Re: catch 22

[Guest guest]

Yours sounds very much like my story - right down to the age, size and dictates

of the doctor! What I have come to find via IE is that 1) I can move and do what

I need to live my life fully at current size while allowing my body to 'adjust'

at its time and pace as I add IE into my life. 2) I have come to realize that

the medical profession is woefully uneducated about 'weight' issues -

particularly dieting, not to mention aging and genetic factors too. 3) I am glad

I gave myself the gift of time too - IE isn't a quick fix, overnight miracle

that dieting promises and then reneges on (time after time!).

Best to you and looking forward to sharing your IE journey here -

Katcha

IEing since March 2007

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> Okay, I have been working on the food issue thing for about 40 years. The last

5 or so I have come to the IE principles on my own. I read the book recently and

it affirmed me in my beliefs, which I appreciate. But the fact is that I need to

loose weight. I am 5'3 " and about 180 lbs. My doctor has told me to loose

weight, ect., ect. I think we all know the drill... can't diet because it

doesn't work...need to loose weight because the weight just keeps coming on. So

what do you do? How do you get the weight off? Has anyone struggled with this?

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[Guest guest]

To add onto what Katcha said I think the medical profession tends to be overly

focused on weight loss for health.

I am not a medical professional but I think just because you are eating less

food and losing weight doesn't necessarily mean you are healthier. You can keep

the same eating habits that has made you gain weight but eat less, that doesn't

make you any healthier... just smaller. For me, the key is to eat food that

makes my body feel good. Usually this means healthy food items that fills you

with energy.

Also, some of the research I have done for papers have demonstrated that the

risk factors for obesity are similar to years of chronic yo - yo dieting and

maintaining an extremely low weight. Within this context I find it interesting

that some (not all) medical professionals focus primarily on losing weight for

health.

So if I were I would continue to focus on IE because with time you will find

yourself wanting to and easily eating healthier food.

- K

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> > Okay, I have been working on the food issue thing for about 40 years. The

last 5 or so I have come to the IE principles on my own. I read the book

recently and it affirmed me in my beliefs, which I appreciate. But the fact is

that I need to loose weight. I am 5'3 " and about 180 lbs. My doctor has told me

to loose weight, ect., ect. I think we all know the drill... can't diet because

it doesn't work...need to loose weight because the weight just keeps coming on.

So what do you do? How do you get the weight off? Has anyone struggled with

this?

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[Guest guest]

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> To add onto what Katcha said I think the medical profession tends to be overly

focused on weight loss for health.

They may be concentrating on weight loss with very over weight people. I have

two friends who were both very overweight and needed surgery for falling down

spinal column issues. One needed the discs in the neck repaired and one needed

the discs - little pads in the lower back along the spinal column fixed somehow

I dont recall how.

Doctors would not perform the needed surgeries on either of them, til the weight

was brought down. For one once the weight was down they were stunned to find

that her back (which needed a surgery for the lower spinal column) Had fixed

itself and no longer needed the surgery. They were stunned to see it had

literally repaired itself.

SHe and the other friend once their weight was down were both no longer on pills

for blood pressure - high choloresteroal and or diabetes....so in that regard

the Medical Profession might in fact be wise to be concerned about weight

issues.

My doctor isnt. When I asked if weight loss would help with an issue I had she

said NO. I think she is wrong - given the results of my two friends Shirley and

Penelope.

Judy