Guest guest Posted June 20, 2007 Report Share Posted June 20, 2007 Welcome " kerrihousley " ! You have made a wise decision to incorporate IE into your life. Don't be upset if you initially try to do this in the same ways you would have tried new diets, that is very common. However IE is not about weight really, its about eating for reasons that FUEL your body, not 'feed' your other drives (suppressed emotions being #1). I do hope that after you trash your diet stuff, you will get a book or two to read about IE so that you can learn about it and keep that your focus whenever diet mentality crashes back upon you. Its a big step, but it sounds like the right one for you. BEST wishes ehugs, Katcha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 20, 2007 Report Share Posted June 20, 2007 > > Welcome " kerrihousley " ! You have made a wise decision to incorporate > IE into your life. Don't be upset if you initially try to do this in > the same ways you would have tried new diets, that is very common. > However IE is not about weight really, its about eating for reasons > that FUEL your body, not 'feed' your other drives (suppressed emotions > being #1). > > I do hope that after you trash your diet stuff, you will get a book or > two to read about IE so that you can learn about it and keep that your > focus whenever diet mentality crashes back upon you. Its a big step, > but it sounds like the right one for you. BEST wishes ehugs, Katcha > Thanks for the warm welcome and words of support. I am excited about my new path, I can't wait to see where it leads. I still have the tendency to look at food labels for calorie content. Oh well, old habits diet hard. The day I can pick up a food and not look at the label, I know I am making progress. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 20, 2007 Report Share Posted June 20, 2007 > > Welcome " kerrihousley " ! You have made a wise decision to incorporate > IE into your life. Don't be upset if you initially try to do this in > the same ways you would have tried new diets, that is very common. > However IE is not about weight really, its about eating for reasons > that FUEL your body, not 'feed' your other drives (suppressed emotions > being #1). > > I do hope that after you trash your diet stuff, you will get a book or > two to read about IE so that you can learn about it and keep that your > focus whenever diet mentality crashes back upon you. Its a big step, > but it sounds like the right one for you. BEST wishes ehugs, Katcha > Thanks for the warm welcome and words of support. I am excited about my new path, I can't wait to see where it leads. I still have the tendency to look at food labels for calorie content. Oh well, old habits diet hard. The day I can pick up a food and not look at the label, I know I am making progress. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 20, 2007 Report Share Posted June 20, 2007 > > Welcome " kerrihousley " ! You have made a wise decision to incorporate > IE into your life. Don't be upset if you initially try to do this in > the same ways you would have tried new diets, that is very common. > However IE is not about weight really, its about eating for reasons > that FUEL your body, not 'feed' your other drives (suppressed emotions > being #1). > > I do hope that after you trash your diet stuff, you will get a book or > two to read about IE so that you can learn about it and keep that your > focus whenever diet mentality crashes back upon you. Its a big step, > but it sounds like the right one for you. BEST wishes ehugs, Katcha > Thanks for the warm welcome and words of support. I am excited about my new path, I can't wait to see where it leads. I still have the tendency to look at food labels for calorie content. Oh well, old habits diet hard. The day I can pick up a food and not look at the label, I know I am making progress. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 20, 2007 Report Share Posted June 20, 2007 Hi Kerri, I'm also new to IE. I read the IE book and I'm actually reading through parts of it again. Like you I'm still falling into the trap of defining foods as " good " or " bad " . The diet mentality is definitely hard to shake. I have noticed that my binging has lessened, and I think the fact that I'm not making any foods off limits has helped. I used to binge on a whole bag of Hershey Kisses and then when I was done I'd think " There, now that those are all gone I won't have them tempting me " all the while having a horrible stomach ache. How messed up is that?!! Now I'll tell myself that I can enjoy chocolate, and heck I can eat the whole bag if I want but somehow knowing that I CAN have more makes me eat less. I'm hoping this means I'm on the right track. I would like to lose about 15 pounds to be at a weight where I feel comfortable and healthy, but I also would like to have a healthier mental attitude about foods. Everyone in this group