Re: Re: This is so HARD!

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Yes Caren I agree with Katcha this aproach takes time and even with time it is still a day to day process to fight diet mentality and choose to follow IE every day. IE is not a quick fix but it is worth it if you give yourself time. Eva

Caren,I wasn't able to 'do' non-dieting the first time I gave it a try either. I read all of Geenen Roth's books, attended a seminar of hers and went home to MYSELF. Of course I loved that I 'could eat anything I wanted' - and did too. But what I didn't have (then) was feedback from others incorporating these changes in our lives. This was years before such groups as this one were as available. Since finding this one, I have been able to finally 'get' IE (normal eating etc.) going in my life. A lot of the difficulty we all face when starting out is the extreme and constant 'pressure' that the rest of the world would like for us to live under - diet mentality! I do hope that you will give yourself the gift of time and love that reclaiming your focus on food as fuel for YOUR life needs as well as being able to share what you need and discover with this group too. Welcome and BEST to you too - KatchaIEing since March 2007>> I'm new to this group. I've lost the same 15 pounds about 7 times over the last 30 years! I go to Weight Watchers and loose. Keep it off with monthly weigh-ins for about a year. Stop going and it slowly creeps back over the next few years. I reach my panic point and go back to WW. A 4 year cycle! Last time I got mad that I just couldn't eat and maintain a healthy weight. I know how to eat.... So I read Intuitive Eating and gained weight and gave up. Went back to WW, mad at myself yet again. I went out of town for 8 days to get my White Belt in Nia (www.nianow.com). I had to eat out for all meals so didn't really do WW tracking. I got some good advice at the training. My brain has a relationship with food, but my body doesn't. So I'm trying to 'ask' my body what it wants to eat.> > To make a long story short, I'm reading it again. I almost weighed myself this morning and didn't so I'm proud. It's still hard to get rid of the diet mentality and not think of foods as good or bad and my eating for the day as good or bad. I teach kindergarten so it's back to school and I have to be on a schedule. I'm usually pretty hungry by lunch (I think!).> > > Caren>------------------------------------