Re: Christmas Treats and IE

[Guest guest]

Sue,

Yeah, I have had started learning IE last April. I admit I still make a few

mistakeas but hey it is okay for me. Did not feel the stress over little tiny

mistakes anymore as I used to.

Before I started IE. I was always stressed over how I eat and how much it would

effect my diabetic constant daily sometimes to the point become too much for me

to handle as started the worse headache. Until I started IE as I noticed my

stress level drop down a lot and stop worried so much about eating and my

diabetic. When my trusting my body grow each day as I even noticed my eating

begin change and what more my diabetic even begin to drop down as well.

Amazed how IE has change people's life.

Eliza

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> During the past 5 weeks of the holiday season I baked cookies, prepared

different foods for special holiday meals, and kept lots of special holiday

treats, which I normally don't have in my house. Amazingly I did not eat beyond

moderate fullness, binge or fear preparing and eating all those holiday treats.

I enjoyed several holiday meals and daily special treats, but my weight didn't

change during the month. Even though I've practiced IE for 7 years, this was the

first holiday season that I felt completely relaxed around holiday treats and

special meals.

>

> So I'm curious about how IE changed how other board members' holiday

experience. What was different about how you ate, baked, prepared special

holiday meals and/or treats, and celebrated with food this holiday season? What

IE principles most helped you survive or even enjoy Thanksgiving and Christmas

feasting and treats? How has IE changed the way you think and eat during the

holiday season?

>

> SUE

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Sue,

I just wanted to say congratulations on your success this holiday season!

That's a big deal and it shows you how far you've come. I remember from

chatting with you in the past that you have multiple food sensitivities as well,

and I think it's great that you were able to feel relaxed and stay consistent

throughout the holidays while living with your sensitivities, as well.

I'd say that I haven't restricted as much as in the past during this holiday

season, despite seeing physical changes in my body (this is a success for me,

since I'm more able to just let my body be, even though it feels very

uncomfortable emotionally). I also allowed myself to overeat on XMas night - it

was a conscious decision and I thoroughly enjoyed the food. Heck, it was a

holiday and the food was delicious! Giving myself permission to not be

" perfect " was important for me.

I hope you enjoy any leftovers

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> During the past 5 weeks of the holiday season I baked cookies, prepared

different foods for special holiday meals, and kept lots of special holiday

treats, which I normally don't have in my house. Amazingly I did not eat beyond

moderate fullness, binge or fear preparing and eating all those holiday treats.

I enjoyed several holiday meals and daily special treats, but my weight didn't

change during the month. Even though I've practiced IE for 7 years, this was the

first holiday season that I felt completely relaxed around holiday treats and

special meals.

>

> So I'm curious about how IE changed how other board members' holiday

experience. What was different about how you ate, baked, prepared special

holiday meals and/or treats, and celebrated with food this holiday season? What

IE principles most helped you survive or even enjoy Thanksgiving and Christmas

feasting and treats? How has IE changed the way you think and eat during the

holiday season?

>

> SUE

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks, . I suspect viewing my food allergies as 'ingredients', rather

than 'foods' which I must restrict, helps me focus on 'substitution' rather than

restriction and deprivation. Rather than focussing on what I can't have, I focus

on all the ways I can purchase or prepare all the treats and favorite foods I

enjoyed before my food allergy diagnoses. I know that for me illogical,

unnecessary restriction influenced my binges. So I try to find allergy free

ingredients to bake my favorite pastries or make homemade ice creams or purchase

allergy free versions of my favorite foods.

Also having accurate blood test diagnoses as well as obvious reactions to my

diagnosed allergens helps me easily avoid those allergens. If there were any

doubt in my mind whether or not I could safely eat my food allergens I might

waffle between craving, bingeing and guilt (or even painful reaction symptoms).

I did not always stop eating at 'just enough' at every holiday meal. I stopped

when I was moderately or even obviously full. However, I just automatically ate

less at the next meal, because my memory of discomfort from overeating

influences how much I eat at the next day's meals. I don't worry about calories

or restrict any particular food (other than allergens), but I don't like feeling

uncomfortable after a meal. So after eating to the point of discomfort at one

meal, I serve myself less or just listen more carefully to my stomach cues,

because I don't want to feel uncomfortable again for awhile.

SUE

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> Hi Sue,

>

> I just wanted to say congratulations on your success this holiday season!

That's a big deal and it shows you how far you've come. I remember from

chatting with you in the past that you have multiple food sensitivities as well,

and I think it's great that you were able to feel relaxed and stay consistent

throughout the holidays while living with your sensitivities, as well.

>

> I'd say that I haven't restricted as much as in the past during this holiday

season, despite seeing physical changes in my body (this is a success for me,

since I'm more able to just let my body be, even though it feels very

uncomfortable emotionally). I also allowed myself to overeat on XMas night - it

was a conscious decision and I thoroughly enjoyed the food. Heck, it was a

holiday and the food was delicious! Giving myself permission to not be

" perfect " was important for me.

>

> I hope you enjoy any leftovers

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