Re: To bonfire or not to bonfire ... that is the question.

[Guest guest]

sigi_gee,

I envy you in a way - I don't have any 'diet' books/things to get rid

of. Instead all I have is rotten diet mentality that rattles around in

my head and doesn't want to go OUT!! What to do with all the

'stuff' that you have and that you know hasn't worked for you . . . I

can so see a bonfire (LOL) and I laud your goodness about not passing

these onto another poor unsuspecting person too.

Maybe if you can see that these are not unlike the 'retained' (and

re-attained!) weight that they did NOT deliver from you, as promised,

AND then putting YOU 'at fault' for not getting what THEY promised.

Well perhaps in that light you can come to a decision that sets well

with you. Money spent, like weight previously lost, are both 'water

under the bridge'? Whatever you do, I have confidence in you to be

pleased with that decision.

[Guest guest]

sigi_gee,

I envy you in a way - I don't have any 'diet' books/things to get rid

of. Instead all I have is rotten diet mentality that rattles around in

my head and doesn't want to go OUT!! What to do with all the

'stuff' that you have and that you know hasn't worked for you . . . I

can so see a bonfire (LOL) and I laud your goodness about not passing

these onto another poor unsuspecting person too.

Maybe if you can see that these are not unlike the 'retained' (and

re-attained!) weight that they did NOT deliver from you, as promised,

AND then putting YOU 'at fault' for not getting what THEY promised.

Well perhaps in that light you can come to a decision that sets well

with you. Money spent, like weight previously lost, are both 'water

under the bridge'? Whatever you do, I have confidence in you to be

pleased with that decision.

[Guest guest]

sigi_gee,

I envy you in a way - I don't have any 'diet' books/things to get rid

of. Instead all I have is rotten diet mentality that rattles around in

my head and doesn't want to go OUT!! What to do with all the

'stuff' that you have and that you know hasn't worked for you . . . I

can so see a bonfire (LOL) and I laud your goodness about not passing

these onto another poor unsuspecting person too.

Maybe if you can see that these are not unlike the 'retained' (and

re-attained!) weight that they did NOT deliver from you, as promised,

AND then putting YOU 'at fault' for not getting what THEY promised.

Well perhaps in that light you can come to a decision that sets well

with you. Money spent, like weight previously lost, are both 'water

under the bridge'? Whatever you do, I have confidence in you to be

pleased with that decision.

[Guest guest]

I would toss them in the recycling. Then you won't have to feel like you contributed to someone elses misery. Then think about how much tidier your bookcases would be! My collection is smaller than yours, but it is going out the window too. Maureensigi_gee wrote: So, as part of affirming my commitment to IE and giving up dieting for good, today I searched the house for all the diet-related books and piled them all on my bed. Ye gods! I had got to over 40 when I stopped counting and had to

sit down and recover with a block of Lindt (only kidding <g> Well, kidding about the Lindt, not about the 40+ books). What on earth do I do with these little treasures, friends? In a way they make me so sad, realising how much money I must have spent on them (there'd be over $1000 tied up in that lot, I suspect), and the & %@#!! mess they've made with my head over the years and the all-too- brief successes they may or may not have inspired, followed by the much longer binges and periods of self-loathing. It's really hard to throw them away, but by the same token I don't really want to donate them to a bookstore or stall just so somebody else can have her head done in by them! Do I start the world's biggest calorie-controlled, low-carb, food-combined, vegetarian bonfire? Do I keep the books, packed in a big box, hidden somewhere out of immediate sight, as a little symbol or reminder of my

winding path through life? Do I rip out the useful bits? (some of them have perfectly nice recipes, or informative and scientifically-based nutritional information which could always be useful as long as I don't use them in a dieting- related kind of way). I'd like to hear what you think. All suggestions (serious or not) welcomed! Smiles to everyone, sigigee PS – I am happy to add that I also found about a dozen positive, IE- related kind of texts too, some of which I had also forgotten about!

[Guest guest]

I had a thought while I was reading your email ---- how about writing

something in each book, like inside the front cover, about IE, as if

it were a note you wrote to yourself, like " check out Intuitive

Eating by... " and maybe some other notes. Then donate them or sell

them or whatever.

I always feel like I want to spread the word about IE but it's hard

to. This could be an indirect way and people could do what they want

with the info, but you never know who might decide to try it!

S.

>

> So, as part of affirming my commitment to IE and giving up dieting

> for good, today I searched the house for all the diet-related books

> and piled them all on my bed. Ye gods! I had got to over 40 when

I

> stopped counting and had to sit down and recover with a block of

> Lindt (only kidding <g> Well, kidding about the Lindt, not about

the

> 40+ books).

