Re: Breakfast question, plus a baby shower experience

[Guest guest]

Most excellent observations!

I'm having similar experiences, and I'm trying to just " go with the flow " . I'm

surprised to be hungry--truly hungry--sometimes not too long after I've already

eaten, and in this past week I've attended several social events where in the

past (i.e., the whole rest of my life) I would have eaten until I felt sick, it

didn't happen at any of these occasions. On one of them, going out to lunch with

my colleagues at a Mexican restaurant (before the kids started school), I ate a

gazillion chips, but then boxed up half of my lunch, and though I wasn't hungry

for dinner that night (and didn't eat it), I didn't feel sick. Major progress!

>

> Theresa's question about integrating IE with her teaching schedule got me to

thinking about an assertion in one of the IE books I read yesterday, namely,

that as people progress in IE, they tend to eat less at night and get hungrier

earlier in the morning. For those who have been doing IE for a while, what has

your experience been? I'm less than 5 weeks in and most mornings, I am not

hungry until about 10am. Some nights I don't eat after dinner with the family

(which I am more and more often hungry for, which is a relief). Other nights,

we stay up late enough that I need a little something. Usually lately, it has

been mainly protein, as opposed to dessert.

>

> In other news, I attended a baby shower today for a former foster daughter.

Anticipation of it was fraught with emotional baggage and feelings of rejection

(since like most of the other women there, I had not been invited to meet the

baby in the 2 months since her birth), but the actual shower was lovely and I

got to hold the baby several times for quite awhile. Lunch was served and I was

really hungry, as I'd been hungry for about an hour but hadn't yet eaten, as I

knew there would be food at the shower. But all I wanted was to hold that

little girl, so I did that first while everyone else ate. Then I was shocked at

how high I piled my plate and realized it was my old pattern, which put me on

guard to try to stay mindful. It was hard, with all that chattering going on

and my confused emotions at that early point in the shower. Suddenly, I felt

slightly ill and braked to a halt on my eating. After a couple of burps, I felt

okay and was grateful I'd stopped so promptly after noticing the pleasure was

gone, even though I still had food on my plate. Over an hour later, we had cake

and I definitely wanted some, although I wasn't at all hungry. I ate the piece

served to me and as usual when eating when I'm not hungry, I wanted more, but

since I was in public, I didn't have any trouble not taking seconds. Then about

an hour and a half later, while out shopping, I realized I WAS ALREADY HUNGRY!

So I think I must have actually done well as far as amounts. I wasn't able to

eat at that time, because it hadn't occurred to me I might get hungry while out,

so I waited another hour and a half until I was home, but I wasn't starving or

anything. The sensation came and went and came again. I felt like I was eating

a largish dinner, but afterward, my stomach felt fine, so once again, I think I

did okay. Two larger meals, but not somehow over the top. Whew! Social eating

is so hard for me to judge!

>

> Fine-tuning when exactly to stop eating is what I'm focused on right now, as I

seem to have plateaued on dropping weight and also prefer feeling " light " after

eating, rather than " heavy " and " full " and it seems to shift towards fuller

about 15 minutes after I've quit eating, which makes it even harder to judge.

Does anyone have any hints on how I can get this right more often?

>

> Jane

>

[Guest guest]

It is truly major progress to stop eating before the sick mode enters! Congratulations, tilley! Tai

To: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2011 10:34 AMSubject: Re: Breakfast question, plus a baby shower experience

Most excellent observations! I'm having similar experiences, and I'm trying to just "go with the flow". I'm surprised to be hungry--truly hungry--sometimes not too long after I've already eaten, and in this past week I've attended several social events where in the past (i.e., the whole rest of my life) I would have eaten until I felt sick, it didn't happen at any of these occasions. On one of them, going out to lunch with my colleagues at a Mexican restaurant (before the kids started school), I ate a gazillion chips, but then boxed up half of my lunch, and though I wasn't hungry for dinner that night (and didn't eat it), I didn't feel sick. Major progress!>> Theresa's question about

integrating IE with her teaching schedule got me to thinking about an assertion in one of the IE books I read yesterday, namely, that as people progress in IE, they tend to eat less at night and get hungrier earlier in the morning. For those who have been doing IE for a while, what has your experience been? I'm less than 5 weeks in and most mornings, I am not hungry until about 10am. Some nights I don't eat after dinner with the family (which I am more and more often hungry for, which is a relief). Other nights, we stay up late enough that I need a little something. Usually lately, it has been mainly protein, as opposed to dessert.> > In other news, I attended a baby shower today for a former foster daughter. Anticipation of it was fraught with emotional baggage and feelings of rejection (since like most of the other women there, I had not been invited to meet the baby in the 2 months since her birth), but the actual shower was lovely and

