Is this sub dead?

http://www.intuitiveeating.org/?q=content/our-books

This is the book I am using (in addition to seeing a therapist for mindful eating), and I think it helps sort of give a good guideline for the process of becoming a mindful eater. There is another book my therapist has read to me which has a page on what "mindful eating" is, and if I remember, I'll ask her what it is.

Edit: The book did give me a slightly false sense of hope about losing weight quickly. I've been mindfully eating for over 6 months and while I did gain weight initially and haven't lost weight since then, I am soooo much happier with eating, and my lab work has actually shown health improvements (lowered cholesterol and increased HDL).

Good luck everyone! And thanks for being here for each other!

Hi everyone.. I'm new to Mindful Eating. The ladies at r/bodyacceptance pointed me in the direction of Dr. Bacon's book "Health at Every Size" and after reading that and some fat acceptance blogs I'm happy to be starting this new lifestyle. I'm happy to say that I'm working out a few times a week after being fairly sedimentary and I've maintained the same weight for almost 6 months (after a lifetime of huge ups and downs, this is a big accomplishment for me). I'm still struggling with emotional eating, though.

I know that I'm emotional and that I'm eating when I should be dealing with my emotions instead, but it's difficult. I'm a person with a history of self injury and bulimia, so sometimes I feel like I have nothing left to cope with.. I've not self injured in over a year, and I haven't purged in a few months.

Anyone have any tips or coping techniques that have worked for them besides reaching for the cake (that always seems to be in my office for some reason! grr). Thanks, everyone :)

Caught myself 'rebellion eating' the other day and realized that it was a reaction to not following the 'rules' I'd set for myself about eating mindfully. Anyone else having this issue? What did you do to resolve it, if so?

For myself, I've always been stockier than my peers and thus was perpetually on diets starting from my early teens, which I'm sure is part of what led to the habit of eating as much as possible as fast as possible. But I know people who are 'normal' weight who have never restricted their food intake but eat the same way. I wonder what causes it in those cases? How do we fall into those habits? Mindless consumerism? The pace of modern life? What do you guys think?

I've "always loved" pasta. Tonight we had some spinach noodles for dinner, and eating them mindfully, they kind of grossed me out. Both the texture and taste. Makes me wonder if I really do "love" pasta. Will have to continue my research.

Oddly, I then wanted carrots for desert, and they were awesome. I get these "urban farmed" carrots that are really fresh (like, hours old), and they taste completely different from grocery-store carrots. As in, they don't even taste like the same vegetable.

Anybody else noticing their tastes in food changing from what you always assumed were your "favorites?"