Hello everyone! I'm new here, but have been reading posts for several days and since I am very interested in the intuitive eating topic decided to get an id and post.
I'm from Illinois, spent my whole life there. I have been married for 38 years and have two wonderful grown sons, 27 and 30. I hit the big 6-0 in 2013 and retired from a challenging career at the end of the year. So it's been a very busy but exciting change of pace in the past weeks.
I have never been terribly overweight but I'm one or those people who have always yo-yo'd up and down 10-12 pounds. It is one of those incredibly frustrating things I simply have never been able to get past. I read the Tribole book 15 years ago and related to so much of it and honestly have incorporated most things into my life much or the time. BUT I forever get stressed and overwhelmed and rather rebellion snack and can quickly put those pounds on. Then I get motivated and eat very intuitively and exercise and feel just wonderful. I haven't been able to kick the cycling though and by now you would think I could have figured it out.
I now have a lot more time and less to overwhelm me. We got a 2nd home in Florida and I've been here since the beginning of January generally detoxing from Christmas and flushing out with loads of fruits and veggies and generally healthy meals. The weather is great and I have been walking a ton and just joined a fitness center down the street. They do yoga and Pilates and it's very convenient.
I downloaded the Tribole book to my kindle and read it again and I'm about halfway through the Overfed Head PDF. When I am "on" I just feel so wonderful my energy is up and I honestly feel like I'm there and swear I will never ever go out of the pattern. But usually after 6 months I start to just snack and pretty soon it all goes and then I get those pounds back and have to start again.
My plan is to try really really hard to stop and be intuitive all the time.
Right now I am writing down what I eat as it helps me break out of the nibbling thing but I want to stop that soon. I never weigh myself anymore after I read the book so many years ago but I can certainly tell by the fit of my clothes where I am.
Anxious to read some more and learn from all of you.