Hi everyone. I’m new to IE and working through the 4th ed Tribole & Resch book. I’m wondering how you all were able to fully reject diet culture. I’ve been aware of the research for years - how diets can lead to eating disorders and weight gain, the risks of weight cycling, etc. Logically I know that diets don’t work.
But the idea of abandoning hope of losing weight (and more-so being smaller) is kinda terrifying to me. I don’t care about the numbers on the scale, but I do struggle with the idea that rejecting diet culture may mean that I might never be able to fit comfortably into an airplane seat or be comfortable at a concert, even more scary is the thought that I might never be able to go on carnival rides, trampoline parks, etc. with my daughters. That is what I’m really struggling with.
Any advice on this is appreciated.
Hi
I’ve only just got on board with intuitive eating. Although I’ve realised for many years that dieting does not work and makes my life very stressful. Now at nearly 65 years old I’ve decided that it’s now or never!
any helpful thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
I too am new to IEC, and am struggling with all that you indicate in your post. I wish I had a good reply to be helpful. As it is, I couldn't figure out how to create my own post, so I'm kind of tail-gating onto yours, and would ask the group the following: Iam struggling with belonging to a weight-loss program my PCP recommended, with them telling me "or else with your family history of heart attack and stoke, you won't make it to 75," while I'm still trying to absorb the concept of rejecting diet culture. As well, my PCP said the the IE concepts "may not apply to you, as you have an eating disorder; and addiction is quite different from emotional eating," though I'm not sure how-so. Thank you for listening - whomever's out there and happens to read this. For all I know I'm writing all the wrong things or breaking all the protocols for posting or replying, since this only my first time writing on this site, and I'm piggybacking onto someone else's post. My apologies, and thank you in advance for your kind patience. Michaelvh