I got to hold the baby several times for quite awhile. Lunch was served and I was really hungry, as I'd been hungry for about an hour but hadn't yet eaten, as I knew there would be food at the shower. But all I wanted was to hold that little girl, so I did that first while everyone else ate. Then I was shocked at how high I piled my plate and realized it was my old pattern, which put me on guard to try to stay mindful. It was hard, with all that chattering going on and my confused emotions at that early point in the shower. Suddenly, I felt slightly ill and braked to a halt on my eating. After a couple of burps, I felt okay and was grateful I'd stopped so promptly after noticing the pleasure was gone, even though I still had food on my plate. Over an hour later, we had cake and I definitely wanted some, although I wasn't at all hungry. I ate the piece served to me and as usual when eating when I'm not hungry, I wanted more, but since I was in public, I

didn't have any trouble not taking seconds. Then about an hour and a half later, while out shopping, I realized I WAS ALREADY HUNGRY! So I think I must have actually done well as far as amounts. I wasn't able to eat at that time, because it hadn't occurred to me I might get hungry while out, so I waited another hour and a half until I was home, but I wasn't starving or anything. The sensation came and went and came again. I felt like I was eating a largish dinner, but afterward, my stomach felt fine, so once again, I think I did okay. Two larger meals, but not somehow over the top. Whew! Social eating is so hard for me to judge!> > Fine-tuning when exactly to stop eating is what I'm focused on right now, as I seem to have plateaued on dropping weight and also prefer feeling "light" after eating, rather than "heavy" and "full" and it seems to shift towards fuller about 15 minutes after I've quit eating, which makes it even harder to judge.

Does anyone have any hints on how I can get this right more often?> > Jane>

[Guest guest]

It is truly major progress to stop eating before the sick mode enters! Congratulations, tilley! Tai

To: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2011 10:34 AMSubject: Re: Breakfast question, plus a baby shower experience

Most excellent observations! I'm having similar experiences, and I'm trying to just "go with the flow". I'm surprised to be hungry--truly hungry--sometimes not too long after I've already eaten, and in this past week I've attended several social events where in the past (i.e., the whole rest of my life) I would have eaten until I felt sick, it didn't happen at any of these occasions. On one of them, going out to lunch with my colleagues at a Mexican restaurant (before the kids started school), I ate a gazillion chips, but then boxed up half of my lunch, and though I wasn't hungry for dinner that night (and didn't eat it), I didn't feel sick. Major progress!>> Theresa's question about

integrating IE with her teaching schedule got me to thinking about an assertion in one of the IE books I read yesterday, namely, that as people progress in IE, they tend to eat less at night and get hungrier earlier in the morning. For those who have been doing IE for a while, what has your experience been? I'm less than 5 weeks in and most mornings, I am not hungry until about 10am. Some nights I don't eat after dinner with the family (which I am more and more often hungry for, which is a relief). Other nights, we stay up late enough that I need a little something. Usually lately, it has been mainly protein, as opposed to dessert.> > In other news, I attended a baby shower today for a former foster daughter. Anticipation of it was fraught with emotional baggage and feelings of rejection (since like most of the other women there, I had not been invited to meet the baby in the 2 months since her birth), but the actual shower was lovely and

I got to hold the baby several times for quite awhile. Lunch was served and I was really hungry, as I'd been hungry for about an hour but hadn't yet eaten, as I knew there would be food at the shower. But all I wanted was to hold that little girl, so I did that first while everyone else ate. Then I was shocked at how high I piled my plate and realized it was my old pattern, which put me on guard to try to stay mindful. It was hard, with all that chattering going on and my confused emotions at that early point in the shower. Suddenly, I felt slightly ill and braked to a halt on my eating. After a couple of burps, I felt okay and was grateful I'd stopped so promptly after noticing the pleasure was gone, even though I still had food on my plate. Over an hour later, we had cake and I definitely wanted some, although I wasn't at all hungry. I ate the piece served to me and as usual when eating when I'm not hungry, I wanted more, but since I was in public, I

didn't have any trouble not taking seconds. Then about an hour and a half later, while out shopping, I realized I WAS ALREADY HUNGRY! So I think I must have actually done well as far as amounts. I wasn't able to eat at that time, because it hadn't occurred to me I might get hungry while out, so I waited another hour and a half until I was home, but I wasn't starving or anything. The sensation came and went and came again. I felt like I was eating a largish dinner, but afterward, my stomach felt fine, so once again, I think I did okay. Two larger meals, but not somehow over the top. Whew! Social eating is so hard for me to judge!> > Fine-tuning when exactly to stop eating is what I'm focused on right now, as I seem to have plateaued on dropping weight and also prefer feeling "light" after eating, rather than "heavy" and "full" and it seems to shift towards fuller about 15 minutes after I've quit eating, which makes it even harder to judge.

