Re: Principle 2 - Honor Your Hunger

[Guest guest]

Good job to you as well not only realizing what you truly needed was

the rest but actually getting the rest you needed.

Thanks,

J.

> >

> > I don't know why I did not honour my hunger last night. I was

not

> > hungry I ate dinner, I did not enjoy it, I over ate and then I

kept

> > trying to satisfy that with sweets. I did not feel well. I

stopped

> > and had a tea as I just needed something soothing. I would like

less

> > and less of these moments. I was however glad to put a stop to

it.

> > I was over tired again not from work but from enjoying a full,

> > relaxing day in my new (used) pool under the sun near the

> > conservation - total peace (I swam before I could walk). Did

some

> > errands with my husband listened to him talk about stress,

migraines,

> > lying awake at night and here I am having a most wonderful day.

What

> > kind of wife am I? I just figured it out...guilt and I put in

this

> > predicament.

> >

> > Thanks for listening,

> > J.

>

[Guest guest]

That's a wonderful connection to make J! I find that when I can put

cause and effect together (at last), that tends to make it easier to

do it the next time too. Success breeds more success [it may also

be good to wait a bit longer too - deals will only get better on auto

row!]

Katcha

IEing since March 2007

>

> Hope you don't mind, I'm back again with another realization. I was

> dissatisfied last night as I wanted my new truck I test drove an 08

> and I loved it, I have an 04 and I love it to. I've been working

> very hard lately and thought I deserved it as this was what I thought

> was the perfect time to upgrade as the dealerships have great deals

> right now but it wasn't meant to be my mileage is way too high so

> I'll have to wait. Next time I eat other than for hunger I'm hoping

> I can stop and ask myself why and then if I know why it will be

> easier to deal with the why rather than dealing with the discomfort

> of overeating, etc.

>

> Thanks,

> J.

[Guest guest]

Thanks Katcha and oh so true. I needed to realize what I was doing

to better help me understand the next time and I must say today is a

new and better day. So far today I've honoured my actual hunger (not

my idea of thinking I may or may not be hungry and convinciing myself

of it even though it's not true). I was better able to know when I'd

had enough and now I feel satisfied - I like this feeling so much

better!! I also thought that if I was truly hungry in an hour or two

or three I could eat again and the food will always be there and it

could be what I wanted - lots of new and wonderful concepts.

Thanks,

J.

> >

> > Hope you don't mind, I'm back again with another realization. I

was

> > dissatisfied last night as I wanted my new truck I test drove an

08

> > and I loved it, I have an 04 and I love it to. I've been working

> > very hard lately and thought I deserved it as this was what I

thought

> > was the perfect time to upgrade as the dealerships have great

deals

> > right now but it wasn't meant to be my mileage is way too high so

> > I'll have to wait. Next time I eat other than for hunger I'm

hoping

> > I can stop and ask myself why and then if I know why it will be

> > easier to deal with the why rather than dealing with the

discomfort

> > of overeating, etc.

> >

> > Thanks,

> > J.

>

[Guest guest]

With intuitive eating, there are no good or bad foods. There is no "on a diet" or "off a diet". There is nothing to feel guilty about. Our self-esteem can remain intact while we engage in the process of reconnecting with our innate wisdom earning to honor our body signals.Subject: Re: Principle 2 - "Honor Your Hunger"To: IntuitiveEating_Support Received: Wednesday, 3 September, 2008, 3:43 PM

Good point ! And also good to see you are still here with us

Rant on fella - its a relief we all need from time to time.

Katcha

IEing since March 2007

PS have your been enjoying Arnie's posts as much as we have? Happy to

have you guys here :)

> >

> > It just seems so sad when I realize how much we've let the whole

> > body/weight/ eating issues hurt ourselves.

>

> > No one looked at me

> > like I was crazy. But I understand the fear that other people will

> > look at condem me for "eating at the wrong time", "eating the wrong

> > thing"---and oh---what is in my grocery cart---"What is that huge

> > woman doing with all that ice cream"?

> >

>

> The conclusion that I've come to is that NOBODY IS PAYING ATTENTION TO

> ME!!!

>

> Allow me to rephrase: I (and my eating patterns) are not nearly as

> fascinating to other people as they are to me. Most people are so

> wrapped up in their own lives (probably terrified of what I'm thinking

> about them!) that they are not paying the least little bit of mind to

> what's in my shopping cart, when I choose to eat my sandwich or if my

> pants make me look fat (lol).

>

> Eat what YOU want when YOU want it! If someone decides to actually

> lay some verbal judgment on you, think to yourself about how bored

> (and therefore how pathetic) that person must be to have nothing of

> substance occupying their mind, freeing them up to examine your

> shopping cart.

>

> Rant over ...Carry on.

>

Win a MacBook Air or iPod touch with Yahoo!7- Find out more.