Re: Principle 5 - Feel Your Fullness

[Guest guest]

I've been working really hard on this one and have had great success

of late. I've really had to pay attention as I find when I'm eating

I zone out and go off with different thoughts and I try to catch

myself doing this then I can pay attention to the taste and how it

makes me feel. I've been trying to say to myself I can have this

again if I want. I notice I'm starting to get a full/satisfied

feeling two or three bites to the end then the sigh comes and I'm

done and I stop now - I just stop. I don't do the 20 min thing as I

don't buy that one at all (sorry if that offends anyone) I just don't

agree with it. I was playing games with myself rushing to finish

food before the full feeling comes on, or I'd convince myself I was

hungry when I was not. I'm being very honest with myself now, which

is helping me. Also I'm reading Breaking Free From Emotional Eating,

which has really hit home for me. I notice my body is changing

slowly and I even wore jeans the other day and tucked in my t-shirt

and went shopping feeling pretty good about myself. I don't look

anything like those airbrushed pictures on the magazines but I think

the way I walked and held my head high said a lot more. I've also

been playing a lot more upbeat music and dancing around a lot more.

I can remember not so long ago wondering why I was crying so much.

I've come a long way and I feel like the real me is finally coming

out. On another exciting note I've finally passed my probationary

period at work and am feeling much more secure at work - I'm good at

what I do. Life is good. I'm naddering on now so I'll stop.

Thanks,

J.

>

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> This chapter has so many examples that I can relate to of how

dieting

> tears us away from our own self knowledge and our own instinctive

and

> innate abilities to know what is right for ourselves. But

thankfully

> I found the focus is on the solution. I like the way the authors

> stress how none of these principles are a solution in themselves

that

> they all depend on the other principles to be effective.

>

> I had a couple days this week when I was really very hungry. I ate

a

> lot for breakfast on Friday and the day just kept going that way.

> Saturday was pretty much the same thing. I was wondering if I was

> eating for reasons other than body hunger, but I just kept coming

> back to, " I'm hungry " . So I ate quite a bit, but on Sunday it just

> went away. I'm glad I didn't panic about it and try to control

it.

> I think this quote speaks to this situation. " Clearly, there are

many

> factors that influence how full you feel from eating. With so many

> variables that exert influence on your eating, it can and should be

> no surprise, then, that the amount of food you desire to eat can

and

> will fluctuate. A big key is to stay tuned in and to eat

> consciously. "

>

> Arnie

> IEing since Aug. 08

>

[Guest guest]

Wow J. that is GREAT! I am so in agreement with your thoughts about

keeping your focus on eating. I suffer from that inability too. I

think for me its a reaction to my 'drive' to do things and not liking

to have to 'do' that TO myself. Yet the fact is that without the

efforts I won't get the results either.

GOOD JOB and thanks for reminding me how I want this too.

ehugs, Katcha

IEing since March 2007

>

> I've been working really hard on this one and have had great success

> of late. I've really had to pay attention as I find when I'm eating

> I zone out and go off with different thoughts and I try to catch

> myself doing this then I can pay attention to the taste and how it

> makes me feel. I've been trying to say to myself I can have this

> again if I want. I notice I'm starting to get a full/satisfied

> feeling two or three bites to the end then the sigh comes and I'm

> done and I stop now - I just stop. I don't do the 20 min thing as I

> don't buy that one at all (sorry if that offends anyone) I just don't

> agree with it. I was playing games with myself rushing to finish

> food before the full feeling comes on, or I'd convince myself I was

> hungry when I was not. I'm being very honest with myself now, which

> is helping me. Also I'm reading Breaking Free From Emotional Eating,

> which has really hit home for me. I notice my body is changing

> slowly and I even wore jeans the other day and tucked in my t-shirt

> and went shopping feeling pretty good about myself. I don't look

> anything like those airbrushed pictures on the magazines but I think

> the way I walked and held my head high said a lot more. I've also

> been playing a lot more upbeat music and dancing around a lot more.

> I can remember not so long ago wondering why I was crying so much.

> I've come a long way and I feel like the real me is finally coming

> out. On another exciting note I've finally passed my probationary

> period at work and am feeling much more secure at work - I'm good at

> what I do. Life is good. I'm naddering on now so I'll stop.

>

> Thanks,

> J.

>

[Guest guest]

Katcha wrote:

> Styxia, I understand that too. It seems to me that FULL is an old,

> long time familiar feeling that has become 'comforting' too? And taste

> hunger can be stronger than body hunger signals too.

