RE: New to IE

[Guest guest]

Hi ! Welcome to the group. I hope you find the group as

helpful and supportive as I have so far. Good luck on your IE journey.

Meredith

>

>

> Hi Everyone!

>

> I am new to IE - I just ordered my book from Amazon today, but have read

> the basic principles from various sites. I'm very encouraged that there

> really can be a lasting answer for overcoming my food issues without

> resorting to extreme measures. I have hope again.

>

> I've struggled with food since I was 4 years old - I'm 54 now. I come

> from a family whose addiction of choice was food. We are all big

> people. I've done the dieting route over and over and over and over,

> hoping against hope that each new diet would finally release me from my

> prison. I've agonized, struggled, prayed, raged, given up, reasearched,

> tried again and succeded for awhile only to fail one more time. Being a

> Christian, I also carried the additional burden that my " gluttony " was a

> sin that I needed to repent of. All that did was make me feel even more

> guilty and unacceptable and even a moral failure.

>

> I know that learning to listen to my body and separate other eating

> issues will be a process, but I am looking forward to giving up the

> hammer approach and looking at the other tools in my toolbox. Maybe

> food isn't a moral issue after all? Maybe gentleness and self-discovery

> will take me where I want to go, since self-hatred and self-beratement

> have not. So, " diet " is now a four letter word and is no longer useful

> to me.

>

> Thank you for allowing me to join you all in the journey. I'm sure I'll

> have many questions along the way.

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi !

Welcome to the group! I hope you have

found it helpful and supportive in the short time you’ve been with us.

Feel free to ask questions, let us know if you need support, or just to vent!

Thanks!

Gillian

Gillian

Hood-son, MS, ACSM

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From: IntuitiveEating_Support [mailto:IntuitiveEating_Support ] On Behalf Of Fanto

Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2008

3:21 PM

To: IntuitiveEating_Support

Subject:

New to IE

Hi

Everyone!

I

am new to IE - I just ordered my book from Amazon today, but have read the

basic principles from various sites. I'm very encouraged that there

really can be a lasting answer for overcoming my food issues without resorting

to extreme measures. I have hope again.

I've

struggled with food since I was 4 years old - I'm 54 now. I come from a

family whose addiction of choice was food. We are all big people.

I've done the dieting route over and over and over and over, hoping against

hope that each new diet would finally release me from my prison. I've

agonized, struggled, prayed, raged, given up, reasearched, tried again and

succeded for awhile only to fail one more time. Being a Christian, I also

carried the additional burden that my " gluttony " was a sin that I

needed to repent of. All that did was make me feel even more guilty and

unacceptable and even a moral failure.

I

know that learning to listen to my body and separate other eating issues will be

a process, but I am looking forward to giving up the hammer approach and

looking at the other tools in my toolbox. Maybe food isn't a moral issue

after all? Maybe gentleness and self-discovery will take me where I want

to go, since self-hatred and self-beratement have not. So,

" diet " is now a four letter word and is no longer useful to me.

Thank

you for allowing me to join you all in the journey. I'm sure I'll have

many questions along the way.