Guest guest Posted September 21, 2009 Report Share Posted September 21, 2009 Yesterday I refrained from going out to social atmosphere because all the clothes I have for going out do not fit right. I knew that if I went out with those clothes - I would feel that I have to go on a diet. So I didn't go out. I made a phone call to a friend instead to tell her about what i was feeling. I started rereading parts of the IE book and came across Principle 10 - which speaks about Gentle Nutrition. 90% nutrition and 10% play food. This morning I decided to get on the scale to face the " number " . It was about 20 pounds more than my " starving " diet number. Surpisingly it did not depress me. Instead I realized that I can choose to eat healthy - waiting for my hunger honoring it- stopping when I am satisfied and if the desire for play food comes into the picture - first see if there is something that can substitute that won't make me feel deprived butif not to go ahead and eat it and challenge the food police. I believe that I had to go through the stage of making peace with food to see that I can stop. Also I had to give up the diet mentality. I do not need to starve to get to a number on the scale - I can eat healthy - do my exercise to feel good about myself -not beat myself up if I eat something higher in calories - go out to restaurants and enjoy myself. I know that I don't feel good with these extra 15 pounds. I know that i hated my body 20 pounds ago and could not accept it unless I was at that exact number. So now I am working on getting to like my body as it is now but at the same time understand that physically I do not feel good at this weight. I started this journey because I googled - How can I stop hating my body - and found that the way to that is by IE. Which makes complete sense. It puts me in control of myself. Not some outside source. It takes alot of being in the present to work this process. (of course it used to sound easier to just go and join a diet club - but now I know as I did then - that that made things worse for me. Diane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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