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Hi Everyone, I've been reading this digest for a few weeks now whilst getting to grips with the key principles of IE. It's been wonderful for me and I have truely felt so much better. After 2 pregnancies in quick sucession, I gained a lot of weight and ate and ate and ate to get through the difficulties I faced looking after my two beautiful babies. I came to IE through the Beyond Chocolate book which I found very interesting. I've since read a tremendous amount of material and am trying to intergrate the key principles into my life without making them rules. I have two problems - the first is that since Friday night I've had an awful tummy bug, just a really bad pain in my lower abdomen - I lost my appetitie and not eating has been hard for me. I have just blown my starvation with biscuits and chocolates which is crazy as I felt I had legalised these foods and have a huge supply available. My tummy now really hurts and my hubby has to work this pm so I'm ill and having to look after my two littlies and I feel sad like I used to when I binged. I don't want to beat myself up but I feel terrible, it's really hard to break the habbits of a lifetime. When I'm managing to follow the IE principles (generally) I have real problems with the concept of true 'demand' feeding. I am a person who thrives on routine - my babies have strict routines and as such I only get certain times when I'm not looking after them. These are conventional meal times (breakfast excluded) and I try really hard to make sure that I'm hungry at these times in order that I can eat with focus and without tending to my little ones. Is this really in line with the principles of IE? Do you think I'm cheating? I know this all sounds very diet mentality but I'm trying to get my head around all of this after years and years of eating problems, like many of you I guess. Many thanks for listening and thank you for some inspiring recent posts - I love them and they really help me in getting to grips with my eating obsession, Love Fay x PS: Is there anyone who has done a Beyond Chocolate workshop on here and if so, do you recommend them? Do you know of any UK support groups or would any of you be interested in creating one? New Windows 7: Find the right PC for you. Learn more.