Guest guest Posted July 18, 2011 Report Share Posted July 18, 2011 Sandy, this sounds like something I had to learn too - to 'time' my hunger around events that I wanted to attend. I really didn't have a clue about my (body) hunger when I started IE. What worked for me was to have a timer that I set to go off at hourly intervals to remind me to check on my hunger level. I eventually found out that if I ate something 'carb' - like toast with coffee in am - that I would probably be hungry an hour later. If I ate an egg with my coffee I probably wouldn't be hungry for a couple of hours. And so on. If I found myself HUNGRY! and knew it would be about an hour before I got dinner on the table, I could eat a small nibble - slice of cheese, hand full of almonds, apple, whatever, and have that hold me and allow me to be hungry for and enjoy my dinner. Its interesting to me that I could use my mind to learn to pass over my trust to my body instead of having to be 'in control' of it. Best to you, Katcha IEing since March 2007 > > Tai, I eat out with my significant other 3-4 times a week and it is really > challenging. Mainly the timing it difficult. Either I am not hungry or am > too hungry, so I have to put in a lot of effort on the " schedule " . It is > much easier when I eat alone. Once a week we eat out about noon at a little > restaurant and I have breakfast. On those days I eat fruit and yogurt first > thing in the morning and the have eggs at the restaurant. When we go to the > buffet once a week, I have breakfast around 8 because I am hungry, and then > we eat at noonish. If that is too long for me I eat a little snack at 10 > before we leave for the buffet at 11. So maybe you can see that the > schedule/planning can be complicated. I try to follow IE eating when hungry > and stopping when full even when I eat out. Sandy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 18, 2011 Report Share Posted July 18, 2011 Sandy, my use of a timer wasn't to 'tell' me when (or what) to eat, it was just to help educate myself since I tended to disregard (long time habit) by body feedback. I really needed a way to re-learn to 1) check in with myself and 2) trust that I could make choices that would fit and work for me. I almost made myself a placemat for around my dinner plate that had Savor! Chew-fork down-next bite-chew etc. Full yet? etc. written on it. Of course I would all to quickly learn to ignore those messages, but it made me grin to think of eating with those right under my nose. (IE can be FUN if we choose to make it that way)\ ehugs, Katcha IEing since March 2007 > > > Sandy, this sounds like something I had to learn too - to 'time' my hunger > > around events that I wanted to attend. I really didn't have a clue about my > > (body) hunger when I started IE. What worked for me was to have a timer that > > I set to go off at hourly intervals to remind me to check on my hunger > > level. I eventually found out that if I ate something 'carb' - like toast > > with coffee in am - that I would probably be hungry an hour later. If I ate > > an egg with my coffee I probably wouldn't be hungry for a couple of hours. > > And so on. If I found myself HUNGRY! and knew it would be about an hour > > before I got dinner on the table, I could eat a small nibble - slice of > > cheese, hand full of almonds, apple, whatever, and have that hold me and > > allow me to be hungry for and enjoy my dinner. Its interesting to me that I > > could use my mind to learn to pass over my trust to my body instead of > > having to be 'in control' of it. > > > > Best to you, Katcha > > IEing since March 2007 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 18, 2011 Report Share Posted July 18, 2011 Glad you got a giggle out of the placemat. Another purely silly idea that I just to joke about was needing to add a long stick onto the top of a hat from which I could dangle notes in my field of vision - Are you hungry? Mindfullness please! Which is hungry - body or emotions? Of course that would last about a few minutes - LOL!! Katcha IEing since March 2007 > > > > > > > > > Sandy, this sounds like something I had to learn too - to 'time' my > > hunger > > > > around events that I wanted to attend. I really didn't have a clue > > about my > > > > (body) hunger when I started IE. What worked for me was to have a timer > > that > > > > I set to go off at hourly intervals to remind me to check on my hunger > > > > level. I eventually found out that if I ate something 'carb' - like > > toast > > > > with coffee in am - that I would probably be hungry an hour later. If I > > ate > > > > an egg with my coffee I probably wouldn't be hungry for a couple of > > hours. > > > > And so on. If I found myself HUNGRY! and knew it would be about an hour > > > > before I got dinner on the table, I could eat a small nibble - slice of > > > > cheese, hand full of almonds, apple, whatever, and have that hold me > > and > > > > allow me to be hungry for and enjoy my dinner. Its interesting to me > > that I > > > > could use my mind to learn to pass over my trust to my body instead of > > > > having to be 'in control' of it. > > > > > > > > Best to you, Katcha > > > > IEing since March 2007 > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 18, 2011 Report Share Posted July 18, 2011 Glad you got a giggle out of the placemat. Another purely silly idea that I just to joke about was needing to add a long stick onto the top of a hat from which I could dangle notes in my field of vision - Are you hungry? Mindfullness please! Which is hungry - body or emotions? Of course that would last about a few minutes - LOL!! Katcha IEing since March 2007 > > > > > > > > > Sandy, this sounds like something I had to learn too - to 'time' my > > hunger > > > > around events that I wanted to attend. I really didn't have a clue > > about my > > > > (body) hunger when I started IE. What worked for me was to have a timer > > that > > > > I set to go off at hourly intervals to remind me to check on my hunger > > > > level. I eventually found out that if I ate something 'carb' - like > > toast > > > > with coffee in am - that I would probably be hungry an hour later. If I > > ate > > > > an egg with my coffee I probably wouldn't be hungry for a couple of > > hours. > > > > And so on. If I found myself HUNGRY! and knew it would be about an hour > > > > before I got dinner on the table, I could eat a small nibble - slice of > > > > cheese, hand full of almonds, apple, whatever, and have that hold me > > and > > > > allow me to be hungry for and enjoy my dinner. Its interesting to me > > that I > > > > could use my mind to learn to pass over my trust to my body instead of > > > > having to be 'in control' of it. > > > > > > > > Best to you, Katcha > > > > IEing since March 2007 > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 18, 2011 Report Share Posted July 18, 2011 I am a bit 'off' now and then, but it doesn't seem to bother me much. Can't say what everyone else might think of say, but to them its the same thing I 'share' with diet demons in my life - FAT off busters (giggles) Katcha IEing since March 2007 > > > > > > I understood about the timer and thought it was a good idea. I had a > > laugh > > > over the place mat too. I had a list of the IE principles on my table but > > > soon found those to seemed to be invisable. Sandy > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 18, 2011 Report Share Posted July 18, 2011 I am a bit 'off' now and then, but it doesn't seem to bother me much. Can't say what everyone else might think of say, but to them its the same thing I 'share' with diet demons in my life - FAT off busters (giggles) Katcha IEing since March 2007 > > > > > > I understood about the timer and thought it was a good idea. I had a > > laugh > > > over the place mat too. I had a list of the IE principles on my table but > > > soon found those to seemed to be invisable. Sandy > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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