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Hello,

I've been a lurking member of this group for a while, but want to get

more serious about IE. The thing for me is that in every attempt at IE

in the past, I have fallen over the eat-only-when-you-are-hungry-part...

So, my question is: what is your experience with this? Do you eat only

when hungry, do you eat breakfast regardless of your hunger?

An example of what makes me anxious would be this thing that happens

to me all the time: during the evening I eat some potato-chips or

like yesterday (at a birthday) have some applepie and some of the

snacks that were on the table and the next morning (tadaaa..) I won't

be hungry, which makes me feel sooooo deprived and as a result I don't

sit down to eat some real food, but stand at the counter picking away

at box of cereal for a long time. What to do about this issue??

And another question is: I seem to be wanting chocolate every day

throughout the day, even when I'm the least bit hungry. It's a habit

of mine to drink coffee and eat chocolate when I sit down or am

on the internet of just read a book. It makes me feel safe to have it,

but it isn't healthy and I feel guilty for doing it. This not being

able to stick with eating only when hungry, makes me alternate between

thinking I need to diet and IE constantly. Because with dieting

(certain diets)you are able to eat what you like within a certain

caloric range. I know wanting chocolate is about comfort, but every

attempt at giving it up results in a binge and a lot of feelings of

deprivation.

Another thing that keeps bothering me is that when doing IE, I tend to

eat no fruit because I have spent years eating it because it was a good

low cal option over other delicious things. I just can't get that out

of the way and of course I do eat it sometimes, but it is hard to

ignore the daily requirements when it comes to nutrition. As a result I

really do have a poor diet, because so much of my want is in the

chocolaty area, that I keep choosing those foods regardless of what my

body might be wanting. I keep ignoring my body most of the time because

I want to eat mainly forbidden foods that are high in calories, but I

know I can't live on empty calories alone....

I hope my post makes sense and I apologize before hand for any errors in

language. My native language is a different one.