This week I bought 2 IE books.

The ten habits of Naturally Slim People and How to Make them Part of Your Life
and
Inituitive Eating- A Revolutionary Program that Works
(I am ordering the overfed head
They both advance the idea of eating when you're hungry, paying attention to nutrition, excercise, building self esteem and fighting the dieting mentality, and being ok with your "natural body weight".

Anyway in the IE book there is an appendix of the guidlines. This is for the people who haven't had a chance to pick up a book.



1 Reject the Diet Mentality
2 Honor Your Hunger
3 Make Peace with Food
4 Challenge the Food Police
5 Feel Your Fullness
6 Discover the Satisfaction Factor
7 Cope with Your Emotions Without Using Food
8 Respect Your Body
9 Excercise-Feel the Difference
10 Honor your Health

Each Guidline is a chapter in the book.

Ok. Off the soapbox for now.

Button, I cook almost everything I eat from scratch, and one of the interesting side effects of that is that I have found that just the process of cooking--handling the food, cutting it up, smelling the various spices and the cooking aromas--satisfies my appetite as much as eating it does. By the time I have finished cooking a meal, I rarely feel like eating much of it, and most of it gets frozen in single serving portions for lunches to take to work.

My daughter uses it and says it helps her maintain her weight loss equally as well as Weight Watchers . A lot of it has been said in other books and places but it can't hurt to read a book or two by the person who coined this-Geneen Roth I believe.

Checking in!

I was wondering if someone wouldn't mind starting an IE thread part2?
Sometimes this one, since it is so large, takes awhile to load especially if you are trying to flip through pages. I would do it, but since I am new I thought I would leave to one of you oldtimers

Tonight....I had some chips and salsa, not alot...I stopped and took pieces off of chips and dipped rather than dipping in the whole thing and shoving it in my mouth. It was nice because I was able to eat my spinach enchiladas with steamed veggies and wasn't miserable like I usually am when I eat mexican food.

Sounds like everyone is doing well...keep up the good work!

I went ahead and weighed this morning to see if I could get the little pig to move on my tracker.

Down 2 pounds, so he got to scooch over a hair. I will take it!

Congratulation Chazmom


As for starting a new thread. I think the person who started this one should, and lock this one

It's funny the feeling that come up when you stop shoving them down with food. I actually went for the ice-cream late last night and after one small mouthfull I stopped and thought ok, I still don't feel any better.... so I just went to bed (which is what I really needed to do was get some sleept. I have focused on food for so long that I don't know what to focus on. I'm not only relearning how to eat but relearning to focus on other things.

Has anyone else gone through something like this?

I get a sweet tooth when im tired too....maybe its the body saying "if you intend me to continue functioning, I need a cheap fast carb burn" (i.e. ice cream, candy etc)...Im not sure there are any BAD foods...they all do SOMETHING for the body..including processed sugar...its a great quick rush when the body needs fast energy....I do tend to stay away from sugar and sodas for the most part...mostly because its just so bad for your teeth....soda especially. With cake, you eat it and are done, with soda you are washing your teeth in sugar and acids over and over for an extended period. My parents spent way too much money on my mouth for me to just blow it and get dentures lol.

My problem has always been overeating...binging, now that I look at it (although at the time I really didnt see myself as a binge eater), even dieting I would pick as many really low cal foods as I could so I could eat as much of them as I possibly could fit in my stomach....I was reading a post on here where people were talking about sneaking candy and eating it in the car before they got home....man oh man was that me. I dont think I can live the rest of my life with anything really good off limits forever....Ill just screw up and beat myself up over it. I would rather learn to appreciate them, and keep them in proper perspective. I really think this is the way to go....eat what and when you want...dont eat because "you are supposed to" (dinner for me...lots of times Im just not hungry for it, but eat it anyhow), make concious food choices and decisions. Monitor your actual physical hunger and stop eating when you have satisfied it. Take the time to really enjoy your food and appreciate what a gift it is...and how great God is for putting so many great things on this earth for us to enjoy.

As far as just being in the mood for a little treat, I go ahead and have it....after dinner, IF I have room for it...but I take it really slow and easy......I found out the other night that you can indulge just as much in 4 or 5 spoonfuls of ice cream as you can with a whole gallon. Get really GOOD ice cream (not some low cal crud that just isnt going to satisfy your appetite for it) and just take your time with it.....really enjoy it..let it melt on your tongue..lick the spoon..lol. I had some the other night, and after a few really slow bites...it was just too rich to have any more. I got a pint of Chubby Hubby, about 1/8 cup is missing out of the carton, and I havnt been in the mood for it since...but if I am, its there and Im going to ENJOY it.

