Guest guest Posted March 24, 2009 Report Share Posted March 24, 2009 I think what she means is the process of telling yourself positive affirmations while looking in the mirror - finding even one thing that you can praise about yourself (great smile, kind eyes, etc) ... but it's not anything you " have " to do in IE - just a practice that some people find helpful.. AAAAAAH thanks. Was a great book I ran into (name I dont recall now though its somewhere in my library of books no doubt) that asked you to say a positive thing about yourself each and everyday whenever a negative thought instead entered your head. Something simply like - I have a pretty smile. I have great green eyes. I have a husband who loves me. I have good looking legs. etc etc etc. with a different thought each day chosen. That one thought repeated each day all day long whenever you had negative thoughts and then for day two a different positive thing about yourself to the tune of an entire month 28=30 days of each day a different great thought ABOUT YOU repeated all day long They said if you could make it a positive statement each and every day and a different one each day that your whole attitude about life and yourself and self image would change for the better. Sad thing for me was I never got past day 4-5 maybe I got to day 8 one time..just forgot about it -went back I suppose to thinking instead negative little barbs about myself or life in general instead. See if I can find the book - to give you the title. Was about major life changes perhaps career changes as well and your acceptance of life and yourself. I keep thinking it was the parachute book but its not. Might be that huge huge book that my Sister Helen was reading one time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 18, 2009 Report Share Posted December 18, 2009 Yes, there is a two hour IE workshop coming up in Vancouver in January. It is also happening in Port Coquitlam, e-mail for details. Intuitive Eating Series: Break free from worry about food and your body size. Who: McIntosh and Jensen When: Tuesday, January 5th, 7:00-9:00pm Where: The Canadian School of Natural Nutrition, 100-2245 West Broadway, Vancouver BC Cost: $20 per session Contact: www.getliving.ca ARNIE > > I see that Geneen has a workshop coming up in California in May 2010. I'd love to attend but can't afford the fee and travel costs (I live in British Columbia) > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 19, 2009 Report Share Posted December 19, 2009 Thanks to you Arnie for posting this I know I am holly green with envy to not be near enough to join in. Lucky you and hope Bonnie gets a chance to join in too. ehugs, Katcha > > > > I see that Geneen has a workshop coming up in California in May 2010. I'd love to attend but can't afford the fee and travel costs (I live in British Columbia) > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 19, 2009 Report Share Posted December 19, 2009 Hi Bonnie, I'm really glad you found Intuitive Eating and also Geneen Roth; I love her books also and she was the very first "sane" author I'd read back when I was only 24. And now I"m 46 :.) It must have been just a terrible situation with the surgery having gone wrong! I really sympathize with you. I admire you for saying "no more" to diets and surgery and to having the determination to find a better way for yourself. I was also 300Lb at one time; I'd say now I am about 240Lb but I don't weigh so that's a guess. I think what I love most about IE is I am hardly focused on my weight anymore. And I know that my weight and size 18/20 isn't something everyone could like, but to be really, really honest with you I look in the mirror and I DO like how I look, right now, even if I don't lose any more weight. It's strange because when I was 20, the way I look now would have horrified me, lol, but back then I absolutely hated how I looked and I was size 12. Now I really like how I look and I'm much larger. My ideas of the ideal body have changed drastically; I don't have an ideal body type anymore. Glad you're here and posted, and looking forward to getting to know you here on-line. Laurie To: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Fri, December 18, 2009 3:13:50 PMSubject: Thanks I've been a member of this group for about a month now and I just want to thank you all for participating. ....you make this group rock. I weigh over 300 lbs and recently had to have a gastric lap band removed as it not only didn't work for me but it embedded itself into my stomach and liver. Needless to say, I have travelled the road of diet after diet and then in desperation went as far as weight loss surgery. I have now read all of Geneen Roth's books and believe I have finally found a way out of my compulsion. I am taking little steps but every time I take a step in the direction of truly nuturing myself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 20, 2009 Report Share Posted December 20, 2009 Bonnie the extra A is something I have noticed before with other posts too. My guess is that its a font related occurrence? How a post 'looks' is not as important as what it contains - just like us people ;-) Post on and don't sweat the A popping up, but I noticed that this post I'm replying to didn't have it so you must have changed something for the 'better' Katcha IEing since March 2007 > > Many thanks to all who answered my post. I really appreciate and will follow-up on the suggestions of attending an IE seminar in Vancouver (it just happens that I live just outside of Vancouver, in Maple Ridge) and I'm also going to check out the Geneen Roth site suggested. Christmas is a bit tough because it seems that I have food coming at me from every direction but though far from perfect I feel that I'm finally on the right path. And yes, I too was once a size 12 and thought I was huge!! My we are hard on ourselves aren't we? I also must apologize for the weird A's that appeared after every period I typed in my last post. That doesn't show up on my screen and I don't know what causes it...anybody out there know what I'm doing wrong?? Bonnie > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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