question-please help!

[Guest guest]

OK so.. I've been (trying) to eat intuitively for like two weeks now.

i haven't weighed myself in the process (HUGE for me) but for the

most part I've been feeling and looking (at least in my eyes) a lot

better. i have a few dilemmas though:

my stomach never growls. i keep waiting for hunger to strike and my

stomach just never growls. the only way i know, or at least think i'm

hungry is when my stomach kind of aches. i know in the book they say

its normal and all that stuff.. but whos stomach NEVER growls?! it

makes it hard for me to gauge when i'm hungry

also, im in college, which means eating automatically follows at

least some kind of schedule. mostly,that means im fine in the morning

when i'm in my apartment, but once i get off campus and i'm not at

home, hunger strikes and i'm empty handed!! or the things i brought

aren't satisfying. so i resort to vending machine poptarts and bags

on m & ms (ohhh i love m & ms... lol) how do you guys combat this??

last one: i never craved chocolate like i do now. its intense. it

might be because i'm getting my period, but i haven't gone a day

without chocolate!! has anyone else experienced this?

i'm sorry to bug you all with my questions, i just want to know that

other people have or are going through what i'm going through.. its

so hard this journey, i just wanna make sure i'm doing it right.

thanks

x

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

A big part of IE (and living intuitively overall) is learning to

trust your body. Believe me when I tell you that you are

not " wierd " because your stomach doesn't growl; nor are you " wierd "

or odd in some way because you have craved chocolate for many days

in a row. There are helpful " guidelines " , so to speak, for IE'ing,

but it's very much a process that you learn to make work for you.

As long as you are listening to your body, trust that you are on

your right path. Trust your body, trust the IE process. Also,

there will be times when you don't have access to the food you would

most prefer at the moment, but that is okay; it has helped me to

realize that not every eating experience will be wonderful and

perfect. Sometimes when I don't have a lot of food options, I have

a meal that satisfies my hunger, but that isn't all that exciting

tastewise. Trust that you will enjoy many more meals where you will

get to eat exactly what you crave when you crave it.

>

> OK so.. I've been (trying) to eat intuitively for like two weeks

now.

> i haven't weighed myself in the process (HUGE for me) but for the

> most part I've been feeling and looking (at least in my eyes) a

lot

> better. i have a few dilemmas though:

> my stomach never growls. i keep waiting for hunger to strike and

my

> stomach just never growls. the only way i know, or at least think

i'm

> hungry is when my stomach kind of aches. i know in the book they

say

> its normal and all that stuff.. but whos stomach NEVER growls?! it

> makes it hard for me to gauge when i'm hungry

>

> also, im in college, which means eating automatically follows at

> least some kind of schedule. mostly,that means im fine in the

morning

> when i'm in my apartment, but once i get off campus and i'm not at

> home, hunger strikes and i'm empty handed!! or the things i

brought

> aren't satisfying. so i resort to vending machine poptarts and

bags

> on m & ms (ohhh i love m & ms... lol) how do you guys combat this??

>

> last one: i never craved chocolate like i do now. its intense. it

> might be because i'm getting my period, but i haven't gone a day

> without chocolate!! has anyone else experienced this?

>

> i'm sorry to bug you all with my questions, i just want to know

that

> other people have or are going through what i'm going through..

its

> so hard this journey, i just wanna make sure i'm doing it right.

> thanks

> x

>