Re: dieting ...that could work

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That sounds easy...it couled work...has it for you? vie

- In IntuitiveEating_Support , " kas5071 "

wrote:

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> I've been thinking...

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> The intuitive eating approach seems to stress that diets don't

work, at

> least that's what I've gathered. Do you think it's possible for

> someone to diet successfully if they have no emotional issues with

> food? Like treat it as sort of a science project, follow the

formula,

> observe and achieve results and keep the weight off? For example,

it

> seems like some men, in particular, once they decide to do

something

> about being overweight, can choose to cut out certain foods (but

not

> cut out the foods entirely - just moderate) and not suffer

emotionally

> (ex., binge, severely restrict, stress-eat). If their weight

increases

> instead of decreases, they just change the " formula " .

>

> For that matter - do you think most overweight people have

emotional

> issues with food? If your body can reach it's setpoint only when

you

> eat " normally " and " intuitively, " would this mean that most obese

or

> even underweight people deal with emotions by food? (I do

recognize,

> however, that metabolisms can vary significantly, and could

contribute

> to being over/under weight).

>

> I'd be interested to hear others' thoughts.

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