I gained some weight while we were on a trip last week and feeling pretty down about it. I noticed when we were driving.......10hr.......that there is something about that........I just feel like eating. But then you also are at the mercy of other people's eating schedules when you are visiting people so that's another aspect. I just seem to do better at home.
Hello! Just wanted to pop in and say hello. I am currently reading Intuitive Eating and am finding it amazing. While I am excited about letting go of all the diet mentality, I gotta tell you girls, I am scared to death!!! I have dieted my entire life, from the age of 12. So the idea behind not holding back on those "forbidden foods" is so foreign to me. However, I realize now that I just cannot go on like this. I cannot even fathom the idea of yet another diet. No way. No how.
On a positive note, yesterday I started practicing listening to my real hunger. I was utterly amazed at just how often I am NOT hungry! I also took alot of comfort in knowing that the food in the cupboard was mine if I wanted it. The key being, that I really had to be hungry to have it. What a freeing experience it was and I'll tell you, I think I slept better last night than I have ever. Feels like a giant weight's been lifted off my shoulders!
While I understand that I have a very long way to go in grasping this concept completely, I am truly thrilled that I can finally live without a diet. I know there will be ups and downs along the way in understanding my self and body, but to know that its okay to "just be" excites me. For the first time ever I think I am looking forward to discovering myself, now at this weight. Feels like I've been waiting my whole life to feel like it's okay to matter. Does that make sense?
Anywho, didnt mean to get so wordy here. It's great to see there is a thread for this, for us to meet and bounce ideas off eachother & get a chance to chat. You all seem like you're doing wonderfully!!! I look forward to getting to know you ladies!
BTW, do you guys still weigh yourselves? I am contemplating throwing out my scale. To me it would seem that I would still be in that "diet mentality" if I still have it? What are your thoughts?
Danielle, You might want to read The Overfed Head by Rob Stevens. He lost 140lb in a yr and a half and his book is short and sweet. Oh! How I would love to throw out the scale. But I don't. It's probably better not to weigh. Obi, good to hear about the job and thanks for the encouragment.
BTW, do you guys still weigh yourselves? I am contemplating throwing out my scale. To me it would seem that I would still be in that "diet mentality" if I still have it? What are your thoughts?
Danielle, welcome!
That's my feeling too--that the scale is part of the diet mentality. It's just a number that means--what? Not how much fat you've lost, since it can't differentiate between weight lost from fat, muscle, bone, nerve tissue, water, etc. I rely on periodic tape measurements, how my clothes fit, how I feel, and body fat measurements taken via an electrical impedance body fat monitor. And one thing that I have discovered is that having to pay attention to how my body looks and feels instead of just relying on a number on the scale has helped with a lot of my body image issues.
Another good day yesterday......no supper!!! When I make something high in calcium like pizza, I don't eat and I'm not usually hungry at supper time. I would like to get it worked out so that I was but my dh likes to eat late.....he's a workaholic......and I grew up eating supper at 5:30pm. Never did get used to late eating.......still hungry around 5pm. I have read about "pacing".......eating a little to hold yourself off.......but it doesn't work for me. I always eat too much even doing that and then I'm not hungry for supper. Any ideas?
I used to have a problem time of the day like that when I was always hungry. I just made sure I planned activities to do during that period and once I got out of the habit of being able to eat then, I gradually stopped being hungry at that time.
I've lost the weight I gained on vacation so maybe that's just something I can expect sometimes. I just get so tired of the gain, lose, gain, lose, thing. Here's another question. How do you keep from eating while preparing supper when you are really hungry? I think that has been a problem for me since I was married 37 yr ago. By the time supper roles around you aren't even hungry anymore but you wish you would have waiited. I've tried the gum chewing trick but that doesn't always work, especailly when you are having company (which we do a lot) and it takes quite awhile to get everything ready.
Hope someone keeps this going besides me. I was really hungry today. Ate reasonably well. I was gone most of the day so at the mercy of other peoples food. That's oik. I took a little bad of cereal for emergencies.
I've lost the weight I gained on vacation so maybe that's just something I can expect sometimes. I just get so tired of the gain, lose, gain, lose, thing. Here's another question. How do you keep from eating while preparing supper when you are really hungry? I think that has been a problem for me since I was married 37 yr ago. By the time supper roles around you aren't even hungry anymore but you wish you would have waiited. I've tried the gum chewing trick but that doesn't always work, especailly when you are having company (which we do a lot) and it takes quite awhile to get everything ready.
I keep a big glass of ice water with lemon beside me while I am preparing dinner. I make it a point to enjoy the preparation process and the cooking smells. I think about how good it will taste when it's finished. I don't nibble, and I only taste if it's absolutely necessary. I clean up as I go along because I like the kitchen to be completely clean by the time dinner is ready. When the meal is ready, I find that usually a very small amount of food will satisfy me.
can i join in. i am going to start tomorrow. i need to lose a good 18 pounds. how much do you lose an average a week with inituitive eating?
Sure you can join in!
It's impossible to give an average weekly loss, just like it would be for any weightloss plan. There are just too many variables. People have different body chemistry, some exercise more, and the amount and types of food people eat varies. Some of us also combine intuitive eating with other eating strategies, like eating only whole (unprocessed) foods.
But I've been really happy with the results I've gotten. I've been doing it for a little under 4 months and have dropped several clothing sizes.
Danielle, You might want to read The Overfed Head by Rob Stevens. He lost 140lb in a yr and a half and his book is short and sweet. Oh! How I would love to throw out the scale. But I don't. It's probably better not to weigh. Obi, good to hear about the job and thanks for the encouragment.