is so helpful, I'm sure we'll both learn a lot! Patty > > I am new to the IE concept but I love the idea of eating normally > w/o counting, and writing down everything I eat. > > I'm a habitual dieter. One day I'm on a new diet, the next day I'm > off. I don't have alot of weight to lose and I probably could just > live with where I'm at if I could lose the diet habit. It's more > frustrating than the extra 15 pounds. > > Eating has become no fun to me. Even the foods I love, I don't enjoy. > Food is not nourishment to me, it's a fat, a carb, a calories. > It's my friend and my enemy. > > For me exercise is not about just moving and having fun. It's only > about burning calories. I can't find time for 30 minutes of cardio > every single day of my life and I don't want to. > Why can't I count playing with my daughter @ the park as exercise? > I can now. > > My first step was to throw all my " diet " material into the trash. > and I think I'll take walk just to enjoy being outside. > > Any advice would be greatly appreciated. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 20, 2007 Report Share Posted June 20, 2007 Hi Kerri, I'm also new to IE. I read the IE book and I'm actually reading through parts of it again. Like you I'm still falling into the trap of defining foods as " good " or " bad " . The diet mentality is definitely hard to shake. I have noticed that my binging has lessened, and I think the fact that I'm not making any foods off limits has helped. I used to binge on a whole bag of Hershey Kisses and then when I was done I'd think " There, now that those are all gone I won't have them tempting me " all the while having a horrible stomach ache. How messed up is that?!! Now I'll tell myself that I can enjoy chocolate, and heck I can eat the whole bag if I want but somehow knowing that I CAN have more makes me eat less. I'm hoping this means I'm on the right track. I would like to lose about 15 pounds to be at a weight where I feel comfortable and healthy, but I also would like to have a healthier mental attitude about foods. Everyone in this group is so helpful, I'm sure we'll both learn a lot! Patty > > I am new to the IE concept but I love the idea of eating normally > w/o counting, and writing down everything I eat. > > I'm a habitual dieter. One day I'm on a new diet, the next day I'm > off. I don't have alot of weight to lose and I probably could just > live with where I'm at if I could lose the diet habit. It's more > frustrating than the extra 15 pounds. > > Eating has become no fun to me. Even the foods I love, I don't enjoy. > Food is not nourishment to me, it's a fat, a carb, a calories. > It's my friend and my enemy. > > For me exercise is not about just moving and having fun. It's only > about burning calories. I can't find time for 30 minutes of cardio > every single day of my life and I don't want to. > Why can't I count playing with my daughter @ the park as exercise? > I can now. > > My first step was to throw all my " diet " material into the trash. > and I think I'll take walk just to enjoy being outside. > > Any advice would be greatly appreciated. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 20, 2007 Report Share Posted June 20, 2007 Hi Kerri, I'm also new to IE. I read the IE book and I'm actually reading through parts of it again. Like you I'm still falling into the trap of defining foods as " good " or " bad " . The diet mentality is definitely hard to shake. I have noticed that my binging has lessened, and I think the fact that I'm not making any foods off limits has helped. I used to binge on a whole bag of Hershey Kisses and then when I was done I'd think " There, now that those are all gone I won't have them tempting me " all the while having a horrible stomach ache. How messed up is that?!! Now I'll tell myself that I can enjoy chocolate, and heck I can eat the whole bag if I want but somehow knowing that I CAN have more makes me eat less. I'm hoping this means I'm on the right track. I would like to lose about 15 pounds to be at a weight where I feel comfortable and healthy, but I also would like to have a healthier mental attitude about foods. Everyone in this group is so helpful, I'm sure we'll both learn a lot! Patty > > I am new to the IE concept but I love the idea of eating normally > w/o counting, and writing down everything I eat. > > I'm a habitual dieter. One day I'm on a new diet, the next day I'm > off. I don't have alot of weight to lose and I probably could just > live with where I'm at if I could lose the diet habit. It's more > frustrating than the extra 15 pounds. > > Eating has become no fun to me. Even the foods I love, I don't enjoy. > Food is not nourishment to me, it's a fat, a carb, a calories. > It's my friend and my enemy. > > For me exercise is not about just moving and having fun. It's only > about burning calories. I can't find time for 30 minutes of cardio > every single day of my life and I don't want to. > Why can't I count playing with my daughter @ the park as exercise? > I can now. > > My first step was to throw all my " diet " material into the trash. > and I think I'll take walk just to enjoy being outside. > > Any advice would be greatly appreciated. