small success

[Guest guest]

I was eating lunch out today, by myself. I ordered a wheat wrap that had in it

hummus, various veggies, havarti cheese and some kind of oil based dressing. It

came with potato chips.

I'd brought a book to read with me, but I decided that especially when I ate the

chips, I wasn't going to read - that's a food that's easy for me to eat

mindlessly instead of mindfully, so I decided to pay extra attention to if they

still were tasting good, as I kept eating. Because I was stopping my reading

for each chip, I found myself both eating a little slower, and also feeling ok

with eating some of the wrap without reading, too.

Best part - I suddenly knew when I was full! I'd only eaten half the wrap (it

was big) and half the chips. I was so busy paying attention to the taste of the

chips, that truthfully I'd forgotten all about also trying to pay attention to

fullness overall - but I think for the first time since incorporating IE ideas

into my eating, it came instinctly without my even trying.

I'm very excited about this. Thanks to all of you who told me to trust the

process and that changes would indeed happen. As you know I do structure my

food more than many IE'ers, but it's important to me that I learn to be more

mindful while eating and to stop when satisfied/full, so this feels great. I'm

sure it'll still go back and forth plenty, but that's ok.