Guest guest Posted August 25, 2011 Report Share Posted August 25, 2011 I was wondering the same thing earlier. I feel waiting for the rumble is my bodies signal for hunger but sometimes question. I would like to hear what others say too. Kim How many of you really wait for a rumble before you eat each time? I notice I can easily wait for breakfast. Lunch is a quick follow upper, but dinner can be a problem and after that. Tai Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 25, 2011 Report Share Posted August 25, 2011 I was wondering the same thing earlier. I feel waiting for the rumble is my bodies signal for hunger but sometimes question. I would like to hear what others say too. Kim How many of you really wait for a rumble before you eat each time? I notice I can easily wait for breakfast. Lunch is a quick follow upper, but dinner can be a problem and after that. Tai Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 25, 2011 Report Share Posted August 25, 2011 I was wondering the same thing earlier. I feel waiting for the rumble is my bodies signal for hunger but sometimes question. I would like to hear what others say too. Kim How many of you really wait for a rumble before you eat each time? I notice I can easily wait for breakfast. Lunch is a quick follow upper, but dinner can be a problem and after that. Tai Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 25, 2011 Report Share Posted August 25, 2011 Tai you will be so much better served if you figure this out for yourself ;-) We can all share our experiences but what really matters most is how YOU deal with your own hunger. If we all wear the color yellow beautifully doesn't mean that yellow will look fabulous on you. You do seem to be getting a handle on what you are doing in practicing IE suggestions - here and there - but I often have a feeling that you are still drawn more to EXternal input than the INternal feedback that is really the most meaningful and reliable information you can have. BEST to you, Katcha IEing since March 2007 > > How many of you really wait for a rumble before you eat each time? I notice I can easily wait for breakfast. Lunch is a quick follow upper, but dinner can be a problem and after that. Tai > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 25, 2011 Report Share Posted August 25, 2011 Tai you will be so much better served if you figure this out for yourself ;-) We can all share our experiences but what really matters most is how YOU deal with your own hunger. If we all wear the color yellow beautifully doesn't mean that yellow will look fabulous on you. You do seem to be getting a handle on what you are doing in practicing IE suggestions - here and there - but I often have a feeling that you are still drawn more to EXternal input than the INternal feedback that is really the most meaningful and reliable information you can have. BEST to you, Katcha IEing since March 2007 > > How many of you really wait for a rumble before you eat each time? I notice I can easily wait for breakfast. Lunch is a quick follow upper, but dinner can be a problem and after that. Tai > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 25, 2011 Report Share Posted August 25, 2011 Tai you will be so much better served if you figure this out for yourself ;-) We can all share our experiences but what really matters most is how YOU deal with your own hunger. If we all wear the color yellow beautifully doesn't mean that yellow will look fabulous on you. You do seem to be getting a handle on what you are doing in practicing IE suggestions - here and there - but I often have a feeling that you are still drawn more to EXternal input than the INternal feedback that is really the most meaningful and reliable information you can have. BEST to you, Katcha IEing since March 2007 > > How many of you really wait for a rumble before you eat each time? I notice I can easily wait for breakfast. Lunch is a quick follow upper, but dinner can be a problem and after that. Tai > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 25, 2011 Report Share Posted August 25, 2011 oh ok I like support, and I like to hear other people's experiences, it helps me, Katcha. But if you feel it won't help me to hear how others do it or cope, that's ok. To: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2011 10:56 AMSubject: Re: Waiting for rumbles Tai you will be so much better served if you figure this out for yourself ;-) We can all share our experiences but what really matters most is how YOU deal with your own hunger. If we all wear the color yellow beautifully doesn't mean that yellow will look fabulous on you. You do seem to be getting a handle on what you are doing in practicing IE suggestions - here and there - but I often have a feeling that you are still drawn