Re: Are you sitting down??????????

[Guest guest]

LOL, I remember the day I started wanting salad, too

 

And here's what is really cool - you can have grated cheese and " real " salad dressing on it, too.  No more fat-free dressing!  No more dressing on the side that you tentatively and resentfully dip your sad little piece of lettuce in!!  Ahh, the freedom!!

 

MIkki

[Guest guest]

That is wonderful!! I bet it was the best salad you ever had!

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> Only my friends on this group would understand the significance of what I'm

about to tell you.

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> Are you ready????

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> Drumroll........

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> Last night I ate SALAD because I WANTED it!

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> I have not touched salad in 10 months since quitting my last diet. It feels

like a major breakthrough! I wanted it. I ate it. It was satisfying.

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> This helps me to trust that eventually my mind will continue to settle down

and let my body tell it what it needs.

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> What a relief!

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> Deb

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[Guest guest]

LOL, Mikki, I had REAL ranch dressing, croutons, and cheese in it! Yum!

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> LOL, I remember the day I started wanting salad, too

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> And here's what is really cool - you can have grated cheese and " real " salad

> dressing on it, too. No more fat-free dressing! No more dressing on the

> side that you tentatively and resentfully dip your sad little piece of

> lettuce in!! Ahh, the freedom!!

>

> MIkki

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks !

I had seconds!

My poor body was probably saying " thank God, here comes a real fresh tomato and

romaine lettuce! "

I havent had the desire for fresh fruit yet but have been drinking the v8 fusion

which i guess is better than nothing.

Deb

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> > Only my friends on this group would understand the significance of what I'm

about to tell you.

> >

> > Are you ready????

> >

> > Drumroll........

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> > Last night I ate SALAD because I WANTED it!

> >

> > I have not touched salad in 10 months since quitting my last diet. It feels

like a major breakthrough! I wanted it. I ate it. It was satisfying.

> >

> > This helps me to trust that eventually my mind will continue to settle down

and let my body tell it what it needs.

> >

> > What a relief!

> >

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> > Deb

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[Guest guest]

LOL Deb - its amazing how food we associated with dieting can return to our

tastes - after a much needed 'rest' :) I felt that way about apples, even

though I always liked them, I just couldn't eat one without feeling like it was

'instead' of something that I really wanted. Now I enjoy them once again, but

still not all that often either ;-)

One evening instead of snacks or dessert I ate - broccoli!! It has always been a

favorite of mine - for dinner veggie. But to realize and actually prepare it to

eat later (and while watching TV) was a new one for me. Almost as good as cake

for breakfast :)

Kudos to you - Katcha

IEing since March 2007

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> Only my friends on this group would understand the significance of what I'm

about to tell you.

>

> Are you ready????

>

> Drumroll........

>

> Last night I ate SALAD because I WANTED it!

>

> I have not touched salad in 10 months since quitting my last diet. It feels

like a major breakthrough! I wanted it. I ate it. It was satisfying.

>

> This helps me to trust that eventually my mind will continue to settle down

and let my body tell it what it needs.

>

> What a relief!

>

>

> Deb

>

[Guest guest]

Hi,

I am new to Intuitive Eating; I did follow Overcoming Overeating for about 15

years.

Just want to say it is great that people are starting to really enjoy salad or

apples because they taste good; I know it's nice to see them as decent foods to

choose instead of " diet " foods.

I have one quick question;

Is this Intuitive Eating group based on a specific Intuitive Eating book? I see

there's more than one and don't want to purchase the wrong one; sorry for my

ignorance of this. Thanks for any help possible :.)

Laurie

[Guest guest]

Laurie, this group was set up with the Intuitive Eating book by Tribole &

Elyse Resch. There is also a Book List in the Files section here that has many

other titles/authors for you to select from (OO included). The only common point

here is to not restrict or 'should' yourself with EXternal rules/dictates about

eating or body appearance. Returning to the inner wisdom that we all were born

with as our only needed guidance for each of our lives is what this group

supports for ourselves and each other. Glad to have you here!

Katcha

IEing since March 2007

PS - you may want to print the book list and check out the library where you can

pre-view the books there before selecting one (or 2

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> Hi,

> I am new to Intuitive Eating; I did follow Overcoming Overeating for about 15

years.

>

> Just want to say it is great that people are starting to really enjoy salad or

apples because they taste good; I know it's nice to see them as decent foods to

choose instead of " diet " foods.

>

> I have one quick question;

> Is this Intuitive Eating group based on a specific Intuitive Eating book? I

see there's more than one and don't want to purchase the wrong one; sorry for my

ignorance of this. Thanks for any help possible :.)

>

> Laurie

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Katcha,

Thanks so much for the warm welcome; I appreciate it. I didn't mean to come on

so opinionated with one of my posts; hope it didn't bother anyone. The reason I

posted that is in another on-line group the owner was talking all about paleo,

cutting carbs, not eating dairy, etc., etc. and I wasn't, in that forum, allowed

to voice my opinion that the body knows internally what it needs for nutrition.

Hopefully everyone will find me helpful and caring :.)

Thanks for telling me about the books; I'll order them :.)

Laurie

[Guest guest]

Isn't it great! I've been craving of all things, celery, lately. All of the

sudden I love celery???!!!!!

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> Only my friends on this group would understand the significance of what I'm

about to tell you.

>

> Are you ready????

>

> Drumroll........

>

> Last night I ate SALAD because I WANTED it!

>

[Guest guest]

Lori,

What I find great about this group is that I have found it warmly supportive of

UN dieting. Other forums were either too constrained (dictorial?!?) or didn't

have the richness of experience and encouragement that I have found here. We do

try to stay on topic, but can stray a bit now and then, but truly off topic

posts are deleted/denied so that the focus of Intuitive Eating (normal eating

etc.) is kept.

Its grand to have someone join us here with a wealth of experience like you have

as well as a willingness to share what you can with those just getting underway

with their own IE journeys.

Looking forward to reading more posts from you

Katcha (moderator)

IEing since March 2007

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> Hi Katcha,

> Thanks so much for the warm welcome; I appreciate it. I didn't mean to come

on so opinionated with one of my posts; hope it didn't bother anyone. The

reason I posted that is in another on-line group the owner was talking all about

paleo, cutting carbs, not eating dairy, etc., etc. and I wasn't, in that forum,

allowed to voice my opinion that the body knows internally what it needs for

nutrition.

>

> Hopefully everyone will find me helpful and caring :.)

>

> Thanks for telling me about the books; I'll order them :.)

>

> Laurie

>

[Guest guest]

Lori,What I find great about this group is that I have found it warmly supportive of UN dieting.

Hi Katcha,

Thank you so much. I feel very welcome here and I appreciate that. I am already noticing a warm, supportive tone as I read the emails from others. I am very happy to have found this intuitive eating support group! Thanks!

Laurie