Another Newbie

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Hello all, I'm another newbie on the board.  My name is Amy.  I'm 38 and have been struggling with disordered eating and dieting as long as I can remember.  I am working with an ED therapist who follows the Overcoming Overeating treatment guidelines. That book really wasn't a good match for me, so I picked up Intuitive Eating.  Bingo! It's right on target.

Anyway, I'm about 3 chapters into the book and signed up here so that I can interact with others facing the same struggles and learning how to non-diet.  I've been signed up for 3 days and am already way behind on emails - you guys are chatty!   :-)

Namaste,A 

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Welcome Amy. I am glad you found the IE book to be more of a better reference

for you. It seems that different books 'reach' different people I read IE

first and OO next, liking them both. I have also found that I get different

things from each book, and even something 'new' each time I re-read them.

Perhaps you can use what you found better/not so good from these books as a

start for your discussions here? What you post often strikes a cord with others

here and we all benefit!

Happy to be sharing the IE journey with you - Katcha

IEing since March 2007

>

> Hello all, I'm another newbie on the board.

> My name is Amy. I'm 38 and have been struggling with disordered eating and

> dieting as long as I can remember. I am working with an ED therapist who

> follows the Overcoming Overeating treatment guidelines. That book really

> wasn't a good match for me, so I picked up Intuitive Eating. Bingo! It's

> right on target.

>

> Anyway, I'm about 3 chapters into the book and signed up here so that I can

> interact with others facing the same struggles and learning how to non-diet.

> I've been signed up for 3 days and am already way behind on emails - you

> guys are chatty! :-)

>

> Namaste,

> A

>

[Guest guest]

PS - you (and others too) can change your email preferences to Daily Digest (a

single email with all daily posts) by editing your membership at the group site.

I prefer to read at the group site so have changed my preferences to Special

Notices only.

Katcha

IEing since March 2007

> I've been signed up for 3 days and am already way behind on emails - you

> guys are chatty! :-)

>

> Namaste,

> A

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks, Katcha.I made a mistake in the title - I was actually reading When Women Stop Hating Their Bodies.  I have a copy of Overcoming Eating as well, but haven't gotten into that one yet.  My understanding is that it's fairly similar to WWSHTB.

What I didn't like about WWSHTB were the repeated suggestions about how disliking a certain body part means something else.  For example they make weird correlations like:  if I hate my flabby arms,  then it must mean I'm a flighty person.  (??)  That just doesn't jive for me. 

I'm a very literal person.  When I feel negative about a body part, I don't need to try to find other meanings.  I dislike my flabby arms because, well, they're flabby.  I don't like the way they look.  I don't like they way they move.  I don't like them because they don't always fit well in shirts.  But most of all, I don't like them because I know that they're a a physical representation that I haven't been focusing on self-care (nourishing and moving my body). It doesn't have to mean anything beyond that - at least not to me.

I did get some nuggets of wisdom from the book: ending the diet mentality, legalizing foods, being kinder to myself, working to eliminate negative thoughts, etc.  All concepts which are also covered in the principles of Intuitive Eating.  And I also prefer the underlying meaning of all the Intuitive Eating principles: being present and feeling connected with my body.

Probably the best thing about WWSHTB was that it lead me to my current therapist, and to Intuitive Eating.  :-)Amy

 

Welcome Amy. I am glad you found the IE book to be more of a better reference for you. It seems that different books 'reach' different people I read IE first and OO next, liking them both. I have also found that I get different things from each book, and even something 'new' each time I re-read them.

Perhaps you can use what you found better/not so good from these books as a start for your discussions here? What you post often strikes a cord with others here and we all benefit!

Happy to be sharing the IE journey with you - Katcha

IEing since March 2007

>

> Hello all, I'm another newbie on the board.

> My name is Amy. I'm 38 and have been struggling with disordered eating and

> dieting as long as I can remember. I am working with an ED therapist who

> follows the Overcoming Overeating treatment guidelines. That book really

> wasn't a good match for me, so I picked up Intuitive Eating. Bingo! It's

> right on target.

>

> Anyway, I'm about 3 chapters into the book and signed up here so that I can

> interact with others facing the same struggles and learning how to non-diet.

> I've been signed up for 3 days and am already way behind on emails - you

> guys are chatty! :-)

>

> Namaste,

> A

>

[Guest guest]

Amy, OO is the first book by those authors, and I feel a faster/simpler 'intro'

type book than IE is. The IE book is a 'stronger' reference and has better

suggestions so most find it the more 'meaty' of the two.

WWSHTB is the second book by OO authors. I didn't read it until I have been

doin' IE for over 2 years. It just seemed to be a 'next step' for me then and I

tied into the many experiences that were added from all the long term groups

that the authors had worked with for so many years. I rather doubt that I would

have been able to identify with those associations of body parts and emotions

behind them when I first started IE. But they made more sense to me now that I

have worked thru many of the 'food' issues which is a focus for most people when

they begin.

Keep reading as you feel you want to. When I find myself 'pushing', then I

usually am not really ready nor do I get as much from what I plow thru then

either. There are many books that touch on this subject (see Book List) and some

will strike a cord and others won't. And sometimes one will be like YES! now and

ok at a later/second reading. Just remember that IE is a 'feast' and you can't

eat it ALL in one bite :)

Best to you, Katcha

IEing since March 2007

>

> Thanks, Katcha.

>

> I made a mistake in the title - I was actually reading When Women Stop

> Hating Their Bodies. I have a copy of Overcoming Eating as well, but

> haven't gotten into that one yet. My understanding is that it's fairly

> similar to WWSHTB.

>

> What I didn't like about WWSHTB were the repeated suggestions about how

> disliking a certain body part means something else. For example they make

> weird correlations like: if I hate my flabby arms, then it must mean I'm a

> flighty person. (??) That just doesn't jive for me.

>

> I'm a very literal person. When I feel negative about a body part, I don't

> need to try to find other meanings. I dislike my flabby arms because, well,

> they're flabby. I don't like the way they look. I don't like they way they

> move. I don't like them because they don't always fit well in shirts. But

> most of all, I don't like them because I know that they're a a physical

> representation that I haven't been focusing on self-care (nourishing and

> moving my body). It doesn't have to mean anything beyond that - at least not

> to me.

>

> I did get some nuggets of wisdom from the book: ending the diet mentality,

> legalizing foods, being kinder to myself, working to eliminate negative

> thoughts, etc. All concepts which are also covered in the principles of

> Intuitive Eating. And I also prefer the underlying meaning of all the

> Intuitive Eating principles: being present and feeling connected with my

> body.

>

> Probably the best thing about WWSHTB was that it lead me to my current

> therapist, and to Intuitive Eating. :-)

>

> Amy

>