Hello everyone! Hopefully everyone is having a great day

Carol-great article as always. I wrote about this same topic a while ago on my blog talking about how hunger is not a emergency. I worked out 5am this morning and did not eat until almost 9am. I was hungry but I had things I had to do so I put it off for a little, of course when I did eat I ate slowly and stopped when I was satisfied. I probably ate a cup of cereal and a half cup of milk, I didn't measure so I'm guesstimating but it wasn't like I pigged out like some would say if you put off eating for a while. My husband doesn't have a weight problem but sometimes he goes a long time without eating because he is so busy. Of course if he could sit down and eat he would but his hunger gets put on the back burner until he has time. He also eats whatever he wants and goes back for 2nds if he feels like it. This would definitely seem unnatural or unhealthy to some but he must be doing something right.

Also when he is on vacation and eats regularly his weight stays the same, he eats large meals and goes hours before he eats again. I have learned a lot from watching him eat. But that article is so true.

Hello everyone!

Welcome GoldenLeaf!

Wishing you and hubby a speedy recovery, Trish!

I've finally achieved victory over spaghetti! Usually if I eat spaghetti and a salad I'll eat them both together. I enjoy a salad with my meal as opposed to before it. Last night, tho, I was really craving veggies since I had been lacking in them lately so I ate my salad first - that was what was really appealing to me. Then I ate my spaghetti ... and here's a first ... I couldn't finish it all. So not only didn't I have seconds on my spaghetti, I couldn't even finish what I did have. AND I still enjoyed every bite of it until my tummy said "enough!" What a great experience! I think from now on I shall eat my salad before my meal instead of with it, at least when I eat spaghetti.

Just a tid bit more to share. I finally got on the scale the other day in the afternoon and it said 201. I was really shocked to see this because I had been eating so horribly. I mean just not eating "healthy stuff" at all and really indulging in the candy lately, too. I wasn't sticking 100% to the "eat ONLY when hungry" ideal, snacking at times, but in spite of my choices and eating habits the scale didn't punish me. LOL *whew*

Maybe this is the beginning of a new relationship with food for me! (Finally!)

Have a great one everyone!

Pattygirl, a blood clot in his leg is the first thing I thought of when you said his leg was swollen, but you said you'd just been to the cardiologist, so I figured it wasn't what it sounded like. Wow, a week lost - I'm so glad your husband is getting good treatment now

I really think that I got so over-weight BECAUSE I didn't trust my body. And I think it will only be in learning how to trust it again, that I will be able to lose weight permanently. Which is why I am poping in on this IE thread... I am very interested in exploring IE. For me this weight loss journey is really becoming so much more about self-discovery and learning how to re-think food and eating than it is about limiting calories and getting on the treadmill. Though, I am enjoying the running... Which is why I am doing it. B/c I enjoy it and it makes me feel good. I am focusing more on that than on how it burns calories.

Sorry... I am just rambling.

Hi! My name is Sherri and I would like to join this IE thread to learn more about IE. I have not bought the book... but I am reading The Four Day Win: End Your Diet War and Achieve Thinner Peace and it has been helpful for me so far in looking at the emotional/mental aspect of over-eating and weight loss.

Hi, everyone--and welcome to the new ladies!

Trish, glad they caught it with your dh in time, and hope you both feel better soon.

CatholicCajun, I'm absolutely HEARTBROKEN over the suffering of God's creatures in this mess. Every time I see one of those beautiful, helpless birds covered in oil, or the turtles and fish gasping, it makes me cry. I get so angry that this all happened because of GREED. I feel sad for all the families that just had their livelihoods yanked out from under them too.

Thank you all for the welcome x

Hunger is not an emergency - carlyjordon2002, I think you've found me my new motto

Busy day with the kids. Second oldest daughter was visiting her sis in LaCrosse so we all just hung out and went out to supper at Fiesta Mexicana. I used to dislike Mexican restaurants but this one I like and I did over do it. Guess even thin people do that once in awhile.

You know what I have been thinking too... NOT ONLY is hunger not an emergancy, but also, I am never going to be anywhere where I can't either eat at a moments notice if I do get hungry or eat within a short amount of time. I don't need to pack in food now, b/c I am not going to have to go 24 hours without eating. I only need to eat enough at a time to satisfy me for right now.

Hello everyone

Scraver and goldenleaf welcome to the group

Trish-wishing you and your husband a speedy recovery

Carol-enjoy the kiddos, I tend to over eat red lobster but I think it's because we rarely eat there. Mexican food sounds so good

My husband called me a grazer last night, I have to admit that I hate sitting down to eat a meal that consist of a meat, pasta, and veg. If I cook chicken I'm happy with only eating chicken but my husband always needs the veg and pasta to go along with the meat. Me and my kids tend not to eat all that food so it goes to waste. Last night he made cheese burgers, and chili fries. I ate the cheese burger without the bread ( I rarely eat bread) and I didn't eat any chili fries until 2 hours later. I just prefer to eat small amounts of food throughout the day vs eating large meals like he does. Its weird how now that I exercise it makes me not hungry, I also sleep better.

Also I found this great web site dailymile.com it has a bunch of people on there who struggled with there weight but now are athletes. Of course some have always been fit. It helps keep me motivated plus it keeps track of your mileage, its a great website. Take care everyone

Thanks for the website, Carly. I am a grazer many days myself.

Hello All! Welcome to all the newbies!!!

Blue Good for You!!!! Those baby steps can be pretty amazing at times and so can the times when the lightbulb goes off in your head. I read someplace that if you eat a small salad before meals you end up eating less at the meal. Hope this works for all of you.

You know we overeaters are a funny lot. The other day we ordered the lunch at the deli in the supermarket where one of my stores is located, it was a very good lunch of baked chicken, rice dressing, peas and a slice of french bread, and I should mention here that I have a weakness for bread!!, well I ate my lunch, stopped when I was full and SHOULD have thrown the bread away, no instead, I put it in a zip lock bag for supper that night. We get home and I eat one slice of pizza, not the smallest but a nice size slice, now I should also say that when I eat bread alone without a meal, it gives me heartburn straight from the bowels of ****!, well I KNEW this and guess what, I ate it later and it did give me the heartburn, thank God for those little pills, BUT, how SAD that I knew the consequences and yet, still ate it!! Man is that sick or what!! But lesson learned, will have to really, really be obedient in my eating. Anyway, got clothes to do. I hope you all have a blessed day. Oh, by the way, my husband put his little piece of bread in with mine, I threw it out to the birds!!!

I'm still here. I'm still struggling. LOL I've been very IE all weekend and it feels good. Today was great. I had been toying with calorie counting. I think it helped a bit. I feel as if I'm back on track.

Hope everyone is well!!

Catholic-that food sounds so yummy.
thecandes-welcome back

Hi everyone else

Well last week was my first week where I said that I was gonna get serious about exercise. I was shocked at how quickly exercising has become a routine. I'm still not able to run for a long distance but I can walk for miles, and my favorite walking buddy (dog) is always ready to go. I love not having to rely on a friend to walk with me, I just never had a reliable work out buddy other then my dog. She is doing really well walking on the leash and not pulling. IE is going well I noticed that I eat very slow and that it takes small amounts of food to make me satisfied. I haven't been doing any special things other then sticking to the IE principles and taking it one day at a time. Well take care everyone

This is a test.

I don't know what is going on but I typed 5 words and ........gone, Don't know what is happening. Hope it quits. I feel like I'm always IE but sometimes food just tastes so good. ha!