Re: Re: I Am Not a Garbage Disposal & dripping cheese

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Yes, Sandarah, it does help. As you were speaking about the brain chemistry and reacting to certain foods, I actually felt my brain rushing with that thrilled feeling, even though I'm not eating anything now. :-) Great post, thank you! TaiTo: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2011 11:49 AMSubject:

Re: I Am Not a Garbage Disposal & dripping cheese

Hey Tai, Gillian said something to me yesterday about there being three food groups: 1) foods I like 2) foods I don't like and 3) foods that dishonor my body. There are certain foods and food combinations that totally throw off my appetite and my body chemistry even though I "like" eating them; cheese is one of them.

That is, I get a rush from eating them, probably in part because they've been forbidden over the years and also because they change my brain chemistry and move me out of touch with my body.

So, for me eating any foods that throw my body chemistry out of balance are foods I will eat beyond full. Eating when I'm distracted will also cause me to eat beyond full.

Thus I have once again unplugged my tv because when I eat in front of the tv, I'm already on the bus for a trip into eating beyond full. And, I'm re-thinking the idea of foods I like and why I like them.

Hope that helps a bit.

Sandarah

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> Can't say it felt good, exactly... I felt kind-of cheated.

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