Re: Re: Emotional Eating

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I am confused what is WWSHTB???? I have never heard of this type of technique??

Subject: Re: Emotional EatingTo: IntuitiveEating_Support Date: Wednesday, May 20, 2009, 2:34 PM

Hi there,I'm no kind of authority, but I agree with the WWSHTB policy of having lots of food around, allowing yourself to eat it when you want to EVEN IF that means when you are not physically hungry, as long as you think about what your emotions are at the present time, why you want to eat, and what your feelings are with regard to the food. I have found that after doing this for a while, I am sometimes able to not eat when I am anxious, because I have the awareness that eating isn't going to help.I still feel guilty about eating when I'm not hungry, which means I still eat for emotional reasons. but a lot of things have changed for me. for example there is a huge, unopened bag of m & ms that has been sitting in my drawer for weeks now. (but I have eaten PLENTY of sweets in the meantime -- I just seem to be cured of my m & m obsession).thea>> Greetings!!> > Have any of your ladies dealt with emotional eating issues. I need some tips on how to stop putting food in my mouth that is unhealthy. What do you think about that would cause you to put the food back??> > Help>

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Thank you and I am finding just writing about it seems to help me to see what is going on that causes me to eat unhealthy.

Subject: Re: Emotional EatingTo: IntuitiveEating_Support Date: Wednesday, May 20, 2009, 9:42 AM

I am emotional eater as well. Welcome to group L.B. As for how to dealing with junkie foods and emotions at same time? First of all you should try writing down journal or find someone you trust talk to open about how you feel at the time before you start eat anything. Sometime it help to change mind what to eat or nothing. As yourself how you feel during the time and why. I still have some junk foods in my room. LOL but I do not eat them all at once as I used to before I have finally acknowledge my emotion issues from past. It will take time. Feel free talk about your issues what that would cause you turn to foods for emotion issues.Eliza>>

Greetings!!> > Have any of your ladies dealt with emotional eating issues. I need some tips on how to stop putting food in my mouth that is unhealthy. What do you think about that would cause you to put the food back??> > Help>

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Oh I see, I will get it them I can get with the program and know what everyone is talking about.

Thanks for the tip.

Subject: Re: Emotional EatingTo: IntuitiveEating_Support Date: Wednesday, May 20, 2009, 7:27 PM

L.B., Haven't you got the book on Intutive Eating? That is what the book call this. I bought it couple weeks ago and started it myself. You should check that out as well.Eliza> > > From: Norma Nill <Norma_Nill@ ...>> Subject: [intuitiveEating_ Support] Emotional Eating> To: "IESupport Group" <intuitiveeating_ support@yahoogro ups.com>> Date: Wednesday, May 20, 2009, 1:56 PM> > > > > > > > > Why put the food back? If you don't want it, then of course, put it back. But if you want it...> > With IE, you get to eat and savor your very favorite foods

and as much as you want of them. Nothing is off-limits. If you're hungry--emotionally or physically-- for a particular food, go for it. And make sure you have plenty of it around so that you aren't worried you'll run out. According to Geneen Roth and others, that's the best way to come to terms with foods that have always been off- limits and therefore all the more enticing and powerful. Eventually, believe it or not(!), they lose their allure, and you'll find they don't have power over you. Eventually, when we learn to recognize our body's signals, we will realize that food is only food, not the answer to our deepest longings. But I think we have to go through the process.> > Just this week, I bought a couple of Milky Way candy bars. Yesterday as I ate one--thinking about it's chewy texture and taste--really entering into the experience, I realized it's a little TOO CHOCOLATEY for me. In a flash of

insight, I decided not to buy them again, although they've been my favorite for years. I mean, why eat what I don't like?! I'd much rather have something else, like a doughnut. So that's what I plan to buy next. > > I'm definitely a sweets-eater, so I was amazed that what tempted me most today was a cup of ready-to-eat grapefruit. The sweet/tart combination was wonderful! Who knew this would happen without any effort on my part? It just happened to look good. Maybe my body was telling me I needed Vitamin C...> > Must confess I also ate the other Milky Way this afternoon. Maybe I had to verify I didn't like it? Yep, I still thought it was too chocolatey. But I couldn't bring myself to throw it away or keep it around indefinitely. Why is that?> > Still learning,> Gracie> IE-ing since 4/2/09> > > > > To:

IntuitiveEating_ Support@yahoogro ups.com> From: bizeewmyahoo (DOT) com> Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 08:23:19 -0700> Subject: [intuitiveEating_ Support] Emotional Eating> > > > > > > > > Greetings!!> > Have any of your ladies dealt with emotional eating issues. I need some tips on how to stop putting food in my mouth that is unhealthy. What do you think about that would cause you to put the food back??> > Help>

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Wow sounds like a great book. Iw ill get it this weekend.

Subject: Re: Emotional EatingTo: IntuitiveEating_Support Date: Wednesday, May 20, 2009, 5:53 PM

Oh, sorry, someone spelled it out in another post so I thought you might have seen it already. It is a book called When Women Stop Hating Their Bodies by Jane Hirschmann and Carol Munter. I think it is a really great book.thea> >> > Greetings!!> > > > Have any of your ladies dealt with emotional eating issues. I need some tips on how to stop putting food in my mouth that is unhealthy. What do you think about that would cause you to put the food back??> > > > Help> >>