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 21, 2007 Report Share Posted June 21, 2007 Patty - I hear you about the Hershey Kisses! Mine was always Peanut M & M's. I am also working with an IE therapist (sorry, Gillian;-), and one of her exercises for me one week was to go to Sam's Club and buy (I kid you not) 6 - 3# bags of Peanut M & M's, pour one in a bowl, leave it on the counter and when it was gone, refill it and go buy another 3# bag. This way, I know I can't eat 18# of M & M's at one go, so I only have them when I really want them, then I just have a few and I'm satisfied. May I share that I haven't even gone through the first bag and have 5 unopened bags sitting in my office? If I had bought the box with the packages of M & M's in it, I would have eaten a pack each day mindlessly and then the whole box would have been gone weeks ago. The theory behind it is that since I'm not deprived of them and they'll never run out, I can let go of the deprivation and diet mentality that they are "Bad" and they're just there. And they are....just there. My family ate off of them the first few days, but now they sit, gathering dust. It's really quite fascinating. I know it got long, but I'm just so inspired by the whole concept of living my life this way, it just feels right to be developing that internal control. Everyone have a terrific day, Peace & Blessings, CW Bored stiff? Loosen up...Download and play hundreds of games for free on Yahoo! Games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 21, 2007 Report Share Posted June 21, 2007 CW, I 'legalized' chocolate following this type of exercise and one thing I will emphasize is that you really really really need to make sure you have MORE than you can possibly eat on hand for this to work. At first I only bought about a pound of chocolate peanuts (bulk section of grocery store) and was easily able to eat these within a week's time (I shop once a week). But after I bought 5+ pounds, my 'desire' to eat these dropped. Not only were they 'available', I was able to let myself experience how it felt to eat so much chocolate - and its not as wonderful as the taste - lol. I was also able to discover for myself that chocolate is a FOOD and eating it isn't 'bad', its eating it when I'm not hungry that is something I have to work with, not the chocolate itself. Its wild when a salad sounds better than eating chocolate ML Carver wrote: > > Patty - > I hear you about the Hershey Kisses! Mine was always Peanut M & M's. I am also working with an IE therapist (sorry, Gillian;-), and one of her exercises for me one week was to go to Sam's Club and buy (I kid you not) 6 - 3# bags of Peanut M & M's, pour one in a bowl, leave it on the counter and when it was gone, refill it and go buy another 3# bag. This way, I know I can't eat 18# of M & M's at one go, so I only have them when I really want them, then I just have a few and I'm satisfied. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 21, 2007 Report Share Posted June 21, 2007 CW, I 'legalized' chocolate following this type of exercise and one thing I will emphasize is that you really really really need to make sure you have MORE than you can possibly eat on hand for this to work. At first I only bought about a pound of chocolate peanuts (bulk section of grocery store) and was easily able to eat these within a week's time (I shop once a week). But after I bought 5+ pounds, my 'desire' to eat these dropped. Not only were they 'available', I was able to let myself experience how it felt to eat so much chocolate - and its not as wonderful as the taste - lol. I was also able to discover for myself that chocolate is a FOOD and eating it isn't 'bad', its eating it when I'm not hungry that is something I have to work with, not the chocolate itself. Its wild when a salad sounds better than eating chocolate ML Carver wrote: > > Patty - > I hear you about the Hershey Kisses! Mine was always Peanut M & M's. I am also working with an IE therapist (sorry, Gillian;-), and one of her exercises for me one week was to go to Sam's Club and buy (I kid you not) 6 - 3# bags of Peanut M & M's, pour one in a bowl, leave it on the counter and when it was gone, refill it and go buy another 3# bag. This way, I know I can't eat 18# of M & M's at one go, so I only have them when I really want them, then I just have a few and I'm satisfied. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 21, 2007 Report Share Posted June 21, 2007 Those are great suggestions for legalizing foods. Isn't it funny how just the fact that you have too much of something in the house makes it less tempting? It's almost like playing mind games with yourself. > >> > Patty -> > I hear you about the Hershey Kisses! Mine was always Peanut M & > M's. I am also working with an IE therapist (sorry, Gillian;-), and> one of her exercises for me one week was to go to Sam's Club and buy> (I kid you not) 6 - 3# bags of Peanut M & M's, pour one in a bowl,> leave it on the counter and when it was gone, refill it and go buy> another 3# bag. This way, I know I can't eat 18# of M & M's at one go,> so I only have them when I really want them, then I just have a few> and I'm satisfied.> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 21, 2007 Report Share Posted June 21, 2007 Those are great suggestions for legalizing foods. Isn't it funny how just the fact that you have too much of something in the house makes it less tempting? It's almost like playing mind games with yourself. > >> > Patty -> > I hear you about the Hershey Kisses! Mine was always Peanut M & > M's. I am also working with an IE therapist (sorry, Gillian;-), and> one of her exercises for me one week was to go to Sam's Club and buy> (I kid you not) 6 - 3# bags of Peanut M & M's, pour one in a bowl,> leave it on the counter and when it was gone, refill it and go buy> another 3# bag. This way, I know I can't eat 18# of M & M's at one go,> so I only have them when I really want them, then I just have a few> and I'm satisfied.> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 21, 2007 Report Share Posted June 21, 2007 CW - don't be sorry, that's silly! :-) I'm excited to hear that you found an IE therapist. Where are you located? I would love to have a list of IE therapists so when I have a client that really needs therapy versus coaching I can refer her to one. I've been very excited to see the growth of the non-diet movement in the last year or so. I went to a one-day workshop with Elyse Resch and Tribole last month and there were so many dieticians and therapists there, it was really good to see. The more we can get the word out, the sooner we can get rid of the diet industry, that's one of my goals. I know it's going to happen sometime. Thanks! Gillian Gillian Hood-son, MS, ACSM Healthier Outcomes It's not just about losing weight! Want to eat your favorite foods without gaining weight? Get your copy of our fr*e special report, " 6 Simple Steps to Guilt Free Eating " by visiting http://www.healthieroutcomes.com At 09:37 AM 6/21/2007, you wrote: Patty - I hear you about the Hershey Kisses! Mine was always Peanut M & M's. I am also working with an IE therapist (sorry, Gillian;-), and one of her exercises for me one week was to go to Sam's Club and buy (I kid you not) 6 - 3# bags of Peanut M & M's, pour one in a bowl, leave it on the counter and when it was gone, refill it and go buy another 3# bag. This way, I know I can't eat 18# of M & M's at one go, so I only have them when I really want them, then I just have a few and I'm satisfied. May I share that I haven't even gone through the first bag and have 5 unopened bags sitting in my office? If I had bought the box with the packages of M & M's in it, I would have eaten a pack each day mindlessly and then the whole box would have been gone weeks ago. The theory behind it is that since I'm not deprived of them and they'll never run out, I can let go of the deprivation and diet mentality that they are " Bad " and they're just there. And they are....just there. My family ate off of them the first few days, but now they sit, gathering dust. It's really quite fascinating. I know it got long, but I'm just so inspired by the whole concept of living my life this way, it just feels right to be developing that internal control. Everyone have a terrific day, Peace & Blessings, CW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 21, 2007 Report Share Posted June 21, 2007 CW - don't be sorry, that's silly! :-) I'm excited to hear that you found an IE therapist. Where are you located? I would love to have a list of IE therapists so when I have a client that really needs therapy versus coaching I can refer her to one. I've been very excited to see the growth of the non-diet movement in the last year or so. I went to a one-day workshop with Elyse Resch and Tribole last month and there were so many dieticians and therapists there, it was really good to see. The more we can get the word out, the sooner we can get rid of the diet industry, that's one of my goals. I know it's going to happen sometime. Thanks! Gillian Gillian Hood-son, MS, ACSM Healthier Outcomes It's not just about losing weight! Want to eat your favorite foods without gaining weight? Get your copy of our fr*e special report, " 6 Simple Steps to Guilt Free Eating " by visiting http://www.healthieroutcomes.com At 09:37 AM 6/21/2007, you wrote: Patty - I hear you about the Hershey Kisses! Mine was always Peanut M & M's. I am also working with an IE therapist (sorry, Gillian;-), and one of her exercises for me one week was