more to EXternal input than the INternal feedback that is really the most meaningful and reliable information you can have. BEST to you, Katcha IEing since March 2007 > > How many of you really wait for a rumble before you eat each time? I notice I can easily wait for breakfast. Lunch is a quick follow upper, but dinner can be a problem and after that. Tai > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 25, 2011 Report Share Posted August 25, 2011 oh ok I like support, and I like to hear other people's experiences, it helps me, Katcha. But if you feel it won't help me to hear how others do it or cope, that's ok. To: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2011 10:56 AMSubject: Re: Waiting for rumbles Tai you will be so much better served if you figure this out for yourself ;-) We can all share our experiences but what really matters most is how YOU deal with your own hunger. If we all wear the color yellow beautifully doesn't mean that yellow will look fabulous on you. You do seem to be getting a handle on what you are doing in practicing IE suggestions - here and there - but I often have a feeling that you are still drawn more to EXternal input than the INternal feedback that is really the most meaningful and reliable information you can have. BEST to you, Katcha IEing since March 2007 > > How many of you really wait for a rumble before you eat each time? I notice I can easily wait for breakfast. Lunch is a quick follow upper, but dinner can be a problem and after that. Tai > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 25, 2011 Report Share Posted August 25, 2011 Kim, I don't find that I am waiting for A sign such as only a 'rumble'. Certainly that is a good one that many seem to be able to utilize, but its not my 'eat!' signal alone. The first indication that I have of hunger seems to be when 'food' pops into my mind. I usually check and see if that comes from my body or 'mind'. If I know (mind) that I ate several hours before, have a vague feeling of 'empty' and when I what (food) I think about eating sounds appealing, that's hunger for me. If what I previously ate hasn't been all that long ago, I still feel 'full' (not 'empty') or proposed food items don't appeal really, then the hunger urge is most likely an emotional one for me. Just to provide a different example - one other member here found that when she was hungry she would feel a warm sensation in her abdomen area! Others notice salivation. Getting to know your body is one of the challenges and blessings of IE. BEST to you, Katcha IEing since March 2007 > > I was wondering the same thing earlier. I feel waiting for the rumble is my bodies signal for hunger but sometimes question. I would like to hear what others say too. > > Kim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 25, 2011 Report Share Posted August 25, 2011 Kim, I don't find that I am waiting for A sign such as only a 'rumble'. Certainly that is a good one that many seem to be able to utilize, but its not my 'eat!' signal alone. The first indication that I have of hunger seems to be when 'food' pops into my mind. I usually check and see if that comes from my body or 'mind'. If I know (mind) that I ate several hours before, have a vague feeling of 'empty' and when I what (food) I think about eating sounds appealing, that's hunger for me. If what I previously ate hasn't been all that long ago, I still feel 'full' (not 'empty') or proposed food items don't appeal really, then the hunger urge is most likely an emotional one for me. Just to provide a different example - one other member here found that when she was hungry she would feel a warm sensation in her abdomen area! Others notice salivation. Getting to know your body is one of the challenges and blessings of IE. BEST to you, Katcha IEing since March 2007 > > I was wondering the same thing earlier. I feel waiting for the rumble is my bodies signal for hunger but sometimes question. I would like to hear what others say too. > > Kim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 25, 2011 Report Share Posted August 25, 2011 Kim, I don't find that I am waiting for A sign such as only a 'rumble'. Certainly that is a good one that many seem to be able to utilize, but its not my 'eat!' signal alone. The first indication that I have of hunger seems to be when 'food' pops into my mind. I usually check and see if that comes from my body or 'mind'. If I know (mind) that I ate several hours before, have a vague feeling of 'empty' and when I what (food) I think about eating sounds appealing, that's hunger for me. If what I previously ate hasn't been all that long ago, I still feel 'full' (not 'empty') or proposed food items don't appeal really, then the hunger urge is most likely an emotional one for me. Just to provide a