Re: Small victory today!

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

That's AWESOME! That's exactly how eating intuitivly is supposed to

work. When I honor myself by feeding myself what I really want (say

ice cream), it stops me from eating veggies and dip then combing the

cabinets for some crackers, and then eating low-sugar vanilla yogurt,

and still be unsatisfied, only to wake up in the middle of the night

and eat the whole gallon of ice cream anyway. If I had eaten the ice

cream in the beginning, I probably would have been satisfied with a

large bowl and gone to bed content. What a crazy, vicious cycle that

is. Trying to eat normally (which includes catering to cravings)

keeps me alot more sane.

I'm trying very hard not to compare myself and how I eat and how I

look to others. I get very fearful of what I think they are thinking

about me - there goes the fat girl for another piece of cake. But

that's about them, not me. It sure beats " eating small amounts

healthfully " in front of others and then going home and binging my

brains out. I haven't binged on foods now for 2 months, and that

truly is a miracle! Coming from someone who was so afraid of never

being allowed to eat again that I engaged in " last supper " eating

every night, because I was going to " start new " in the morning. This

was a nightly ritual before I started IE last year. I feel so much

more emotionally and spiritually free. I do believe this philosoply

is a gift from God. Naturally thin eaters know what to do, but we

bingers, dieters, overeaters, whatever, need something to help us see

the truth... which is that diets don't work.

Eileen

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

That's AWESOME! That's exactly how eating intuitivly is supposed to

work. When I honor myself by feeding myself what I really want (say

ice cream), it stops me from eating veggies and dip then combing the

cabinets for some crackers, and then eating low-sugar vanilla yogurt,

and still be unsatisfied, only to wake up in the middle of the night

and eat the whole gallon of ice cream anyway. If I had eaten the ice

cream in the beginning, I probably would have been satisfied with a

large bowl and gone to bed content. What a crazy, vicious cycle that

is. Trying to eat normally (which includes catering to cravings)

keeps me alot more sane.

I'm trying very hard not to compare myself and how I eat and how I

look to others. I get very fearful of what I think they are thinking

about me - there goes the fat girl for another piece of cake. But

that's about them, not me. It sure beats " eating small amounts

healthfully " in front of others and then going home and binging my

brains out. I haven't binged on foods now for 2 months, and that

truly is a miracle! Coming from someone who was so afraid of never

being allowed to eat again that I engaged in " last supper " eating

every night, because I was going to " start new " in the morning. This

was a nightly ritual before I started IE last year. I feel so much

more emotionally and spiritually free. I do believe this philosoply

is a gift from God. Naturally thin eaters know what to do, but we

bingers, dieters, overeaters, whatever, need something to help us see

the truth... which is that diets don't work.

Eileen

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

That's AWESOME! That's exactly how eating intuitivly is supposed to

work. When I honor myself by feeding myself what I really want (say

ice cream), it stops me from eating veggies and dip then combing the

cabinets for some crackers, and then eating low-sugar vanilla yogurt,

and still be unsatisfied, only to wake up in the middle of the night

and eat the whole gallon of ice cream anyway. If I had eaten the ice

cream in the beginning, I probably would have been satisfied with a

large bowl and gone to bed content. What a crazy, vicious cycle that

is. Trying to eat normally (which includes catering to cravings)

keeps me alot more sane.

I'm trying very hard not to compare myself and how I eat and how I

look to others. I get very fearful of what I think they are thinking

about me - there goes the fat girl for another piece of cake. But

that's about them, not me. It sure beats " eating small amounts

healthfully " in front of others and then going home and binging my

brains out. I haven't binged on foods now for 2 months, and that

truly is a miracle! Coming from someone who was so afraid of never

being allowed to eat again that I engaged in " last supper " eating

every night, because I was going to " start new " in the morning. This

was a nightly ritual before I started IE last year. I feel so much

more emotionally and spiritually free. I do believe this philosoply

is a gift from God. Naturally thin eaters know what to do, but we

bingers, dieters, overeaters, whatever, need something to help us see

the truth... which is that diets don't work.

Eileen

[Guest guest]

Wow! Thats great!

Youre a real inspiration.

I love your story and the way you told it. You were focused on what

your body needed and didnt allow others or your own judgements to

affect what your body was telling you.

I really like that.

Thank you for sharing your journey. What a great start to my day!

>

> Hi Everyone,

>

> I hope you all had a lovely mother's day! I just wanted to share the

> IE victory that I had today. Today I visited family for mother's

day,

> and we had a lunch/dinner meal around 3:00. I ate what I wanted and

> was satisfied. Then at a couple hours later we decided to have

> dessert. I had a waffle cone w/a scoop of vanilla ice cream and

> strawberry topping - exactly what I wanted, and only finished about

> 2/3 because I was satisfied.

>

> Everyone else was stuffed and didn't want any dinner. However,

since I

> didn't overeat, a couple hours later I was feeling light headed and

> knew I needed to eat something - regardless of what others would say

> or think. My diet voice told me if I have something, it should be a

> grilled chicken salad because I had so many carbs with the ice

cream.

