Obsidianbbw, you work the late shift and up at 6am? How do you do that? Sounds like everyone is working out their quirks with intuitive eating. I would have to vote for Rob Stevens book, too, especially since he lost 140lb doing it!!! I lost those couple of lb from the hungries I had earlier in the week so am happy about that. Eating went pretty well yesterday but I am still waking early and mighty hungry. I am not a big breakfast eater, never have been. I used to drive my mom nuts until she started letting me eat vegetable soup and other non-breakfast foods. That was back in the day when I weighed 115 and the thought used to cross my mind that if I ever got over 120 I would just die!!!!!!! That was a longgggggggggg time ago. ha! Never gave a thought to what I ate then. Most of my trouble started when I went on birth control and then started having children. Well, that was a long time ago, too. Guess I've been searching for intuitive eating for quite awhile. I read Jean Antonello's book Natuarally Thin by Eating More almost 20 yr. ago but she was really against what she called pleasure foods ( only eat them occasionally ) so I never got the concept down pat. The Overfed Head is the best I have read and I think I have read thousands of diet books.

hey Carol I work a weird shift 9-5 Tu and Thur and 12-8 Mon,Wed and Fri.

I am going to try and hold off posting so much because it looks like the Obie thread.


How is everyone else doing?

Also wondering are you doing anything else (i.e. excercise, low carb, low fat) or are you just focusing on eating till you satisfied.

Thanks for all the great book ideas everyone.

Today is the first full day of IE. After I read this thread I started right away. It was so great when I woke up this morning I first thought of how many Points and i having etc. Now don't get me wrong WW is a great program and I lost a ton of weight on it but for me personally I can't keep counting everything and have my life revolve around food. Anyway I woke up this morning and after I got past the I'm not counting anything today thought I asked am I ready to eat breakfast? and to my surprise the answer was no. When I was ready I had a slice of french toast and coffee, I split an apple with my daughter for a snack and had a sausage and pepper wrap and a yogurt for lunch. I am completely satisfied and not stressed and not stuffed. The portions were definately smaller then I normally had in the pas too.

I know it's really only one day but I'm really enjoying the freedom of choosing something healthy because it's my choice not because I have too.

So, thanks again for all your great info on the books - I'll definately be checking them all out and keeping in touch - love this thread!

Obsidianbbw - I'm definately keeping active. Just by doing stuff around the house and walking on the treadmill or taking my daughter for a walk. I'm trying to approach it like the food though - with no stress - But saying to myself the more active I am the better I'll feel (no necessarily saying "if I'm active I'll loose weight - too much pressure for me at this point)

Working on trying to replace the old diet mentality of calories with this new way of intuitive eating as well as adding "intuititve activity" I guess it's all in how you look at it and approach it.

[QUOTE=Obsidianbbw;1389558]I have another need to eat when I get to work. I think it is just the habit of eating a meal before i start work. So I eat when I get to work, but moderatly and try to make sure I include vegetable and healty stuff.

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Welcome to our goup. I also think I eat out of habit. Normaly when I get home from work, I am instantly hungry. I think I just need to resist the urge.

My mom has a very small garden. Right now we are swiming in tomatoes and cucumbers!

Thanks Fiddler and Carol on the tips. I am going to try them. I guess the fustrating part is not loosing. I am slowly but surely making better choices. A friend - who does not have a weight problem - gave a small plate that she uses to eat all her meals from. I am going to try it to control my portions.

I love love Love all spicy dishes but hate eggplant. If anyone has any good spicy recipes let me know!

Way to go Kay! I also attend graduate school but do it online. Univ. of Phoenix. Let me tell you it is a lot of work. I am so tired of writing papers. I only have two more classes to go. Should be done 4/07.

Welcome Lillybet,

I was schedule for lap band surgery a year ago but chickened out a week before. It all came back to I had to get my eating under control and have sense vowed never to diet again. I remeber the doctor saying the surgery is just a tool, not a cure.

Way to Sabrina. I would give anything to have lost 13 pounds. I have only lost about 5. Welcome everyone. The key to IE is to only eat when you are hungry, eat exactly what you want, and stop eating at the first sign of fullness.

I eat mostly whole foods because that is what I like and I do not feel as good physically when I eat processed foods. I also work out at the gym 3-4 times a week and walk 10 miles a week. I try to consciously do things that will raise my metabolism so that I can burn more calories. That's about it.

Lisa,

I have lots of spicy recipes. PM me with your specific likes/dislikes and I'll find something for you.

In June of 04 after trying diet after diet, I stumbled across a book by Gwen Shamblin called The Weigh Down Diet. Her approach is very similiar to IE. It is absolutely fabulous. To date I have lost 89 pounds. It is a slow process..but the freedom I feel finally from food is amazing.

This is the key to permanent weight-loss IMO. Freedom to eat whatever you want...just mentally knowing that nothing is off limits. I highly recommend this to anyone who has a serious food addiction and feels lost.

IE and this book changed my life. It is an old book..which can be purchased on amazon for very cheap. I look forward to picking up another book on IE.

I just started a little job a couple of days a week and keep forgetting that I will need to bring a lunch....so, today...I had nothing. It is 2:45 and I am very hungry but I want to eat dinner with my family. I think I will go and have a couple of PB crackers to last me til dinner, and it will be an EARLY dinner.

I read something about fried chicken...I recently started breading ckn strips in corn flakes, flour and red pepper. I dip them in egg whites mixed with skim milk first then in the flour mix, spray a pan with butter flavored cooking spray and spray the strips, turn after about 15 mins and spray again and cook 10-15 mins more. I have to say I like these much better than fried chicken.

See ya later!