different example - one other member here found that when she was hungry she would feel a warm sensation in her abdomen area! Others notice salivation. Getting to know your body is one of the challenges and blessings of IE. BEST to you, Katcha IEing since March 2007 > > I was wondering the same thing earlier. I feel waiting for the rumble is my bodies signal for hunger but sometimes question. I would like to hear what others say too. > > Kim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 25, 2011 Report Share Posted August 25, 2011 Sometimes it takes a LONG time. I am new at this, and I am not sure that waiting for the rumble is the " absolute " ideal plan, but it is teaching me how much extra food I ate, and how I ate for ALL of the wrong reasons (Mt Everest). I will be interested to hear what others share, but I know that when I wait, there is so much life to be lived between " meals. " I spent so much of my life eating --- because this was what the latest diet suggested, because everyone says you " should " eat breakfast, because the nutritionist said I should eat every 4 hours, because my family was eating, because my colleagues were eating, you name it. I don't have to tell you all of the WRONG reasons to eat. You are all experts just like ME. Thanks for bringing this up, Tai. > > How many of you really wait for a rumble before you eat each time? I notice I can easily wait for breakfast. Lunch is a quick follow upper, but dinner can be a problem and after that. Tai > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 25, 2011 Report Share Posted August 25, 2011 Sometimes it takes a LONG time. I am new at this, and I am not sure that waiting for the rumble is the " absolute " ideal plan, but it is teaching me how much extra food I ate, and how I ate for ALL of the wrong reasons (Mt Everest). I will be interested to hear what others share, but I know that when I wait, there is so much life to be lived between " meals. " I spent so much of my life eating --- because this was what the latest diet suggested, because everyone says you " should " eat breakfast, because the nutritionist said I should eat every 4 hours, because my family was eating, because my colleagues were eating, you name it. I don't have to tell you all of the WRONG reasons to eat. You are all experts just like ME. Thanks for bringing this up, Tai. > > How many of you really wait for a rumble before you eat each time? I notice I can easily wait for breakfast. Lunch is a quick follow upper, but dinner can be a problem and after that. Tai > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 25, 2011 Report Share Posted August 25, 2011 Sometimes it takes a LONG time. I am new at this, and I am not sure that waiting for the rumble is the " absolute " ideal plan, but it is teaching me how much extra food I ate, and how I ate for ALL of the wrong reasons (Mt Everest). I will be interested to hear what others share, but I know that when I wait, there is so much life to be lived between " meals. " I spent so much of my life eating --- because this was what the latest diet suggested, because everyone says you " should " eat breakfast, because the nutritionist said I should eat every 4 hours, because my family was eating, because my colleagues were eating, you name it. I don't have to tell you all of the WRONG reasons to eat. You are all experts just like ME. Thanks for bringing this up, Tai. > > How many of you really wait for a rumble before you eat each time? I notice I can easily wait for breakfast. Lunch is a quick follow upper, but dinner can be a problem and after that. Tai > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 25, 2011 Report Share Posted August 25, 2011 Mo Tai is not what I am trying to say - 'don't use support'! Others' experiences are valuable input for sure. I know I have found that what another has shared struck a cord with me in quite helpful ways. The pit fall I worry about is the sucking hole of diet mentality that whispers 'listen to others (experts)' instead of encouraging you to take such knowledge and INternalize it for your benefit. Diet demons love to play tricks on us! They can prank by setting up false sign posts to detour us from our IE journey. BEST to you, Katcha IEing since March 2007 > > oh ok I like support, and I like to hear other people's experiences, it helps me, Katcha. But if you feel it won't help me to hear how others do it or cope, that's ok. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 25, 2011 Report Share Posted August 25, 2011 Mo Tai is not what I am trying to say - 'don't use support'! Others' experiences are valuable input for sure. I know I have found that what another has shared struck a cord with me in quite helpful ways. The pit fall I worry about is the sucking hole of diet mentality that whispers 'listen to others (experts)' instead of encouraging you to take such knowledge and INternalize it for your benefit. Diet demons love to play tricks on us! They can prank by setting up false sign posts to detour us from our IE journey. BEST to you, Katcha IEing since March 2007 > > oh ok I like support, and I like to hear other people's experiences, it helps me, Katcha. But if you feel it won't help me to hear how others do it or cope, that's ok. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 25, 2011 Report Share Posted August 25, 2011 Make that 'No Tai, that' instead of 'Mo'!! I am such a lousy typist - sorry! > > > > oh ok I like support, and I like to hear other people's experiences, it helps me, Katcha. But if you feel it won't help me to hear how others do it or cope, that's ok. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 25, 2011 Report Share Posted August 25, 2011 Make that 'No Tai, that' instead of 'Mo'!! I am such a lousy typist - sorry! > > > > oh ok I like support, and I like to hear other people's experiences, it helps me, Katcha. But if you feel it won't help me to hear how others do it or cope, that's ok. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 25, 2011 Report Share Posted August 25, 2011 Make that 'No Tai, that' instead of 'Mo'!! I am such a lousy typist - sorry! > > > > oh ok I like support, and I like to hear other people's experiences, it helps me, Katcha. But if you feel it won't help me to hear how others do it or cope, that's ok. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 25, 2011 Report Share Posted August 25, 2011 Glad you brought this up; I've wondered too. I'm still beginning and trying different ways of identifying hunger. To me, it's a sort of gestalt body feeling that I need/want to eat. I am trying to figure out my own hunger scale and determine what being too hungry is vs what being hungry enough is. I do like the experience of eating when I'm really hungry; but getting that hungry at work, for instance, and then sitting down to a meal I can enjoy isn't much of a reality. My meals are often interrupted and I never know if I can even take a real lunch break most days. Though I am getting better at waiting longer for lunch rather than eating at an accustomed time. So, for now I'm working with hungry enough and eating in such a way as to avoid blood sugar crashes by not balancing out my carbs and being mindful of how caffeine can skew my appetite. Sandarah > > How many of you really wait for a rumble before you eat each time? I notice I can easily wait for breakfast. Lunch is a quick follow upper, but dinner can be a problem and after that. Tai > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 25, 2011 Report Share Posted August 25, 2011 Glad you brought this up; I've wondered too. I'm still beginning and trying different ways of identifying hunger. To me, it's a sort of gestalt body feeling that I need/want to eat. I am trying to figure out my own hunger scale and determine what being too hungry is vs what being hungry enough is. I do like the experience of eating when I'm really hungry; but getting that hungry at work, for instance, and then sitting down to a meal I can enjoy isn't much of a reality. My meals are often interrupted and I never know if I can even take a real lunch break most days. Though I am getting better at waiting longer for lunch rather than eating at an accustomed time. So, for now I'm working with hungry enough and eating in such a way as to avoid blood sugar crashes by not balancing out my carbs and being mindful of how caffeine can skew my appetite. Sandarah > > How many of you really wait for a rumble before you eat each time? I notice I can easily wait for breakfast. Lunch is a quick follow upper, but dinner can be a problem and after that. Tai > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 25, 2011 Report Share Posted August 25, 2011 Hi Tai, For me the rumble thing doesn't quite work. I'm not 100% sure what a rumble is. That's like stopping when I'm full? What's full. The number system works really well for me. My stomach can rumble a little and I'll still be at a 4, which is not bad. 3 is the ideal number. Going past that starts to get into panic mode, which is no good for me. I find that if I really wait until a 3 in the morning it gets my day started off right, food wise, that is. Thanks, Evan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 25, 2011 Report Share Posted August 25, 2011 You're welcome, . I really need some feedback on this, because I had assumed that the rumble was the most distinct and best signal, but I notice that the first and best rumble I usually have (it's not like a volcano, those types I used to have when I was in high school and real thin, waiting for the lunch break