My friend sent me that link, the one who used to post here and I tried twice to get it to work......finally on the third time it worked. That is why I put test.
I have been emailing a lady who does weigh down and getting a little confused. She says she eats very little...maybe 2 small meals a day and is quite content. I guess that is what they teach....rely on God and eat less. But I think when I stay hungry a lot of the time I don't lose weight. I can be really hungry in the morning and do other things and just forget about it. But it doesn't seem to help with weight loss. And I know they don't emphasize exercise either. Somehow, I just feel I need to get stronger because I am getting older and need the energy.
I wanted to come by and let you know that I'm leaving IE and going back to WW. I'm going to be doing Whole Foods and I think WW is the way to keep things in line for me so I can learn portions etc. I just don't want to live with diabetes if it is possible to eat right and reverse it which I've read can be done and I know from my own experience in the past that it can be. I reversed it years ago with diet and exercise and just let things go and now I'm facing it again. This time I want to get rid of it and hopefully never have to go this route again. I will miss all of you and wish all of you the best.
Can you conjure up the memory of a favorite childhood food? How do you feel when you catch a whiff of one of your family’s traditional holiday dishes? Do you smile when you think about the best meal you’ve ever had?
Most of us would agree that food leaves a powerful imprint. A woman in one of my workshops once said, “Food is the background music to my life.” But what about your experiences with dieting? Are you aware of how they’ve affected your thoughts about eating?
Although I haven’t dieted for over 12 years, I recently had an experience that made me realize how deep the grooves really are. I had an early board meeting and arrived to find a continental breakfast.MichellesBananaNutMuffin As I ate the top of a banana nut muffin I felt disappointed. I prefer my own muffins (pictured here) unless the top is fabulous (brown sugar, nuts, etc.). I could tell by looking at it that this one wasn’t going to be. As you know, I believe in eating what I love—and I wasn’t loving this. So why did I choose it?
I looked back over the options and saw bananas. That would have been a safer choice. I suddenly realized that I hadn’t take one because past dieting taught me that a whole banana counted as two fruits. I had stopped eating bananas because I never wanted to eat half of something.
Really? I chose a marginal banana muffin over a banana because of the allowed serving size? Now that was funny!
As I’ve worked with yo-yo dieters over the last decade, I’ve heard many stories about how guilt, fear, and misinformation have led to feelings of deprivation, bingeing, and even irrational choices. While some of the stories were about decadent desserts, chips, and fast food, others were about grapes (“you can only have 12 so why bother”), carrots (“they are high glycemic”), nuts and avocados (“fat is bad”).
Pay close attention to old food rules that may be affecting your decisions, actions, and enjoyment now. Mindful eating not only helps you more fully experience your food, it teaches you to approach eating (and living) with awareness and curiosity.
Eat Mindfully, Live Vibrantly!
Michelle May, M.D.
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Great post carol, I think I'll probably always to some degree be my own food police. Though I'm happy to say that I've stopped looking at or thinking about calories altogether. From calorie counting for so long I pretty much know already the totals for anything so that is huge for me to not try and add it up while I eat. I have been keeping a food journal but not being super rigid about it, like 2 pieces of toast with 1 Tablespoon of butter. It's interesting to me that I really only eat 4 times a day and feel comfortable, as opposed to eating 6 or 7 times a day and always being hungry.
I weighed myself today, will probably do it on the first of the month and no more than that. I was really happy to see I haven't gained anything! I haven't lost anything either but I really felt like I was probably gaining so I'm glad it isn't true. Maybe when I get regular about exercise and saving drinks for the weekend I'll actually start to lose. That will be my goal for this month.
Sorry... I have been MIA. I spent most of last week sick. As in, couldn't move to far from my bathroom. But I am all better now! I had a GREAT holiday weekend. Ate some "bad" stuff, but never ate tot he point of feeling overly stuffed... and I was really quite proud of myself for that.
Anyways - just wanted to pop in and say Hi! and I was reading a blog I follow. The woman is an intiutive eater and writes some great posts. Her latest one is particularly good: http://skwigg.tripod.com/blog/index....ing-questions/
Hi Carly, Lauren and SCraver. Our computer has been down for a couple days. All better now.......ugh to those viruses. I got Michelle May's book today. It is so good. I've only read the intro so far. She is the one that I post most of the articles here.
Hello all. Been real busy. Today I am going to have to bring my dog to the vet, she is almost 12 and has started urinating blood, she has problems with her back and legs, I think the diagnosis will not be good, but I am so grateful to have had her in my life that if I have to make a decision I know that will be hard, it will be sadness mixed with gratefullness. Have a blessed day. Tammy
Ugh, Tammy that is sad. I'm sorry you have to do that, it is so hard to see a pet suffer.
I feel like I have gone off the deep end. And it all started with me weighing in at the first of this month. I have been trying to still keep eating in check, not overeating but it has gotten bad these last few days. Add in having drinks every day and it makes for one bloated, unhappy me. Instead of beating myself up I'm just going to make the choice today to do better. I think part of why I'm going downhill is that I'm hanging on to diet mentality in a way. I want to start a new training plan for a half marathon since I botched the one for the race I'm hopefully doing on Saturday. So I'm telling myself that my eating, drinking, and activity will change. I don't get it though, since ultimately that is what I want to do - run, fuel my runs, and not drink so I will feel like going out and doing my runs! Still it feels like I'm fighting myself. We are all also going to give up dairy for a couple of months since we suspect that my daughter is allergic and want to see if it helps, all of us quitting will just make it easier for her. So of course I'm craving cheese now like I'll never have it again!
Anyway, I'm going to stop weighing for good I think since it doesn't really matter. It matters more to me how my clothes feel, how my body feels, and yes, how I look. I think I will make the one rule for myself of only having a couple drinks on one day a week, on the weekend. Just letting myself do whatever in that regard isn't doing anything for me. I'm starting to feel like crap, really run down and I don't like that. So for today I'm going to make the effort to eat things that I know will help me feel better.
Tammy, my dh is a vet and sees a lot of sorrow. My dd just lost her dog and was heart broken. Lauren, I have been off dairy for about 5 years due to high blood calcium. I sure miss cheese and have it once in awhile since my calcium had been normal for going on 2 years. But it stays normal even though I don't eat dairy. There is calcium in most foods at least a little bit. I love milk, too, but I drink nonfortified soy milk. Or I should say I use it on cereal, etc. I only drink it straight if I put chocolate in it.
Would it be possible for me to join The Intuitive eating clan?
I am just returning to 3FC after much time away.....TOO much time, and much weight gained.
Having read IE a couple of years ago, I am convinced that it is the only way I am going to be able to live my life and still change my relationship with food. Sooooo many diets, so many pounds gained.
At this point---all I want is to call a truce with food, and cut down on pigging out, portion sizes, and just feel normal again.
OH! Shoot! I forgot to tell you all something about me.
I am a 55 yr. old woman, married, have two grown sons, and live in Ohio, but spend summer at our cabin in Michigan. I am there now.
I didn't battle weight as a child or teen, but when I quit smoking in 1978, I gained 30# over a summer, and that was the start of it. I had learned to soothe myself with food to replace cigarettes.
Now I am about 70# overweight. I've spent years getting the weight off...and then gaining it back, over and over.......till I'm so sick of it all.
I'm interested in regaining a normal relationship with food.
Welcome Cheryl. I am 61 and have lost about 40lb with IE and 30 to go. Sometimes I get really discouraged over the 30 but I have to remember I lost 40 and kept it off so I should be thankful.
