I am so happy.  This time has definitely been easier than the last time I tried to do this.  I think the intuitive eating book has played a part.  I definitely was skeptical.  I am a person that generally eats beyond full, there goes that binge eater, so I was thinking this would not work for me.  I am very self aware and I am finally doing something about it.  That self awareness plays a huge part in helping me develop a healthy relationship with food.

I am trying to prepare myself for the scale on Saturday.  I think I will be up but I’m okay with that because lets not even talk about my binges….Let me paint a picture:  A typical binge–a box of waffles, a jar of peanut butter, a whole pan of corn casserole, 1/2 pizza–you get the idea.  I know some people are like how can you fit all of that in?  With a binge you don’t savor or really taste the food.  You feel the effects, at least for me, about 15-20 minutes after a binge is over.  So 2-3 straight weeks of varying sizes of binges has really had an effect on my body.  I feel really sluggish, old, and heavy.  I have to look back and pinpoint when I started IE.  I don’t think it was in enough time to counteract the damage I did with the binges.  I’ve been going back and forth about the weighing.  I think I’ve finally decided to weigh quarterly.  So I will weigh on Saturday and not weigh in again until June 1st.  The IE book says don’t weigh and I haven’t gotten to the Geneen Roth stuff but I believe she says the same thing.  This is my way of doing what is comfortable for me in regards to weighing.  I will definitely be able to tell by the way my clothes fit during the in between times.