Guest guest Posted April 17, 2011 Report Share Posted April 17, 2011  Thank you, Dawn! I think it's what I've actually been trying to do....care for myself, baby myself, treat myself like a princess. I'm struggling with enjoying it though because of the SHOULDs echoing in my head. I'm a rule follower. I'm a hard worker. And this is neither. This is bad girl behavior.... Hmmmm.... New here I'm fairly new to intuitive eating but not really all that new to the concept. I recently got rid of all my diet books and print outs and put my scale away. I've been paying good attention to my body, and I think I really understand when I am hungry and when I'm full. But I can't seem to stop myself from eating when I'm not hungry or stopping when I am full. How do you learn to do that? Another struggle I have is that I know I should be feeding myself more veggies. But I don't. I used to love veggies. And other "healthy" foods, for that matter. You know, it kind of feels like I'm rebelling. But I don't know how to stop. Another thing is exercise.... I've been so tired. I keep thinking exercise will help but it doesn't. So now I don't want to exercise. I had been hoping to run 5ks this summer. It just feels like too much work. You know what I really WANT to do? I want to sit on the couch, eating candybars and popcorn, reading, playing on the lap top and not going ANYWHERE. lol - my whiney intro Alyce Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 17, 2011 Report Share Posted April 17, 2011  Thank you, Dawn! I think it's what I've actually been trying to do....care for myself, baby myself, treat myself like a princess. I'm struggling with enjoying it though because of the SHOULDs echoing in my head. I'm a rule follower. I'm a hard worker. And this is neither. This is bad girl behavior.... Hmmmm.... New here I'm fairly new to intuitive eating but not really all that new to the concept. I recently got rid of all my diet books and print outs and put my scale away. I've been paying good attention to my body, and I think I really understand when I am hungry and when I'm full. But I can't seem to stop myself from eating when I'm not hungry or stopping when I am full. How do you learn to do that? Another struggle I have is that I know I should be feeding myself more veggies. But I don't. I used to love veggies. And other "healthy" foods, for that matter. You know, it kind of feels like I'm rebelling. But I don't know how to stop. Another thing is exercise.... I've been so tired. I keep thinking exercise will help but it doesn't. So now I don't want to exercise. I had been hoping to run 5ks this summer. It just feels like too much work. You know what I really WANT to do? I want to sit on the couch, eating candybars and popcorn, reading, playing on the lap top and not going ANYWHERE. lol - my whiney intro Alyce Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 18, 2011 Report Share Posted April 18, 2011 Welcome Alyce. I can relate to your intro, it sounds much like how I felt with IE at first and sometimes still do. Unlearning eating habits built over many years does take time and patience on our parts. Its one of the reasons its strongly suggested that we be gentle with ourselves - we are works in process ;-) Another long established habit is 'shoulds'. I find shoulding to be a EXternal misdirection what masks or over rides my own INternal body messages/signals so do all I can to ignore and remove 'should' type thinking. Rebeling is sooooo normal! In fact I honor it as the last line of defense for my dear body. If we didn't rebel we would probably be a blob of misery. Some members here like to say that IE stands for Intuitive Exercise as well as Intuitive Eating. Listening and honoring our bodies includes movement - if you aren't feeling like 5K don't! I do bet that you will feel like some movement sooner or later. And the $64,000 question about not eating when full and stopping when so is . . . something YOU will discover as you go. I still don't do that faithfully, but that's a reflection on me, not IE. I will tell you that I have made progress on being able to tune in and listening to my body to the point that I STUFFing myself seldom happens any more. And my 'over' eating is more in the few bites than binge category. Baby steps worked better for me than trying huge leaps at once, hang in here, whine as much as you need to and do crow about any success you make. We all hear ya!! Katcha IEing since March 2007 > > I'm fairly new to intuitive eating but not really all that new to the concept. I recently got rid of all my diet books and print outs and put my scale away. I've been paying good attention to my body, and I think I really understand when I am hungry and when I'm full. But I can't seem to stop myself from eating when I'm not hungry or stopping when I am full. How do you learn to do that? > > Another struggle I have is that I know I should be feeding myself more veggies. But I don't. I used to love veggies. And other " healthy " foods, for that matter. > > You know, it kind of feels like I'm rebelling. But I don't know how to stop. > > Another thing is exercise.... I've been so tired. I keep thinking exercise will help but it doesn't. So now I don't want to exercise. I had been hoping to run 5ks this summer. It just feels like too much work. > > You know what I really WANT to do? I want to sit on the couch, eating candybars and popcorn, reading, playing on the lap top and not going ANYWHERE. > > lol - my whiney intro > > Alyce > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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