> However, my body was not craving that at all. I realized that what I

> really wanted was a bowl of oatmeal with brown sugar, maple syrup,

> soymilk, a sliced apple, and a little bit of peanut butter to dip

the

> apple.

>

> I chose to listen to my body and eat the oatmeal. I feared I was

> making the wrong choice because my dinner had no veggies - I haven't

> had dinner without a side of veggies for years! But you know what? I

> feel wonderful, and perfectly satisfied. I had exactly what I wanted

> instead of letting external diet rules control my food choices. The

> way I feel proves that listening to my body's signals can help me to

> eat the foods that will make my body function optimally.

>

> Thanks for listening.

>

[Guest guest]

Wow! Thats great!

Youre a real inspiration.

I love your story and the way you told it. You were focused on what

your body needed and didnt allow others or your own judgements to

affect what your body was telling you.

I really like that.

Thank you for sharing your journey. What a great start to my day!

>

> Hi Everyone,

>

> I hope you all had a lovely mother's day! I just wanted to share the

> IE victory that I had today. Today I visited family for mother's

day,

> and we had a lunch/dinner meal around 3:00. I ate what I wanted and

> was satisfied. Then at a couple hours later we decided to have

> dessert. I had a waffle cone w/a scoop of vanilla ice cream and

> strawberry topping - exactly what I wanted, and only finished about

> 2/3 because I was satisfied.

>

> Everyone else was stuffed and didn't want any dinner. However,

since I

> didn't overeat, a couple hours later I was feeling light headed and

> knew I needed to eat something - regardless of what others would say

> or think. My diet voice told me if I have something, it should be a

> grilled chicken salad because I had so many carbs with the ice

cream.

> However, my body was not craving that at all. I realized that what I

> really wanted was a bowl of oatmeal with brown sugar, maple syrup,

> soymilk, a sliced apple, and a little bit of peanut butter to dip

the

> apple.

>

> I chose to listen to my body and eat the oatmeal. I feared I was

> making the wrong choice because my dinner had no veggies - I haven't

> had dinner without a side of veggies for years! But you know what? I

> feel wonderful, and perfectly satisfied. I had exactly what I wanted

> instead of letting external diet rules control my food choices. The

> way I feel proves that listening to my body's signals can help me to

> eat the foods that will make my body function optimally.

>

> Thanks for listening.

>

[Guest guest]

Wow! Thats great!

Youre a real inspiration.

I love your story and the way you told it. You were focused on what

your body needed and didnt allow others or your own judgements to

affect what your body was telling you.

I really like that.

Thank you for sharing your journey. What a great start to my day!

>

> Hi Everyone,

>

> I hope you all had a lovely mother's day! I just wanted to share the

> IE victory that I had today. Today I visited family for mother's

day,

> and we had a lunch/dinner meal around 3:00. I ate what I wanted and

> was satisfied. Then at a couple hours later we decided to have

> dessert. I had a waffle cone w/a scoop of vanilla ice cream and

> strawberry topping - exactly what I wanted, and only finished about

> 2/3 because I was satisfied.

>

> Everyone else was stuffed and didn't want any dinner. However,

since I

> didn't overeat, a couple hours later I was feeling light headed and

> knew I needed to eat something - regardless of what others would say

> or think. My diet voice told me if I have something, it should be a

> grilled chicken salad because I had so many carbs with the ice

cream.

> However, my body was not craving that at all. I realized that what I

> really wanted was a bowl of oatmeal with brown sugar, maple syrup,

> soymilk, a sliced apple, and a little bit of peanut butter to dip

the

> apple.

>

> I chose to listen to my body and eat the oatmeal. I feared I was

> making the wrong choice because my dinner had no veggies - I haven't

> had dinner without a side of veggies for years! But you know what? I

> feel wonderful, and perfectly satisfied. I had exactly what I wanted

> instead of letting external diet rules control my food choices. The

> way I feel proves that listening to my body's signals can help me to

> eat the foods that will make my body function optimally.

>

> Thanks for listening.

>

[Guest guest]

Cool I am glad to hear about your victory! It just make you feel good when you pay attention to your needs and not let anything else influence it. allie

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[Guest guest]

That's awesome! That's a huge victory!

>

> Hi Everyone,

>

> I hope you all had a lovely mother's day! I just wanted to share the

> IE victory that I had today. Today I visited family for mother's day,

> and we had a lunch/dinner meal around 3:00. I ate what I wanted and

> was satisfied. Then at a couple hours later we decided to have

> dessert. I had a waffle cone w/a scoop of vanilla ice cream and

> strawberry topping - exactly what I wanted, and only finished about

> 2/3 because I was satisfied.

>

> Everyone else was stuffed and didn't want any dinner. However, since I

> didn't overeat, a couple hours later I was feeling light headed and

> knew I needed to eat something - regardless of what others would say

> or think. My diet voice told me if I have something, it should be a

> grilled chicken salad because I had so many carbs with the ice cream.