>

> What on earth do I do with these little treasures, friends?.....

[Guest guest]

I had a thought while I was reading your email ---- how about writing

something in each book, like inside the front cover, about IE, as if

it were a note you wrote to yourself, like " check out Intuitive

Eating by... " and maybe some other notes. Then donate them or sell

them or whatever.

I always feel like I want to spread the word about IE but it's hard

to. This could be an indirect way and people could do what they want

with the info, but you never know who might decide to try it!

S.

>

> So, as part of affirming my commitment to IE and giving up dieting

> for good, today I searched the house for all the diet-related books

> and piled them all on my bed. Ye gods! I had got to over 40 when

I

> stopped counting and had to sit down and recover with a block of

> Lindt (only kidding <g> Well, kidding about the Lindt, not about

the

> 40+ books).

>

> What on earth do I do with these little treasures, friends?.....

[Guest guest]

I had a thought while I was reading your email ---- how about writing

something in each book, like inside the front cover, about IE, as if

it were a note you wrote to yourself, like " check out Intuitive

Eating by... " and maybe some other notes. Then donate them or sell

them or whatever.

I always feel like I want to spread the word about IE but it's hard

to. This could be an indirect way and people could do what they want

with the info, but you never know who might decide to try it!

S.

>

> So, as part of affirming my commitment to IE and giving up dieting

> for good, today I searched the house for all the diet-related books

> and piled them all on my bed. Ye gods! I had got to over 40 when

I

> stopped counting and had to sit down and recover with a block of

> Lindt (only kidding <g> Well, kidding about the Lindt, not about

the

> 40+ books).

>

> What on earth do I do with these little treasures, friends?.....

[Guest guest]

Much as the bonfire idea is tempting, it could get you into trouble

with local law enforcement,lol! I've actually been doing something

similar with my diet books. I've been thinking that keeping the

useful bits (recipes and such) and just tossing the rest might be the

way to go. It's kind of like learning to throw away the food we're

not eating,in a way. It feels like a waste of money, but, in the long

run, it's healthier to throw it away.

>

> So, as part of affirming my commitment to IE and giving up dieting

> for good, today I searched the house for all the diet-related books

> and piled them all on my bed. Ye gods! I had got to over 40 when I

> stopped counting and had to sit down and recover with a block of

> Lindt (only kidding <g> Well, kidding about the Lindt, not about the

> 40+ books).

>

> What on earth do I do with these little treasures, friends? In a way

> they make me so sad, realising how much money I must have spent on

> them (there'd be over $1000 tied up in that lot, I suspect), and the

> & %@#!! mess they've made with my head over the years and the all-too-

> brief successes they may or may not have inspired, followed by the

> much longer binges and periods of self-loathing. It's really hard to

> throw them away, but by the same token I don't really want to donate

> them to a bookstore or stall just so somebody else can have her head

> done in by them! Do I start the world's biggest calorie-controlled,

> low-carb, food-combined, vegetarian bonfire? Do I keep the books,

> packed in a big box, hidden somewhere out of immediate sight, as a

> little symbol or reminder of my winding path through life? Do I rip

> out the useful bits? (some of them have perfectly nice recipes, or

> informative and scientifically-based nutritional information which

> could always be useful as long as I don't use them in a dieting-

> related kind of way).

> I'd like to hear what you think. All suggestions (serious or not)

> welcomed! Smiles to everyone, sigigee

> PS – I am happy to add that I also found about a dozen positive, IE-

> related kind of texts too, some of which I had also forgotten about!

>

[Guest guest]

Much as the bonfire idea is tempting, it could get you into trouble

with local law enforcement,lol! I've actually been doing something

similar with my diet books. I've been thinking that keeping the

useful bits (recipes and such) and just tossing the rest might be the

way to go. It's kind of like learning to throw away the food we're

not eating,in a way. It feels like a waste of money, but, in the long

run, it's healthier to throw it away.

>

> So, as part of affirming my commitment to IE and giving up dieting

> for good, today I searched the house for all the diet-related books

> and piled them all on my bed. Ye gods! I had got to over 40 when I

> stopped counting and had to sit down and recover with a block of

> Lindt (only kidding <g> Well, kidding about the Lindt, not about the

> 40+ books).

>

> What on earth do I do with these little treasures, friends? In a way

> they make me so sad, realising how much money I must have spent on

> them (there'd be over $1000 tied up in that lot, I suspect), and the

> & %@#!! mess they've made with my head over the years and the all-too-

> brief successes they may or may not have inspired, followed by the

> much longer binges and periods of self-loathing. It's really hard to

> throw them away, but by the same token I don't really want to donate

> them to a bookstore or stall just so somebody else can have her head

> done in by them! Do I start the world's biggest calorie-controlled,

> low-carb, food-combined, vegetarian bonfire? Do I keep the books,

> packed in a big box, hidden somewhere out of immediate sight, as a

> little symbol or reminder of my winding path through life? Do I rip

> out the useful bits? (some of them have perfectly nice recipes, or

> informative and scientifically-based nutritional information which

> could always be useful as long as I don't use them in a dieting-

> related kind of way).

