I weighed myself this morning and I've lost 1lb since last week. It made me smile. This week I've been less IE and more watching what I'm eating. Mostly in a noticing way and just counting up calories but not restricting them or banning myself from eating stuff because I've only got x number 'left' to have. Maybe this will work for me right now.
Of course, it may just be coincidence that that pound has come off this week and not to do with that change at all. And it's only 1lb so it could be a fluctuation anyway. And previously I was weighing myself less frequently than weekly so - whilst I've not stepped on and seen ANY (even temporary) loss in the past year - I may not have noticed fluctuations before.
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At the present time I feel like some tracking and structure are what I need. This doesn't mean following a commercial diet or sticking to a set amount of calories to the number. It just means I need to be more interested in what I'm eating from a nutritional point of view and that I want to ensure my calories in are less than calories out where possible. I also just find it interesting to notice that things are not always how they seem. I ate very badly yesterday - but on tracking my food on Fitday, it was still fractionally less than the number of calories expended (although the percentage of calories from fat was high). It's very easy to make assumptions. I was also pleased to see that nutritionally I'm getting enough B vitamins as I'd become really paranoid that I wasn't.
So that's where I'm at right now. This may not be forever and I'm not pressuring myself to make it that way or to choose one way of living over another. I'm really not living IE in the standard way or following the principles at the moment. But surely, if I'm taking bits of different things that work for (whether that's diets, BC, nutritional guidelines or whatever) and fitting them around my own life, then that's being intuitive?
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Thanks for inviting me to your blog.
I understand how you are feeling with regards to weight gain. Since i started BC i have gained significant weight (don't use scales) and can no longer get my trousers from last summer over my expanded bottom. This is a worry. I don't like how i look at the moment.Like you i have also decided that a bit more structure will help .
Exercise sounds a good idea. Since coming home to cornwall i have joined the gym. I can use the gym intuitively as membership includes swimming, classes and use of the gym.
Exercise will also help to make you feel more positive in yourself and release those endorphins. Whatever form of exercise you do, whether it is a 10 min walk or a trip to the gym, its better than doing nothing at all and will help to lift your spirits!
A problem that you may face like me is the 'eat whatever you want' principle and emotional eating. This is only one of the principles of BC and Sophie always says not to try and do them all at once. For that reason i am putting it on hold for a bit. I still eat what i want largely but am trying to tune in more to if i really need it.
Positive thoughts and well done for being 'your own guru'!
Good luck Kerry! I found out today I have gone up from a size 14 to probably a size 18 (bottom half) and I am gutted. I am not really doing IE now because I am panicking I will be a size 20 next and this is becoming a very, very slippery slope and once I put on that sort of weight I will never shift it. So I am being very careful, very healthy and intuitively (like you!) doing my own thing.
Thanks Cordelia and Janey! Exercise is definitely something I want to start looking at because that's the bit I've been ignoring completely for a whole year. Crazy as I know that when I do exercise I feel good.
Hi Kerry
thanks for inviting me to view your blog.
I have put on a lot of weight since starting BC in January. I dont weigh myself but I would be surprised if I have ever been heavier.
However i do feel that its working!
I do think I have fully legalised all food and now when I overeat its because I am trying not to feel rather than eating it cos its forbidden.Increasingly I feel more in touch with what my body wants and I am sure that this will lead to weight loss at some point soon.
I dislike the excess weight for the burden of carrying it around more than anything.
I think I just want to encourage you to stick with it and trust. That said I can see how tracking is a way of getting more conscious of what is going into your body instead of numbing out. so that is good!
Denisexx
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