New to the Group

[Guest guest]

Hi Everyone ~

I'm new to the group. I read about Intuitive Eating while surfing on the web.

I had been on another diet plan for a couple of weeks and on many others

throughout my life. I knew that I wouldn't be able to stay with it much longer

and was desperate to find a way to lose weight without dieting. I had the idea

in my head about eating what I want but only when hungry, but it didn't seem

like that was OK and I wasn't really thinking the whole thing through...like

stopping before becoming stuffed, really waiting for hunger and not just meal

time, etc.

So, when I found the information about Intuitive Eating I was so excited. It

made sense. I immediately applied the concept and within a couple of weeks lost

over 10 lbs. I am very overweight and have almost 200 lbs. to lose.

I'm eating whatever I want. Pizza, calzones, watermelon, spinach, bacon & eggs,

ice cream, meat, etc.

Since I'm not feeling the guilt I don't care that I wait until I'm hungry

because I don't agonize over what I should or shouldn't eat and when I should or

shouldn't eat and all that kind of garbage we play in our minds. Now I find

that I really have a very small appetite. Sometimes I eat only 1 slice of

pizza, or 1/2 a sandwhich, sometimes a little more. But being able to eat

whatever I want has taken the guilt away so that I don't nned to get carried

away with " guilt bingeing " . This is so incredible and I wish I had understood

this all before. I guess I bought into the diet mentality and therefore

couldn't eat all the things I loved without the guilt and so would go on these

crazy diets sometimes and bingeing other times. The bingeing got worse and

worse as the years wore on, so that I was bingeing much more than dieting.

Eating forbidden foods was wrong and so if I ate a little...I might as well keep

on going. The past few years I gave up all together and just continued eating

whatever I wanted....but way more than past full. I gained so much weight that

I finally had to diet. I was getting older and my bad health wasn't going to

get me too much further. So, I started a diet program. Within a couple of

weeks I knew I'd never stick with it, because I wanted all the other foods I

love.

So, Intuitive Eating, was a gift to come across. It's so intelligent. And I

actually needed to hear this to accept it, because I was so caught up in the

diet mentality.

Now, unlike dieting or bingeing...I don't think about food all the time. I am

so happy right now...eating what I want and losing weight and feeling really

really good.

Thanks so much and I look forward to chatting with all of you.

[Guest guest]

,That's awesome! Thanks for sharing your story! Abby

Hi Everyone ~

I'm new to the group. I read about Intuitive Eating while surfing on the web. I had been on another diet plan for a couple of weeks and on many others throughout my life. I knew that I wouldn't be able to stay with it much longer and was desperate to find a way to lose weight without dieting. I had the idea in my head about eating what I want but only when hungry, but it didn't seem like that was OK and I wasn't really thinking the whole thing through...like stopping before becoming stuffed, really waiting for hunger and not just meal time, etc.

So, when I found the information about Intuitive Eating I was so excited. It made sense. I immediately applied the concept and within a couple of weeks lost over 10 lbs. I am very overweight and have almost 200 lbs. to lose.

I'm eating whatever I want. Pizza, calzones, watermelon, spinach, bacon & eggs, ice cream, meat, etc.

Since I'm not feeling the guilt I don't care that I wait until I'm hungry because I don't agonize over what I should or shouldn't eat and when I should or shouldn't eat and all that kind of garbage we play in our minds. Now I find that I really have a very small appetite. Sometimes I eat only 1 slice of pizza, or 1/2 a sandwhich, sometimes a little more. But being able to eat whatever I want has taken the guilt away so that I don't nned to get carried away with " guilt bingeing " . This is so incredible and I wish I had understood this all before. I guess I bought into the diet mentality and therefore couldn't eat all the things I loved without the guilt and so would go on these crazy diets sometimes and bingeing other times. The bingeing got worse and worse as the years wore on, so that I was bingeing much more than dieting. Eating forbidden foods was wrong and so if I ate a little...I might as well keep on going. The past few years I gave up all together and just continued eating whatever I wanted....but way more than past full. I gained so much weight that I finally had to diet. I was getting older and my bad health wasn't going to get me too much further. So, I started a diet program. Within a couple of weeks I knew I'd never stick with it, because I wanted all the other foods I love.

So, Intuitive Eating, was a gift to come across. It's so intelligent. And I actually needed to hear this to accept it, because I was so caught up in the diet mentality.

Now, unlike dieting or bingeing...I don't think about food all the time. I am so happy right now...eating what I want and losing weight and feeling really really good.

Thanks so much and I look forward to chatting with all of you.

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[Guest guest]

Hi and welcome! It sounds like you are very self-aware. I think you'll like it

here.

KT (Warrior)

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> Hi there,

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> I am laurie. i am new to the intuitive eating group. after 2 stints in

rehab, i have been in recovery from anorexia, overeating/undereating for the

last 13 years. my tendency is to undereat. i started the intuitive eating

process about 7 months ago because i still found that i was so focused on the

food and my body, the perfection of it all. i have had the flu for the last 2

days so i cannot work out. working out is not my problem, it's being gentle

around the exercise that needs healing. i can be an exercise junkie at times.

so i have been in bed the last 2 days. it is hard to just eat and trust that my

body is okay, and also to give myself permission to slow down.

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