which was often a small sandwich & piece of fruit or a nice hard boiled egg <g>) is after my cup of coffee and depending on time, I appreciate the first rumble or sign that my stomach is telling me it is ready (? - is that is? who knows at this point) for food. Feed me, it says! But after that is the struggle. Now I am 'full.' I just had lunch. I wasn't sure how hungry I was, there were no rumbles, but a few hours had elapsed since breakfast and I HAD to eat. OK, now I feel ok. Gotta keep working this out, I will. I'm still interested in hearing if anyone waits each and every time for a distinct hunger signal and what it is. I now know what the hunger rumble is, I'm happy that I can recognize it. And I also know I never want to get overfull again. TaiTo: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2011 11:10 AMSubject: Re: Waiting for rumbles Sometimes it takes a LONG time. I am new at this, and I am not sure that waiting for the rumble is the "absolute" ideal plan, but it is teaching me how much extra food I ate, and how I ate for ALL of the wrong reasons (Mt Everest). I will be interested to hear what others share, but I know that when I wait, there is so much life to be lived between "meals." I spent so much of my life eating --- because this was what the latest diet suggested, because everyone says you "should" eat breakfast, because the nutritionist said I should eat every 4 hours, because my family was eating, because my colleagues were eating, you name it. I don't have to tell you all of the WRONG reasons to eat. You are all experts just like ME. Thanks for bringing this up, Tai. > > How many of you really wait for a rumble before you eat each time? I notice I can easily wait for breakfast. Lunch is a quick follow upper, but dinner can be a problem and after that. Tai > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 25, 2011 Report Share Posted August 25, 2011 You're welcome, . I really need some feedback on this, because I had assumed that the rumble was the most distinct and best signal, but I notice that the first and best rumble I usually have (it's not like a volcano, those types I used to have when I was in high school and real thin, waiting for the lunch break which was often a small sandwich & piece of fruit or a nice hard boiled egg <g>) is after my cup of coffee and depending on time, I appreciate the first rumble or sign that my stomach is telling me it is ready (? - is that is? who knows at this point) for food. Feed me, it says! But after that is the struggle. Now I am 'full.' I just had lunch. I wasn't sure how hungry I was, there were no rumbles, but a few hours had elapsed since breakfast and I HAD to eat. OK, now I feel ok. Gotta keep working this out, I will. I'm still interested in hearing if anyone waits each and every time for a distinct hunger signal and what it is. I now know what the hunger rumble is, I'm happy that I can recognize it. And I also know I never want to get overfull again. TaiTo: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2011 11:10 AMSubject: Re: Waiting for rumbles Sometimes it takes a LONG time. I am new at this, and I am not sure that waiting for the rumble is the "absolute" ideal plan, but it is teaching me how much extra food I ate, and how I ate for ALL of the wrong reasons (Mt Everest). I will be interested to hear what others share, but I know that when I wait, there is so much life to be lived between "meals." I spent so much of my life eating --- because this was what the latest diet suggested, because everyone says you "should" eat breakfast, because the nutritionist said I should eat every 4 hours, because my family was eating, because my colleagues were eating, you name it. I don't have to tell you all of the WRONG reasons to eat. You are all experts just like ME. Thanks for bringing this up, Tai. > > How many of you really wait for a rumble before you eat each time? I notice I can easily wait for breakfast. Lunch is a quick follow upper, but dinner can be a problem and after that. Tai > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 25, 2011 Report Share Posted August 25, 2011 Kim, Hunger is usually signaled to me by a stomach rumble, but sometimes in the morning, it's emptiness accompanied by mild nausea and lightheadedness. As the amounts I am eating drop, I have been pleased to note that I am getting hungrier earlier in the morning and am usually hungry for dinner when my family eats. In between varies a lot, as it has in the evening. Jane > > > How many of you really wait for a rumble before you eat each time? I notice I can easily wait for breakfast. Lunch is a quick follow upper, but dinner can be a problem and after that. Tai > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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