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Hello group !

My name is Anne. I am 41 and have been compulsively eating then yo-yo

dieting since I was in grade school. My earliest memory thinking I

was fat was in 3rd grade ! The last year I have come a long way. I

have embraced the IE way of life. I have lost and then regained the

same amount of weight somany times, I can tell you that diets and

deprivation only temporialy work. Then you binge and eventually gain

back all the weight you lost and then some. Right now I am about 30

lbs overweight. I am trying hard to keep control of the " fat police "

and concentrate on the fact that I have a supportive husband and good

life despite my weight issues. My health is my concern not what size

jeans I can squeeze into. I am a big fan of Geneen Roth's books. She

seems to make a lot of since to me. She also writes some comical

stories from her own life that emphasize her points. My new years

resolution is to eat sitting down. (thats it!). I have 2 small kids

so that's fairly difficult. But I have been waking up earlier so I

can eat breakfast in a quiet stress free zone before they wake up.

Lunch is a zoo. But then I try to eat dinner at 5 while their in the

play room so once again I can sit ina stress free zone (I am figuring

out that I really don't pay attention to what I am eating when my

kids are around) I drink some hot tea during actual dinner. Family

meals just seem to be zoos in my house. Does anyone else have any kid

related strategies ? I also have having a hard time keeping out of

the diet frame of mind this time of year. Everywhere I look there are

magazine covers and TV shows devoted to dieting. Part of me wants to

go on a diet because I feel hope. But then the memory of my past

dieting experiences puts me in despair. Its just so tempting to pull

out all the SBeach and Zone cookbooks I have !

Sorry I have rambled

Anne