> However, my body was not craving that at all. I realized that what I

> really wanted was a bowl of oatmeal with brown sugar, maple syrup,

> soymilk, a sliced apple, and a little bit of peanut butter to dip the

> apple.

>

> I chose to listen to my body and eat the oatmeal. I feared I was

> making the wrong choice because my dinner had no veggies - I haven't

> had dinner without a side of veggies for years! But you know what? I

> feel wonderful, and perfectly satisfied. I had exactly what I wanted

> instead of letting external diet rules control my food choices. The

> way I feel proves that listening to my body's signals can help me to

> eat the foods that will make my body function optimally.

>

> Thanks for listening.

>

[Guest guest]

That's awesome! That's a huge victory!

>

> Hi Everyone,

>

> I hope you all had a lovely mother's day! I just wanted to share the

> IE victory that I had today. Today I visited family for mother's day,

> and we had a lunch/dinner meal around 3:00. I ate what I wanted and

> was satisfied. Then at a couple hours later we decided to have

> dessert. I had a waffle cone w/a scoop of vanilla ice cream and

> strawberry topping - exactly what I wanted, and only finished about

> 2/3 because I was satisfied.

>

> Everyone else was stuffed and didn't want any dinner. However, since I

> didn't overeat, a couple hours later I was feeling light headed and

> knew I needed to eat something - regardless of what others would say

> or think. My diet voice told me if I have something, it should be a

> grilled chicken salad because I had so many carbs with the ice cream.

> However, my body was not craving that at all. I realized that what I

> really wanted was a bowl of oatmeal with brown sugar, maple syrup,

> soymilk, a sliced apple, and a little bit of peanut butter to dip the

> apple.

>

> I chose to listen to my body and eat the oatmeal. I feared I was

> making the wrong choice because my dinner had no veggies - I haven't

> had dinner without a side of veggies for years! But you know what? I

> feel wonderful, and perfectly satisfied. I had exactly what I wanted

> instead of letting external diet rules control my food choices. The

> way I feel proves that listening to my body's signals can help me to

> eat the foods that will make my body function optimally.

>

> Thanks for listening.

>

[Guest guest]

y'all are so inspiring!

)))))

>

> Hi ,

>

> That's AWESOME! That's exactly how eating intuitivly is supposed to

> work. When I honor myself by feeding myself what I really want (say

> ice cream), it stops me from eating veggies and dip then combing the

> cabinets for some crackers, and then eating low-sugar vanilla

yogurt,

> and still be unsatisfied, only to wake up in the middle of the night

> and eat the whole gallon of ice cream anyway. If I had eaten the

ice

> cream in the beginning, I probably would have been satisfied with a

> large bowl and gone to bed content. What a crazy, vicious cycle

that

> is. Trying to eat normally (which includes catering to cravings)

> keeps me alot more sane.

>

> I'm trying very hard not to compare myself and how I eat and how I

> look to others. I get very fearful of what I think they are

thinking

> about me - there goes the fat girl for another piece of cake. But

> that's about them, not me. It sure beats " eating small amounts

> healthfully " in front of others and then going home and binging my

> brains out. I haven't binged on foods now for 2 months, and that

> truly is a miracle! Coming from someone who was so afraid of never

> being allowed to eat again that I engaged in " last supper " eating

> every night, because I was going to " start new " in the morning.

This

> was a nightly ritual before I started IE last year. I feel so much

> more emotionally and spiritually free. I do believe this philosoply

> is a gift from God. Naturally thin eaters know what to do, but we

> bingers, dieters, overeaters, whatever, need something to help us

see

> the truth... which is that diets don't work.

>

> Eileen

>

[Guest guest]

y'all are so inspiring!

)))))

>

> Hi ,

>

> That's AWESOME! That's exactly how eating intuitivly is supposed to

> work. When I honor myself by feeding myself what I really want (say

> ice cream), it stops me from eating veggies and dip then combing the

> cabinets for some crackers, and then eating low-sugar vanilla

yogurt,

> and still be unsatisfied, only to wake up in the middle of the night

> and eat the whole gallon of ice cream anyway. If I had eaten the

ice

> cream in the beginning, I probably would have been satisfied with a

> large bowl and gone to bed content. What a crazy, vicious cycle

that

> is. Trying to eat normally (which includes catering to cravings)

> keeps me alot more sane.

>

> I'm trying very hard not to compare myself and how I eat and how I

> look to others. I get very fearful of what I think they are

thinking

> about me - there goes the fat girl for another piece of cake. But

> that's about them, not me. It sure beats " eating small amounts

> healthfully " in front of others and then going home and binging my

> brains out. I haven't binged on foods now for 2 months, and that

> truly is a miracle! Coming from someone who was so afraid of never

> being allowed to eat again that I engaged in " last supper " eating

> every night, because I was going to " start new " in the morning.

This

> was a nightly ritual before I started IE last year. I feel so much

> more emotionally and spiritually free. I do believe this philosoply

> is a gift from God. Naturally thin eaters know what to do, but we

> bingers, dieters, overeaters, whatever, need something to help us

see

> the truth... which is that diets don't work.

>

> Eileen

>