Guided Journeys: what are they good for?

I’m currently working with two of the IOWL  guided journeys, Sabotage Self-Sabotage and Appetite Adjuster.
They aren’t magic, they are NLP-kind of activities that get you into the right mindset to do what you need to do. That’s the key, by the way. Having the right mindset so you move actively towards the skill you want [...]

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Finding a new life as a normal eater

Just as Maggie in Runaway Bride made a new life for herself, so must people who recover from eating disorders. The funny thing is, eating disordered people have spent so much time obsessing about food that it can be hard to figure out what a normal life is.
Today I learned more about myself. I slept [...]

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How Runaway Bride found her favorite eggs

Once people with eating disorders start to get their heads on straight, they find out there’s lots of things they don’t know how to do. Rather than make decisions, they (read I) used to eat until the decision was no longer necessary.
Maggie Barnes (Julia Roberts) in Runaway Bride had the same problem.  She’d fall in [...]

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Best. Birthday. Ever.

The guided journey certainly seems to be helping me cope with everyday stresses. Formerly I would eat in response to stress, but often I now can recognize that stress comes from competing wishes, and I need to make my decision about those wishes, not eat to suppress and postpone the inevitable.
For my birthday, everything went [...]

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Inside Out Weight Loss Guided Journey: Sabotage Self-Sabotage

Renee Stephens has a highly recommended podcast about creating your intuitive eating self. It’s called Inside Out Weight Loss, and is subscribable through iTunes.
Being a consultant, she of course offers product for sale. Since I’d found the guided journeys that she’s used in the podcasts to be helpful, I decided to buy a commercial one, [...]

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Day 4 results: 4 Day Win is a success!!!

My Goal:
Eat delightful foods that bring me to my weight goal and make me feel great!
My actions:

5-10 minutes of positive, silent meditation each day
Turn off the computer early at least once each day
Choose an extra vegetable each day to find out if it delights me
Choose to pass on a non-delighting food each day
Eat chocolate every [...]

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Day 1 results: 4 Day Win

My Goal:
Eat delightful foods that bring me to my weight goal and make me feel great!
My actions:

5-10 minutes of positive, silent meditation each day
Turn off the computer early at least once each day
Choose an extra vegetable each day to find out if it delights me
Choose to pass on a non-delighting food each day
Eat chocolate every [...]

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Change is easy

Day after day, I see me making more changes without stress. It’s easier to not eat (and at the same time not THINK about not eating). It’s easier to empty packages of food from my pantry and not feel that I have to restock, which means I’m really getting control over my earlier feelings of [...]

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Stop getting what I always got

“If you always do what you always did, you’ll always get what you always got.”
It’s clear to me that I’m ready to make a new kind of change, and this change consists of many bab steps. Multiple times a day, I  don’t make a tiny decision until I’ve asked, “Can I do this better for [...]

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Cake to the left of me, cake to the right

Sorry to be away so long, but I was traveling, and my expected internet connection fell through. It was a lovely trip, though, and I learned that life is indeed possible without overindulging in podcasts every day. Yes, a podcast binge. Sigh. At least they’re low calorie.
My trip went well food-wise. It was a trip [...]

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