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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

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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

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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

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> 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

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