to go to Sam's Club and buy (I kid you not) 6 - 3# bags of Peanut M & M's, pour one in a bowl, leave it on the counter and when it was gone, refill it and go buy another 3# bag. This way, I know I can't eat 18# of M & M's at one go, so I only have them when I really want them, then I just have a few and I'm satisfied. May I share that I haven't even gone through the first bag and have 5 unopened bags sitting in my office? If I had bought the box with the packages of M & M's in it, I would have eaten a pack each day mindlessly and then the whole box would have been gone weeks ago. The theory behind it is that since I'm not deprived of them and they'll never run out, I can let go of the deprivation and diet mentality that they are " Bad " and they're just there. And they are....just there. My family ate off of them the first few days, but now they sit, gathering dust. It's really quite fascinating. I know it got long, but I'm just so inspired by the whole concept of living my life this way, it just feels right to be developing that internal control. Everyone have a terrific day, Peace & Blessings, CW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 21, 2007 Report Share Posted June 21, 2007 Hey CW & Katcha, I do the same thing every week, where I stock my cupboard with junk food and limit my healthy food selection. My husband is even getting sick of it! Anyhow, those foods have lost their allure to me, now. I mostly crave cereal, ice berg lettuce and crunchy tomatoes. Yum! Emma Re: New to IE CW, I 'legalized' chocolate following this type of exercise and onething I will emphasize is that you really really really need to makesure you have MORE than you can possibly eat on hand for this to work.At first I only bought about a pound of chocolate peanuts (bulksection of grocery store) and was easily able to eat these within aweek's time (I shop once a week). But after I bought 5+ pounds, my'desire' to eat these dropped. Not only were they 'available', I wasable to let myself experience how it felt to eat so much chocolate -and its not as wonderful as the taste - lol. I was also able todiscover for myself that chocolate is a FOOD and eating it isn't'bad', its eating it when I'm not hungry that is something I have towork with, not the chocolate itself. Its wild when a salad soundsbetter than eating chocolate :)ML Carver <CarverMLDz@ ...> wrote:>> Patty -> I hear you about the Hershey Kisses! Mine was always Peanut M & M's. I am also working with an IE therapist (sorry, Gillian;-), andone of her exercises for me one week was to go to Sam's Club and buy(I kid you not) 6 - 3# bags of Peanut M & M's, pour one in a bowl,leave it on the counter and when it was gone, refill it and go buyanother 3# bag. This way, I know I can't eat 18# of M & M's at one go,so I only have them when I really want them, then I just have a fewand I'm satisfied. Park yourself in front of a world of choices in alternative vehicles.Visit the Yahoo! Auto Green Center. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 21, 2007 Report Share Posted June 21, 2007 Hey CW & Katcha, I do the same thing every week, where I stock my cupboard with junk food and limit my healthy food selection. My husband is even getting sick of it! Anyhow, those foods have lost their allure to me, now. I mostly crave cereal, ice berg lettuce and crunchy tomatoes. Yum! Emma Re: New to IE CW, I 'legalized' chocolate following this type of exercise and onething I will emphasize is that you really really really need to makesure you have MORE than you can possibly eat on hand for this to work.At first I only bought about a pound of chocolate peanuts (bulksection of grocery store) and was easily able to eat these within aweek's time (I shop once a week). But after I bought 5+ pounds, my'desire' to eat these dropped. Not only were they 'available', I wasable to let myself experience how it felt to eat so much chocolate -and its not as wonderful as the taste - lol. I was also able todiscover for myself that chocolate is a FOOD and eating it isn't'bad', its eating it when I'm not hungry that is something I have towork with, not the chocolate itself. Its wild when a salad soundsbetter than eating chocolate :)ML Carver <CarverMLDz@ ...> wrote:>> Patty -> I hear you about the Hershey Kisses! Mine was always Peanut M & M's. I am also working with an IE therapist (sorry, Gillian;-), andone of her exercises for me one week was to go to Sam's Club and buy(I kid you not) 6 - 3# bags of Peanut M & M's, pour one in a bowl,leave it on the counter and when it was gone, refill it and go buyanother 3# bag. This way, I know I can't eat 18# of M & M's at one go,so I only have them when I really want them, then I just have a fewand I'm satisfied. Park yourself in front of a world of choices in alternative vehicles.Visit the Yahoo! Auto Green Center. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 21, 2007 Report Share Posted June 21, 2007 Hey CW & Katcha, I do the same thing every week, where I stock my cupboard with junk food and limit my healthy food selection. My husband is even getting sick of it! Anyhow, those foods have lost their allure to me, now. I mostly crave cereal, ice berg lettuce and crunchy tomatoes. Yum! Emma Re: New to IE CW, I 'legalized' chocolate following this type of exercise and onething I will emphasize is that you really really really need to makesure you have MORE than you can possibly eat on hand for this to work.At first I only bought about a pound of chocolate peanuts (bulksection of grocery store) and was easily able to eat these within aweek's time (I shop once a week). But after I bought 5+ pounds, my'desire' to eat these dropped. Not only were they 'available', I wasable to let myself experience how it felt to eat so much chocolate -and its not as wonderful as the taste - lol. I was also able todiscover for myself that chocolate is a FOOD and eating it isn't'bad', its eating it when I'm not hungry that is something I have towork with, not the chocolate itself. Its wild when a salad soundsbetter than eating chocolate :)ML Carver <CarverMLDz@ ...> wrote:>> Patty -> I hear you about the Hershey Kisses! Mine was always Peanut M & M's. I am also working with an IE therapist (sorry, Gillian;-), andone of her exercises for me one week was to go to Sam's Club and buy(I kid you not) 6 - 3# bags of Peanut M & M's, pour one in a bowl,leave it on the counter and when it was gone, refill it and go buyanother 3# bag. This way, I know I can't eat 18# of M & M's at one go,so I only have them when I really want them, then I just have a fewand I'm satisfied. Park yourself in front of a world of choices in alternative vehicles.Visit the Yahoo! Auto Green Center. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 22, 2007 Report Share Posted June 22, 2007 I'm curious. . .I can absolutely understand how this works. I did a similar thing with (believe it or not) graham crackers years ago and it did work, BUT my question is what happens when the " experiment " is over? Do you still keep the candy around? I can tell you that if I had peanut M & Ms in the house and out in a bowl, I would eat a few every day, just because they're there. J. -- In IntuitiveEating_Support , ML Carver wrote: > > Patty - > I hear you about the Hershey Kisses! Mine was always Peanut M & M's. I am also working with an IE therapist (sorry, Gillian;-), and one of her exercises for me one week was to go to Sam's Club and buy (I kid you not) 6 - 3# bags of Peanut M & M's, pour one in a bowl, leave it on the counter and when it was gone, refill it and go buy another 3# bag. > > --------------------------------- > Bored stiff? Loosen up... > Download and play hundreds of games for free on Yahoo! Games. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 22, 2007 Report Share Posted June 22, 2007 I'm curious. . .I can absolutely understand how this works. I did a similar thing with (believe it or not) graham crackers years ago and it did work, BUT my question is what happens when the " experiment " is over? Do you still keep the candy around? I can tell you that if I had peanut M & Ms in the house and out in a bowl, I would eat a few every day, just because they're there. J. -- In IntuitiveEating_Support , ML Carver wrote: > > Patty - > I hear you about the Hershey Kisses! Mine was always Peanut M & M's. I am also working with an IE therapist (sorry, Gillian;-), and one of her exercises for me one week was to go to Sam's Club and buy (I kid you not) 6 - 3# bags of Peanut M & M's, pour one in a bowl, leave it on the counter and when it was gone, refill it and go buy another 3# bag. > > --------------------------------- > Bored stiff? Loosen up... > Download and play hundreds of games for free on Yahoo! Games. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 22, 2007 Report Share Posted June 22, 2007 I'm curious. . .I can absolutely understand how this works. I did a similar thing with (believe it or not) graham crackers years ago and it did work, BUT my question is what happens when the " experiment " is over? Do you still keep the candy around? I can tell you that if I had peanut M & Ms in the house and out in a bowl, I would eat a few every day, just because they're there. J. -- In IntuitiveEating_Support , ML Carver wrote: > > Patty - > I hear you about the Hershey Kisses! Mine was always Peanut M & M's. I am also working with an IE therapist (sorry, Gillian;-), and one of her exercises for me one week was to go to Sam's Club and buy (I kid you not) 6 - 3# bags of Peanut M & M's, pour one in a bowl, leave it on the counter and when it was gone, refill it and go buy another 3# bag. > > --------------------------------- > Bored stiff? Loosen up... > Download and play hundreds of games for free on Yahoo! Games. