HUNGRY today!

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Hi all. I'm really enjoying the messages that I'm getting, and while

I may not chime in on everything, I'm learning something new each

time. I imagine that once I'm more comfortable with all of this, I'll

probably contribute more! The past couple of days, I've felt like

I've turned a corner. When I gave myself permission to eat, I was

doing just that--eating...a lot! But then I really began to focus on

tasting my food and listening to cues, and I really found that I

wasn't a graze-y as I normally am, and that really relishing my

mealtimes was enough to keep my energy up (great feeling) and to have

that feeling of contentment with my body. I did snack a couple of

times in between (usually an apple, some peanut butter, or string

cheese), to make sure I didn't get too hungry. I'm a teacher in the

primary grades, and most of our job centers around helping our

students learn to read (decode) so that they can free up cognitive

space in order to begin to comprehend what they're reading. I'm

beginning to think that this is an excellent analogy for what I've

been doing--I'm finding that the more cognitive space I'm " freeing up "

by not obsessing about food, the richer the other parts of my life are

becoming. It's an awareness and alertness that I was missing. This

is something!

Having said that, I'm a bit preoccupied today, as I'm HUNGRY. What

satisfied me the past couple of days is falling short today. My

activity didn't increase, but I'm assuming my body is making up for

something! I'm trying to graze sensibly, to answer the call (that is,

I'm taking my time when I eat something and really trying to think

about WHAT I want). However, my body isn't being specific and I feel

like it's telling me, " Nah, it wasn't that...try again! " Is this odd?