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[Guest guest]

Hi...nice to meet everybody! I'm 42 years old, a mother of three, a now

work-from-home person (worked outside the home for 20 years) and I am pretty

overweight.

I went on my first diet at the age of 10. Until that year I had always been

quite thin. Suddenly I seemed to balloon. I was 4 foot 10 and 120 pounds and

thought I was horrifying. (I would kill or die to be 120 now, LOL. But now I'm

five foot one.)

I kept my weight in check for many years with starvation diets. I would keep

from eating until evening. Then I'd have one " meal " which was usually one food

(a hamburger or one Cup O'Noodles, etc.). I was very thin then.

I was always exhausted and went through the years in a fog and eventually

remarried and had my second child at the age of 36 (my first child was born when

I was 19). I did NOT bounce back weight-wise from this pregnancy. I just

couldn't starve myself any more. So after that I bounced around with Atkins and

CAD and the like. I always end up overeating like a madwoman.

I read a lot of Geneen Roth's books years ago, and I read Intuitive Eating as

well, but really didn't trust it. Now, having been DXd as hypothyroid (I'm on

medication for it), I realize I probably haven't had a metabolism to speak of

for years...well, obviously I *have* one, but you know what I mean. Between the

hypo and what I was doing to my own body with starvation I think I really hurt

myself. So now I have to make peace with food. I just have to. I don't want to

live this way any more.

Nice to meet everyone.

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

It's nice to meet you. You are in the company of people who have been down that diet road and can really understand where you are coming from.

I did a lot of starving in my teens and twenties, and I do think it had an effect upon my metabolism also. I was listening to a podcast by Elyse Resche, one of the Intuitive Eating authors, and she indicated that a slowed metabolism is a really common effect of many years of strict dieting; the body sure knows how to compensate when we don't fuel it enough! I think she said that sometimes a person's metabolism can pick up as they follow IE because they're no longer starving themselves; I don't know if this can happen for everyone, but she said sometimes the metabolism improves.

Yes, I got to the point where I couldnt starve anymore; and initially I had wondered, why not? I mean in my teens and twenties I was fantastic at starving! But I'm so thankful that I wasn't able to keep up that very harmful behavior. I'm glad my body just said, "no more" and my rebellious side said "no more!!"

So I am so glad you've found IE and the support of this group. Welcome,

Laurie

To: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Tue, December 22, 2009 12:34:29 PMSubject: New...intro

Hi...nice to meet everybody! I'm 42 years old, a mother of three, a now work-from-home person (worked outside the home for 20 years) and I am pretty overweight.I went on my first diet at the age of 10. Until that year I had always been quite thin. Suddenly I seemed to balloon. I was 4 foot 10 and 120 pounds and thought I was horrifying. (I would kill or die to be 120 now, LOL. But now I'm five foot one.)I kept my weight in check for many years with starvation diets. I would keep from eating until evening. Then I'd have one "meal" which was usually one food (a hamburger or one Cup O'Noodles, etc.). I was very thin then.I was always exhausted and went through the years in a fog and eventually remarried and had my second child at the age of 36 (my first child was born when I was 19). I did NOT bounce back weight-wise from this pregnancy. I just couldn't starve myself any more.