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 22, 2007 Report Share Posted June 22, 2007 Gillian, per your requests for IE therapists, my husband has been talking with Ellen Shuman at A Weigh Out for several months now, and has found the experience valuable. She is a life coach working with food issues. From everything he as told me, she seems to follow the IE approach (she recommended that he read the Intuitive Eating book). She does most of her work over the phone, so location isn't an issue. Here is her website if anyone is interested. http://www.aweighout.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 22, 2007 Report Share Posted June 22, 2007 Gillian, per your requests for IE therapists, my husband has been talking with Ellen Shuman at A Weigh Out for several months now, and has found the experience valuable. She is a life coach working with food issues. From everything he as told me, she seems to follow the IE approach (she recommended that he read the Intuitive Eating book). She does most of her work over the phone, so location isn't an issue. Here is her website if anyone is interested. http://www.aweighout.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 23, 2007 Report Share Posted June 23, 2007 - It isn't an experiment. You learn from doing something like this (with whatever foods you need to do it with) that ALL foods have a place in your life. No one will ever take it away from you, you can have it for the rest of your life whenever you are hungry for it. I asked my therapist a similar question and her response was that if somewhere in the back of my head I still had the idea that at some point I was still going to restrict myself from any foods or "go on a diet again" this process will not work. IE isn't a temporary fix or another "eating program" it is learning to make peace with food, yourself, your body (no matter where it is at the moment) for the rest of your life. As a compulsive, binge eater, I know that it seems impossible that you can really have all these foods that have formerly triggered binges around and "allowed", but part of the work is that you will start to think about WHY you are reaching for whatever food and figure out what's really behind the urge to binge - on anything. I wish you luck and peace on your journey, CW Don't get soaked. Take a quick peak at the forecast with theYahoo! Search weather shortcut. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 23, 2007 Report Share Posted June 23, 2007 - It isn't an experiment. You learn from doing something like this (with whatever foods you need to do it with) that ALL foods have a place in your life. No one will ever take it away from you, you can have it for the rest of your life whenever you are hungry for it. I asked my therapist a similar question and her response was that if somewhere in the back of my head I still had the idea that at some point I was still going to restrict myself from any foods or "go on a diet again" this process will not work. IE isn't a temporary fix or another "eating program" it is learning to make peace with food, yourself, your body (no matter where it is at the moment) for the rest of your life. As a compulsive, binge eater, I know that it seems impossible that you can really have all these foods that have formerly triggered binges around and "allowed", but part of the work is that you will start to think about WHY you are reaching for whatever food and figure out what's really behind the urge to binge - on anything. I wish you luck and peace on your journey, CW Don't get soaked. Take a quick peak at the forecast with theYahoo! Search weather shortcut. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 23, 2007 Report Share Posted June 23, 2007 - It isn't an experiment. You learn from doing something like this (with whatever foods you need to do it with) that ALL foods have a place in your life. No one will ever take it away from you, you can have it for the rest of your life whenever you are hungry for it. I asked my therapist a similar question and her response was that if somewhere in the back of my head I still had the idea that at some point I was still going to restrict myself from any foods or "go on a diet again" this process will not work. IE isn't a temporary fix or another "eating program" it is learning to make peace with food, yourself, your body (no matter where it is at the moment) for the rest of your life. As a compulsive, binge eater, I know that it seems impossible that you can really have all these foods that have formerly triggered binges around and "allowed", but part of the work is that you will start to think about WHY you are reaching for whatever food and figure out what's really behind the urge to binge - on anything. I wish you luck and peace on your journey, CW Don't get soaked. Take a quick peak at the forecast with theYahoo! Search weather shortcut. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You are posting as a guest. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.