Hi All! This thread has gotten busy! I was posting back in december 2013 on the IE thread #18 at the time but it wasn't very active and I was talking to myself a lot so I kinda disappeared to find support elsewhere but I popped on today just out of curiosity to see if it was any better and found this thread which is very chatty! I love it!
Do you mind if I join you all?
So since I started IE 10 months ago a lot has changed for me. My name is Spryng, I'm 34, mother of 4 kids (14,13,11 and 8) I have lost 66 lbs total, 55or so of that was with a low calories/portion diet and then I found IE and switched as it made soooo much sense to me. My favorite book is How to have your cake and skinny jeans too though I've read several other IE books as well. I lose the additional lbs over a few months, not fast but consistant.
I divorced at the beginning of this year, 15 years of marriage was over but it was the best thing for myself and the kids. Me and my EX are amicable, it was uncontested and actually very easy in hindsight. So anyway, I met a great guy a few months ago and had to go back on birth control and the birth control really messed with my hunger. I was hungry ALL the time. So I was trying to do my IE principles of honoring my hunger and eating when I was truly hungry but I was seriously hungry ALL the time so I started to slowly gain.. nothing crazy, over the last 8 months I've put on 8 lbs... I was easily maintaining at 112-115 and after the birth control hunger I went up to 115-117, then 117-119 and then the other morning I hit 120 and said this has got to stop! I swore I'd never see 120 again when I left it so it was a wake up call for me that if I don't get this under control now it will creep up to 125, then 130.. you know that slippery slope, and it happens fast.
So anyway, the past week I've really been trying to figure out how to get this fixed. How do I follow IE principles if my body is telling me I'm hungry ALL the time? Well first I am cleaning up my diet, I really did eat crap all the time (because I could) I mean I'd eat a snicker bar for breakfast, not the best thing I could choose lol I've never been big on fruits and veggies, I love my carbs and fats but my body was craving some nourishment so I bought a nutribullet and have been making some awesome smoothies for breakfast each day. It doesn't feel like I'm eating fruits and veggies so I like it and in fact I crave it for breakfast every day, my skin for the first time in my life is clear and glowing, my hair is not breaking and I just feel more energized all day. So I checked that off my list, eat healthier... but still portions was the issues. I'm only eating when truly hungry but how do you do that when you are genuinely hungry ALL the time?? well that is what I'm here for... ideas.. yesterday I just really cut some portions down, Paced my hunger so instead of eating a meal at 2pm because my body was screaming for it, I had a green tea with chia seeds (chia seeds are sooooo good for us plus they swell causing us to feel satisfied) so I'm tricking my body a bit because I know it can't be needing those calories, it feels like true hunger but it has to be pseudo hunger... but it worked for yesterday! I was able to only eat 3 smaller meals, used chia seeds inbetween if I needed them and I was down to 119 today which I'm thrilled about but I still need to get back down to 112 or less so that is why I'm here... how do I continue to get past this birth control hunger! I can't stop taking them and yes I've tried a few different kinds this year but they all do this to me, so now I need to figure out how to do IE while on them without gaining weight and also losing a few more lbs in the process... ideas???? and I can't wait to get to know you all