Re: Bad thing

January 21, 2012

<I try to default to healthy unless I'm having a specific craving that justifies

the not-so-healthy.>

Yes, this is exactly my goal! I could not express it in a sentence!

Amazingly, I'm finding that the better my nutrition is, the less I crave food

that has no nourishment. Could it be because my body is finally getting the

nutrients it needs?

Not that I never crave junk, I do. It's mostly when I let myself get too hungry,

though. And then I eat the junk, but no longer half a gallon of ice cream or a

package of cookies. For the first time lately, I've felt my head spinnning due

to having eaten too much sugar. I've heard about sugar having an effect on

people like that, but I'd always eaten it so regularly that I never felt what it

was like, I suppose because I was in a constant sugared state. My body really

feels amazinly good now.

Sara

> >

> > Thanks to IE I've lost 38 lbs in the last 4 months--taking me from medically

obese to a healthy weight for the 1st time in years! Needless to say, I get

asked about my " diet " a LOT. What I've come to say lately is that this amazing

book (IntuÃ¬tive Eating) teaches us to have a relationship with food not unlike

the relationship naturally skinny people effortlessly enjoy with food every day.

Almost like having a skinny person's brain transplanted into ours. Don't get me

wrong--i still have my areas of struggle, but that book did SO much to set me

free from a prison of my own making! Sooooo worth the time & $!!!!!

> >

> > IE since Sep 2011

> >

>

January 21, 2012

-- this is amazing. I was thinking about that very thing just this morning. It just came to mind. Probably about the same time you were writing it, actually, looking at the time!What a concept: "Just don't go there," regarding impulse control. We CAN control impulses, we CAN set boundaries, we DO have control. Thanks for this.Ellie If there's ANY doubt in my mind, I just make it non-negotiable that I'm not even supposed to go look at the food. God

gave me a parallel that helped a LOT with maintaining it. I'm a happily

married woman who cringes if someone other than my husband even flirts with me. But I'm downright disturbed if I feel attraction in return. So I've started building an emotional "wall" of sorts in those situations. I

don't joke with them, I make sure I'm never alone with them, I minimize

eye contact, etc--all in an effort to prevent any tempting situations arising. I don't even allow (what might seem like harmless) flirting b/c

I know that's where affairs begin--and my

family means too much to me to risk that. So that's how I protect myself. What God pointed out was that even going to look at the food unless I'm truly hungry is the equivalent of flirting with it, and making it non-negotiable that I have to be hungry 1st is putting up a protective wall. So far it's worked!

January 21, 2012

Thanks very much for sharing, !

Your experiences are extremely helpful to me, especially:

>> > 3) Learn how to listen to, and TRUST, my body. Learn how to roll with the punches of life without letting it effect my waistline. Make it non-negotiable to say no to my head hunger--especially if it's binge-worthy. And find FREEDOM!

&

> The other thing I've done is been proactive in assessing my desires when it comes to real food. I let myself eat french fries now--granted I need much fewer than I used to--but for sake of both my waistline and overall health, I try to make meals a combo of what sounds the best and something healthy. So at a restaurant, I might order a hamburger but no mayo or cheese unless I'm specifically craving them, and might order steamed veggies as my side item if fries aren't sounding just fabulous. In other words, I try to default to healthy unless I'm having a specific craving that justifies the not-so-healthy. Often times I'll be really hungry but nothing in particular sounds good, so I use that as an opp to eat something healthy so that when I get an urge for something fattening later, I can eat it and enjoy it all the more! Helps balance me psychologically--and doesn't feel like a "rule" persay b/c what it means is that I CAN have anything I want, I'd just> rather it sound AMAZING first so that when I eat it, I REALLY enjoy it.

January 23, 2012

Can I ask a question? I have been participating in IE since January 2010. It has

been an EXTREMELY liberating experience and I feel that I am at complete peace

with myself and my eating. However, though I hate to bring this up, I haven't

lost weight. I know we are not supposed to be focusing on weight loss but I

thought I would have lost some by now. I am overweight, not at a healthy weight,

and not comfortable and I'm not sure what to do about it. Does anyone have any

suggestions or help? I am not sure what to do.

>

> >hey everyone-

> >you can buy any book used on amazon. sometime as low as 1 cent! (plus $4

shipping!)

> >I bought a used IE but I think I will treat myself to a new copy soon. I

treasure it!

> >(is that weird??)

> >

> >________________________________

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> >To: " IntuitiveEating_Support "

<IntuitiveEating_Support >

> >Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2012 2:33 PM

> >Subject: Re: Re: Bad thing

> >

> >Ellie, I hope your Achilles is going to be fine.

> >

> >As for the books, it sounds as if your library and mine are on in the same.

They never have a book I'm actually wanting, but they do interlibrary loans.

I've resorted to those a time or two. Your library probably does the same and

can borrow from another library for you.

> >

> >You may be able to buy the IE book online at a decent price, also. I ordered

mine at a decent price from ebay a long time ago. I've since gotten rid of it

(kicking myself now). I'm a cheapskate and don't like to spend a lot of money on

books. I was fortunate to find a copy of Thin Within at a thrift store a few

years ago. If I hadn't given it away already, I'd have been glad for you to have

it. I made a copy of the principles from the book before getting rid of it. I

also have the principles of IE saved, as well. I'll be happy to share them with

you, if you'd like?

> >

> >Ann

> >

> >________________________________

> >

> >To: " IntuitiveEating_Support "

<IntuitiveEating_Support >

> >Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2012 2:17 PM

> >Subject: Re: Re: Bad thing

> >

> >Thanks so much to all of you for your really supportive, helpful thoughts.

> >

> >Physical therapy report on my Achilles is hopeful. Ill-timed flare-up of old

injury. Stretching/strengthening exercises twice a day, therapist twice a week,

I can walk as tolerated, but should wait on backpack training for my Appalachian

Trail hike (which she thinks I can probably start as planned in May), additional

weight wouldn't be good right now. This puts me, again, in " diet " mentality.....

I'm already carrying the equivalent of a weekend pack just in extra body weight,

shouldn't I lose that to take the stress off my feet?? I'm fighting with myself:

my feet are used to my body weight but wouldn't be used to the equivalent in a

backpack.

> >

> >No running for 2 weeks.

> >

> >GACK!!! I'll gain more weight.....

> >

> >I need to calm down. I am not going to restrict my food, I need good

nutrition. I am not going to weigh myself, I'll just panic.

> >

> >I didn't get to check the files for books before I left. Library had nothing,

absolutely nothing, resembling IE, Diets Don't Work, Thin Within, or any of the

ones I've heard of. EVERYTHING was diet, diet, diet. Instead I took out a book

on wilderness survival :-)

> >

> >Thank you, everyone!

> >Ellie

> >

>

January 23, 2012