Christy When I feel something coming on I try and figure out why I want what I want and usually I will have whatever it is. I try not to treat it as a treat or eat it in secret. Yesterday I had a hamburger and really had to fight the feeling I had cheated or was eating something bad. Afterwards I didn't really feel any need to have another and the craving is gone. I think the food loses power when it isn't such a force on you...if that makes sense.

Something else I have noticed. I would always assume I have to have a large or upsize something because of course the small or medium would never be enough . I only realized it yeterday when I was buying soup, so I am going to try and work on that as well.

i also have a half bottle of juice collection going in the refrigerator. I wanted something besides water so I had a sugary fruit punch and had about 1/2 the bottle left. Today I had some orange juice and it is still sitting there and not a drop of temptation.

Last thing I have stopped spending as much money as I used to because I am not eating what I was and I cook at home more.

Enjoyed reading everyone's post. We went on a 2 day vacation with about 20 of the family and eating didn't go so well. The hard part is that when away from home and driving you can only eat at certain times when others do. So I ate lunch without being really hungry because I knew that supper was 6 or 7 hr away. Then we had snacks at the motel which are hard to resist and go to a nice restaraunt which is also hard to resist. I could have gotten a lot of exercise because we were at a water park but I was so tired from a bad night before the trip that I didn't do that either. But tomorrow is a new day!!!! I did find out that we are expecting 2 more grandkids next year so that part was great!!!!!!!!

Forgot to say that I never have trouble finding this thread because I put a shortcut on the first page and then just click on last page. I know very little about this stuff as to closing and opening topics.

carol...hope you had fun on your trip, congrats on the new grandbabies to be
No, the thread isn't hard to find, it just takes awhile to download because it is getting so large. I don't know how to lock either...but, if you wanted, you could start an Intuitive Eating 2 thread. Just a suggestion....then again it could just be my internet poking along.

So I am totally STRESSING OUT! I have a wedding to attend on Saturday. It is an evening wedding with a very nice reception, so cocktail/evening wear is a must. I can't find anything. I can wear a size 18 in pants, but my chest is rather large and I am having a very hard time finding a top. I don't care for dresses as my chest causes them to balloon out. I am looking for a nice top that is long enough to cover my tummy and doesn't make me look like I am my grandmother. No offense, I am just not that old yet. Some plus size clothes are just soooo ugly!

I have tried Lane Bryant, but they seem to only have casual and business clothes out now. I have been to Nordstroms, Foleys/Macys, Avenue, JcPenneys.....On my list still to check out are Catherines, Dillards and Dress barn. Anyone have any ideas? I have been looking online via the list on the home page and I just hate to order stuff as I know it will end up being sent back.

So after shopping I was mad and picked up my dinner from Wendys. I really didn't need a cheeseburger and fries, and it really didn't make me feel any better, kind of made me madder that I ate it when it really wasn't what I wanted and it was crap food, but it was convenient.

Oh well...tomorrow is another day....Have a good one ladies!

Congrats Chazmom I know it doesn't feel like a victory, but seems to me you realized why you were eating it,and I think that is a step in the right direction.


Christy- I am sure you your cats appreciated the love and congratulations on the Victory

Well I seem to be doing much better. I told my parents what I was doing and I think they're just happy I am doing something. Hopefully I can stick to this. I feel like if I don't I'll be disappointing them.

Funny thing. Both of my parents have been "dieting" on and off for a year. Last week the doctor told me father he needed to lose 40 lbs. So my father is low carbing. My mother had back surgery and was told she needed to lose weight and is counting calories. So my father was making this salad yesterday and my mother was sitting there making a face like who can you eat that because it looked pretty high fat and high calorie, but it was low carb. My mother was sucking down low fat popcorn and he was giving her the same look. I was sitting there asking them are you hungry...well than don't eat it. Just found it funny 3 different "diets" at the same table and how different they worked.

I was there for about 2-3 hours and my mother just kept reaching for stuff ....snacking...but not actually eating a meal...I finally asked her are you hungry why don't you eat something and she said no she wasn't hungry...Then she started doing again and I glanced at her and she said you know what I'm going to skip dinner and go upstairs so she won't snack (we were sitting in the kitchen).

So I said why don't you eat a meal and then you should be ok. Eat whatever is you want to eat. Then I told her that when I come over seems like you haven't really eaten a whole meal all day, your hungry but you don't want to over eat so you snack....and then eat stuff you're not really interested in just because you can eat small handfulls of it.

The other thing that happend was their car broke down and she couldn't walk 4 blocks. She's been watching calories, but not excercising. She says she needs to have something done to her arm and she'll end up back in physical therapy and she'll get regular excercise then. So I made the face and said what happens when therapy is over?

Then I realized I had become the thing I always had hated. The person who has lost weight and swears they know eveything. (and all I've lost is 1lb LOL) So I said try only eating when you're hungry and shut up.


Ok, off the soap box

-Obie