starting over

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I joined this list over the summer but it was a very intense semester (I'm

41, have 4 kids age 12,5,3 and 3, work full time, and am working on my PhD

in the genetics of cancer) ... so I've had no time to post for a while! I

got an 'A' in both of my classes which was unexpected but nice I did

manage to stay away from the diet mentality - I simply have no time to

" waste " on worrying about my diet - what I just ate, what I'm going to eat,

how I feel about what I eat, blah blah blah ... so in a sense I was eating

intuitively LOL. Actually just not worrying about " being on a diet " , I

think I ate better food than when I worry about it But I also wasn't

able to exercise more than once-twice a week at best (except for

speed-walking 6-10 blocks a day to class!), so I am horribly out of shape

and have gained about 5 lbs and all my clothes are tight

So, I'm baaacck I'm unhappy that here is it New Year's 2008 and I'm back

to the old weight I was at the beginning of 2006 (I lost 15 lbs in 2006

before starting school), but I am NOT going to slip back into the diet

nightmare - I'm going to get back into INTUITIVE EATING and stop eating past

fullness, and I'm very eager to get back into shape - I really miss feeling

fit. I'm debating whether or not to keep an IE journal, because I'm not

sure if it'll trigger diet mentality, but I think it would be good to at

least keep an exercise journal because I love seeing my progress as I get

back in shape...

anyway, just saying hello again, and hope to jump back into posting too!

Mikki