Amazing Feats!?

[Guest guest]

I shared the following post on the Long Haul group this morning:

Good morning all,

I went out last night to a social mixer at a local area restaurant. What I

discovered about this place is that everything on the menu is only $5 bucks and

the menu has alot of great items. I ate my mid-day meal later than normal

because I unexpectedly had to take my car to be serviced. I tend to stress about

my car more now because my income flow is currently smaller. So, I lost my

appetite when I heard an unexpected noise from my car yesterday morning and

immediately took it to get checked. So when I arrived at the event around 6

p.m., I wasn't remotely hungry. Of course, as everyone orders their meals, I'm

asked why I'm only sipping on a root beer. I communicate to the woman next to me

about how I've been practicing IE for about a year and a half, that I eat when

I'm hungry, and how I feel so much more peaceful around food. She asked me if I

did IE for " health reasons " and I reply that I did it for " sanity. " She looks at

me funny and then changes the subject!

Anyways, I'm feeling that social pressure to order something besides root beer

throughout the three hours that I'm there. I noticed the pressure, picked up the

menu... and my internal dialogue went something like this " it's only $5 dollars

right...are you sure you don't want to just get something Latoya? I'm not

hungry. Are you sure? We can take something home. Could it be that you're

getting a little bit hungry? " I've seen this track before...if I think about it

enough, I've sometimes convinced myself that I'm hungry when I'm really not. So,

I intentionally changed my thoughts and put the menu back down and focused on

the conversations around me. I left without eating or taking any food. AMAZING!

I've been experiencing more and more amazing personal feats on my IE journey.

Anyone else want to share some of yours?

Latoya

Practicing IE since Jan '08