> I'd like to hear what you think. All suggestions (serious or not)

> welcomed! Smiles to everyone, sigigee

> PS – I am happy to add that I also found about a dozen positive, IE-

> related kind of texts too, some of which I had also forgotten about!

>

[Guest guest]

Much as the bonfire idea is tempting, it could get you into trouble

with local law enforcement,lol! I've actually been doing something

similar with my diet books. I've been thinking that keeping the

useful bits (recipes and such) and just tossing the rest might be the

way to go. It's kind of like learning to throw away the food we're

not eating,in a way. It feels like a waste of money, but, in the long

run, it's healthier to throw it away.

>

> So, as part of affirming my commitment to IE and giving up dieting

> for good, today I searched the house for all the diet-related books

> and piled them all on my bed. Ye gods! I had got to over 40 when I

> stopped counting and had to sit down and recover with a block of

> Lindt (only kidding <g> Well, kidding about the Lindt, not about the

> 40+ books).

>

> What on earth do I do with these little treasures, friends? In a way

> they make me so sad, realising how much money I must have spent on

> them (there'd be over $1000 tied up in that lot, I suspect), and the

> & %@#!! mess they've made with my head over the years and the all-too-

> brief successes they may or may not have inspired, followed by the

> much longer binges and periods of self-loathing. It's really hard to

> throw them away, but by the same token I don't really want to donate

> them to a bookstore or stall just so somebody else can have her head

> done in by them! Do I start the world's biggest calorie-controlled,

> low-carb, food-combined, vegetarian bonfire? Do I keep the books,

> packed in a big box, hidden somewhere out of immediate sight, as a

> little symbol or reminder of my winding path through life? Do I rip

> out the useful bits? (some of them have perfectly nice recipes, or

> informative and scientifically-based nutritional information which

> could always be useful as long as I don't use them in a dieting-

> related kind of way).

> I'd like to hear what you think. All suggestions (serious or not)

> welcomed! Smiles to everyone, sigigee

> PS – I am happy to add that I also found about a dozen positive, IE-

> related kind of texts too, some of which I had also forgotten about!

>

[Guest guest]

I think copying down the recipes and such and then tossing them is a

good idea. I had an account on a dieting website, and I kept thinking

that I should keep the account open because I had blog entries and

recipes saved and all. I copied down the recipes, said goodbye to my

blog, and closed the account. It was all too easy for me to jump on

and type in what I ate and start counting calories or run to the

message boards to find out if a certain food was " good " or " bad " or if

I was an awful human if I had a binge. As silly as it sounds, closing

the account, it seemed like a step I needed to take to have a sense of

closure on my dieting days. I could always open another account (just

as you could always buy more books), but it would take more thought to

go out and do it ( " Do I REALLY want to enter the dieting world

again? " ) than it would to just be able to log right in or open a book

right up.

[Guest guest]

I think copying down the recipes and such and then tossing them is a

good idea. I had an account on a dieting website, and I kept thinking

that I should keep the account open because I had blog entries and

recipes saved and all. I copied down the recipes, said goodbye to my

blog, and closed the account. It was all too easy for me to jump on

and type in what I ate and start counting calories or run to the

message boards to find out if a certain food was " good " or " bad " or if

I was an awful human if I had a binge. As silly as it sounds, closing

the account, it seemed like a step I needed to take to have a sense of

closure on my dieting days. I could always open another account (just

as you could always buy more books), but it would take more thought to

go out and do it ( " Do I REALLY want to enter the dieting world

again? " ) than it would to just be able to log right in or open a book

right up.

[Guest guest]

I think copying down the recipes and such and then tossing them is a

good idea. I had an account on a dieting website, and I kept thinking

that I should keep the account open because I had blog entries and

recipes saved and all. I copied down the recipes, said goodbye to my

blog, and closed the account. It was all too easy for me to jump on

and type in what I ate and start counting calories or run to the

message boards to find out if a certain food was " good " or " bad " or if

I was an awful human if I had a binge. As silly as it sounds, closing

the account, it seemed like a step I needed to take to have a sense of

closure on my dieting days. I could always open another account (just

as you could always buy more books), but it would take more thought to

go out and do it ( " Do I REALLY want to enter the dieting world

again? " ) than it would to just be able to log right in or open a book

right up.