Intuitive Eating Online Community

This is my second week applying IE principles and i have found it has helped me greatly so far.I used to go for hours (5-6) between meals (no longer than that or i would pass out)since listening to my body it seems to tell me I'm hungry all of the time so I'm eating breakfast then an hour later a large snack then an hour and a half later I'm hungry again! I've tried drinking water to see if it's just thirst (it is sometimes) Is this just because I'm still learning my body's signals? Also I'm…See More

Hi there,I'm a freshman college student, new to IE, and a little bit scared of this new approach to eating. The past few years, my food obsession has led to me purposefully lose weight, count calories, exercise obsessively, etc. So I've been reading through the IE book and love the principles! But...I don't know how to deal with the overwhelming anxiety and discouragement I feel. For me, "safety" meant eating slightly under my calorie needs, because how could I gain weight if I was never eating…See More