart from hatred. 2. Free your mind from worries. 3. Live simply. 4. Give more. 5. Expect less.

Re: How much weight did you gain in the beginning?

It might help you (and, it would seem, your friend) to pay particularattention to eating slowly, stopping when you're satisfied (but notstuffed), and being willing to store or discard the rest (i.e., resignfrom the Clean Plate Club).IE doesn't simply mean "do whatever you want." It does allowimperfection. (You can go crazy trying to be too carefuldistinguishing satisfaction from hunger or over-fullness. ) But itrequires gentle, persistent effort.I can't see how one would gain 30 pounds taking this approach. Itmight be necessary for some people to overeat for a time as a reboundfrom dieting, and then start IE in earnest once they feel all food islegal. Perhaps that is what your friend is doing or has done. Idon't believe for a second that it's necessary.My advice is to go food shopping and stock up your kitchen. Buyplenty of those Rubbermaid "serving savers" in various sizes so yourfood is portable;

they also eliminate any excuses for plate-cleaning.Have food that you enjoy available to you AT ALL TIMES and promiseyourself that it will always be available. Once you do that, andreally, truly believe it, you won't subconciously gorge your food inanticipation of mini-famines. Expect to eat every few hours, or evenmore often. And enjoy it!Bon appetit!Tim > I feel like its a vicious trap. If I am concerned about the weight > gain, the plan won't work and if I stop worrying about the weight > gain, I'll gain more weight then I can tolerate????

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I just started IE and the last 2 weeks i have lost 5 pounds.

le

were you under-weight before you started IE? i imagine if someone starts off underweight, they'd gain and if they started off over-weight, they'd lose. does this make sense to anyone else?> > > > > I feel like its a vicious trap. If I am concerned about the > weight > > > gain, the plan won't work and if I stop worrying about the > weight > > > gain, I'll gain more weight then I can tolerate????> >> -- I'm not mean, you're just a sissy

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This does actually scare me a little bit. I am trying to use IE in order to lose weight not put any on. I may be under the wrong assumption here, as I haven't fully read the book, but isn't IE about eating what you think your body needs or what you want, instead of being forced to eat all the healthy food that you might not want. Maybe I am incorrectly informed but I thought IE was eating what you wanted as long as you were hungry and then stopping when you were full. And I don't mean to always eat fried foods or always eat donuts but if you want to eat pizza for a meal then you should be able to correct? Am I barking up the wrong tree on this idea? Michele wrote: Actually, I disagree. You may gain weight. Your experience will depend on your history. . Michele CR: The Last Juror by Grisham

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[Guest guest]

This does actually scare me a little bit. I am trying to use IE in order to lose weight not put any on. I may be under the wrong assumption here, as I haven't fully read the book, but isn't IE about eating what you think your body needs or what you want, instead of being forced to eat all the healthy food that you might not want. Maybe I am incorrectly informed but I thought IE was eating what you wanted as long as you were hungry and then stopping when you were full. And I don't mean to always eat fried foods or always eat donuts but if you want to eat pizza for a meal then you should be able to correct? Am I barking up the wrong tree on this idea? Michele wrote: Actually, I disagree. You may gain weight. Your experience will depend on your history. . Michele CR: The Last Juror by Grisham

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[Guest guest]

I don't know how my metablolism is, I eat at a 3-4 and it's generally about 2 fists of food and i top it off with a small chocolate. and then try to forget about it until later. my problem is by the time i'm at a 3-4 there does not seem like enough time to make anything healthy before " i'll die " . so i am eating alot of healthy choice entrees

Ah! Lucky you, le! Congratulations. That must feel so good.Can I guess that you probably have a healthy metabolism to get such good results so quickly?> > >

> > > Actually, I disagree. You may gain weight. Your experience will> > > depend on your history. -- I'm not mean, you're just a sissy

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>I lost weight when my marriage broke up. After years of trying, all

>of a sudden, the pounds just slipped off, and taa-daa -- I was

>skinny!

That's what happened to me. My husband and I were separated and the weight

fell off. Even after we got back together I continued losing because I was

so thrilled.

>One of these days, I'll post an article on a " semi-starvation study "

>conducted in the 1940s. A study like that would be considered

>unethical today...... but at the time, they were truly surprised at

>the results. They didn't know how much damage they were doing to the

>participants. Men were placed on a 1500 calories/day diet for

>several months -- and they went to pieces.

I had many of the same things happen to me that happened to those men. I was

obsessed with cookbooks and recipes. I cut out soooo many recipes,

especially for desserts, and spent much of my time dreaming about food. I'd

cruise down the cookie aisle at the store just to gaze at the stuff I

" couldn't " eat. I was always, always freezing. These days -- well, I'd like

to lose weight yes -- but not if I'm going to end up where I was then!

I can't say that I've gained any weight because of IE. I have gained 35

pounds over the past few years, but it's because of bingeing, not IE. I

decided a year ago that I could never diet again, re-read IE, and tried to

live it. I weigh 20 pounds more than I did then, but not because of IE. I

continue to have episodes of binge eating and overeating because I still

don't quite trust myself and haven't completely let go of a diet mentality.

I feel as though I'm getting better at it, but as someone who's had issues

with eating since I was a young teen, I know it's going to take me longer

than someone who hasn't.

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