I just ate definitely for comfort. I knew it was for comfort when I

prepared the food and when I ate it. Mashed potatos with roasted onions

and fried egg. It definitely wasn't body hunger but I simply wasn't in

the mood to fight the urge. I did that for - oh - months now? And I'm

not in the mood to beat myself up about it. I beat myeself up about

things too often anyway.

About that fullness: I can remember writing about that a while ago. That

I sometimes prefer being more full than is good for my body (ah, let's

be honest and call it by it's right name: WEIGHT LOSS or BEING THIN).

I'm not talking about a hurting stomach or feeling nausea, but I noticed

a while ago that I prefer another level of fullness in the evening

because it's calming while I can't stand that level of fullness in the

morning or at noon when I still have work to do. I definitely prefer

that " light level of fullness " that IE seems to aim at during the day

while I prefer that " I want to be on my couch level of fullness " in the

evening.

It's a bit like " that feeling alcohol gives me in the evening feels ok

but it feels wrong during the day " . Interestingly enough I don't care

about that. Why should I? (And I wouldn't care about that food f*ck

either if I would be one of these thin people who eat a chocolate bar

now and then for comfort.)

I don't think I'm ready to give that up yet. (Well, at least not before

my exam is over. I think I have to re-evaluate things after that.)

Regards

s.

[Guest guest]

" but I noticed

> a while ago that I prefer another level of fullness in the evening

> because it's calming while I can't stand that level of fullness in the

> morning or at noon when I still have work to do. I definitely prefer

> that " light level of fullness " that IE seems to aim at during the day

> while I prefer that " I want to be on my couch level of fullness " in the

> evening. "

Styxia...hmmm...this is VERY interesting for me to read. You seem to

have hit the nail on the head about something in my own life.

I need to think about this one a bit...

dawnz

[Guest guest]

I'm sure late to the party on this one! Unfortunately work stress has

kept me away from this board - and the principles - for about two weeks.

This, for me, is where the real work begins. I am notorious for

blowing right past the point where I'm no longer hungry and fly right

into overeating. Sometimes it's because I'm mindlessly eating out of a

bag of something - doesn't matter if it's chips and dip or baby

carrots. It I'm eating out of the bag, I will likely keep eating until

I hit the bottom of it. Other times I feel like I'm eating out of

anxiety or stress relief. This usually happens after work. My routine

is to go to the gym (to work out all that stress that makes me eat!!)

pick my son up from day care and then go home and get started on the

evening routines. I start out eating a small snack to get me through

feeding my son and making dinner, and I end up nibbling my way to what

honestly amounts to a second meal. Then I eat my regular dinner on top

of that regardless if I'm hungry or not - and I am a card carrying

member of the clean plate club!

I'm trying to make myself sit down and share a planned snack with my

son to combat this. This way I have time to relax and naturally

release some stress by being with him without eating my way through

it. I'm also working on not eating anything out of the package.

I feel like I have a lot more I could say about this, but I won't. For

now!

[Guest guest]

Hi Jennie,

I totally understand. I have a son too, and it is very stressfull to get dinner ready on time after a day at work. You must be hungry after your work out too. Did you try to eat your snack before your work-out? Or use a crockpot for dinner - you put diner in it in the morning and it is ready when you arrive home - and the house smells good too. I use it a lot.

Nat

Subject: Re: Principle 5 - "Feel Your Fullness"To: IntuitiveEating_Support Received: Tuesday, September 23, 2008, 9:19 AM

I'm sure late to the party on this one! Unfortunately work stress has kept me away from this board - and the principles - for about two weeks.This, for me, is where the real work begins. I am notorious for blowing right past the point where I'm no longer hungry and fly right into overeating. Sometimes it's because I'm mindlessly eating out of a bag of something - doesn't matter if it's chips and dip or baby carrots. It I'm eating out of the bag, I will likely keep eating until I hit the bottom of it. Other times I feel like I'm eating out of anxiety or stress relief. This usually happens after work. My routine is to go to the gym (to work out all that stress that makes me eat!!) pick my son up from day care and then go home and get started on the evening routines. I start out eating a small snack to get me through feeding my son and making dinner, and I end up nibbling my way to what honestly

amounts to a second meal. Then I eat my regular dinner on top of that regardless if I'm hungry or not - and I am a card carrying member of the clean plate club! I'm trying to make myself sit down and share a planned snack with my son to combat this. This way I have time to relax and naturally release some stress by being with him without eating my way through it. I'm also working on not eating anything out of the package. I feel like I have a lot more I could say about this, but I won't. For now!

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