Intro and some questions

[Guest guest]

Hello,

I'm Kath, a U.S. expat livig in the UK (and loving it!). I've been doing the IE

thing for almost a week now and today I saw some results, so I'm feeling really

good about it. I've known about IE for almost a year, but it took me yet

another unsuccessful atempt at WW to realize that dieting isn't, and hasn't ever

worked for me.

I've been really angry the last couple of days because it takes me forever to

figure out if I'm hungry and when I am satisfied. I realized that I spent my

entire childhood turning off the, " I'm full " mechanism in my brain, (clean your

plate!) and then my entire adult life turning off the, " I'm hungry " mechanism in

my brain (I'm on a diet, I'm supposed to be hungry! Oprah claims that is when

your body is burning fat!). I'm actually doing better with the feelings of

satisfaction than I am with the feelings of hunger. I don't feel any sensation

of hunger until I'm starving and have that knawing feeling in my stomach. I

have to keep some sort of food ready because I don't want to wait too long after

the knawing starts to eat. If I wait too long I will not be calm when eating,

and almost always eat past my satisfaction point. I don't know what regular

hunger feels like. Anyone have any tips for this? Is it something I can

re-learn?

Also, I'm not sure how to handle things like drinks. I'm a big water drinker,

and most of the time I don't want anything else. On occasion I will want

something like juice, milk or more rarely soda. I don't know what to do with

this as far as the IE philosophy. If anyone can fill me in on that I would

appreciate it.

Thank you in advance!

Kath