I have had a couple of good days IE wise and I'm feeding very pleased with myself.
Mostly I've eaten when hungry and stopped before I'm too full. A couple of times I've over eaten by a couple of mouthfuls just to see what it feels like. And I just thought 'Yup, I was full'! A couple of times I've felt like eating something when I wasn't hungry and discovered it didn't really taste that good. And a couple of times I didn't even finish the portion!

Yesterday I did have the awful anxiety that usually leads me to the kitchen cupboard. I need to explore that feeling more deeply. I don't even know how to classify it; I call it anxiety but it's more like restlessness or unease. I'll a slight nausea just under my ribs. I think I feel it when something i'm not looking forward to something and it usually leads to a binge of some scale in an effort to do *something* about the way I'm feeling. I did have a couple of biscuits yesterday but only one or two at a time- I usually grab 5-8. And at one point I couldn't have had a biscuit tin in the house- i would have eaten the whole lot in one sitting. I know that sounds unbelievable if anyone reading is a 'normal' eater but I'm sure a few people out there can identify with what I'm saying.

This whole IE thing is starting to come together I think. I do feel a bit concerned that I am going to have a major binge and undo all my good work and then I remember.... that's' impossible with IE. I'm not on a diet-if I experience honouring my hunger and stopping when I'm full in the morning, then nothing can take that experience away. Even eating half of M & S 2 hours later can't rule the earlier success out. Knowing this and really understanding it helps me not worry about the possibility of it happening.

Oh, and I had someone ask if I'd lost weight the other day. I don't think I have, my clothes are not loose on me and I have many stones to lose so it's unlikely anyone will notice until I have lost at least one. But the interesting thing was my reaction- in the past I would have been ecstatic if anyone thought/ noticed I'd lost weight. Last week I was just mildly annoyed- whats that all about?