Does anyone have any hints on how I can get this right more often?> > Jane>

[Guest guest]

Jane, last night I did not feel pressed to eat late at night, although I certainly had plenty at dinner. (more than enough, in my language, maybe not IE's language). I noticed that I did not eat after my meal because I didn't feel that I needed to. This morning I woke up with PLENTY of sleep time (I love to make sure I have enough sleep) and I don't have time to wait for rumblings bt I knew that I was maybe slightly hungry. Because it was about 12 hours no eating. Not that it makes me happy to not wait for that first rumbling, but thinking of those who really DO have to time their eating. Now I will wait at least several hours because we're going somewhere and I can't eat. Tai

To: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2011 12:48 AMSubject: Breakfast question, plus a baby shower experience

Theresa's question about integrating IE with her teaching schedule got me to thinking about an assertion in one of the IE books I read yesterday, namely, that as people progress in IE, they tend to eat less at night and get hungrier earlier in the morning. For those who have been doing IE for a while, what has your experience been? I'm less than 5 weeks in and most mornings, I am not hungry until about 10am. Some nights I don't eat after dinner with the family (which I am more and more often hungry for, which is a relief). Other nights, we stay up late enough that I need a little something. Usually lately, it has been mainly protein, as opposed to dessert.In other news, I attended a baby shower today for a former foster daughter. Anticipation of it was fraught with emotional baggage and feelings of rejection (since like most of the other women there, I had not been invited to meet the baby in the 2 months since her birth), but the actual

shower was lovely and I got to hold the baby several times for quite awhile. Lunch was served and I was really hungry, as I'd been hungry for about an hour but hadn't yet eaten, as I knew there would be food at the shower. But all I wanted was to hold that little girl, so I did that first while everyone else ate. Then I was shocked at how high I piled my plate and realized it was my old pattern, which put me on guard to try to stay mindful. It was hard, with all that chattering going on and my confused emotions at that early point in the shower. Suddenly, I felt slightly ill and braked to a halt on my eating. After a couple of burps, I felt okay and was grateful I'd stopped so promptly after noticing the pleasure was gone, even though I still had food on my plate. Over an hour later, we had cake and I definitely wanted some, although I wasn't at all hungry. I ate the piece served to me and as usual when eating when I'm not hungry, I wanted more, but

since I was in public, I didn't have any trouble not taking seconds. Then about an hour and a half later, while out shopping, I realized I WAS ALREADY HUNGRY! So I think I must have actually done well as far as amounts. I wasn't able to eat at that time, because it hadn't occurred to me I might get hungry while out, so I waited another hour and a half until I was home, but I wasn't starving or anything. The sensation came and went and came again. I felt like I was eating a largish dinner, but afterward, my stomach felt fine, so once again, I think I did okay. Two larger meals, but not somehow over the top. Whew! Social eating is so hard for me to judge!Fine-tuning when exactly to stop eating is what I'm focused on right now, as I seem to have plateaued on dropping weight and also prefer feeling "light" after eating, rather than "heavy" and "full" and it seems to shift towards fuller about 15 minutes after I've quit eating, which makes it even

harder to judge. Does anyone have any hints on how I can get this right more often?Jane

[Guest guest]

Jane, last night I did not feel pressed to eat late at night, although I certainly had plenty at dinner. (more than enough, in my language, maybe not IE's language). I noticed that I did not eat after my meal because I didn't feel that I needed to. This morning I woke up with PLENTY of sleep time (I love to make sure I have enough sleep) and I don't have time to wait for rumblings bt I knew that I was maybe slightly hungry. Because it was about 12 hours no eating. Not that it makes me happy to not wait for that first rumbling, but thinking of those who really DO have to time their eating. Now I will wait at least several hours because we're going somewhere and I can't eat. Tai

To: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2011 12:48 AMSubject: Breakfast question, plus a baby shower experience

Theresa's question about integrating IE with her teaching schedule got me to thinking about an assertion in one of the IE books I read yesterday, namely, that as people progress in IE, they tend to eat less at night and get hungrier earlier in the morning. For those who have been doing IE for a while, what has your experience been? I'm less than 5 weeks in and most mornings, I am not hungry until about 10am. Some nights I don't eat after dinner with the family (which I am more and more often hungry for, which is a relief). Other nights, we stay up late enough that I need a little something. Usually lately, it has been mainly protein, as opposed to dessert.In other news, I attended a baby shower today for a former foster daughter. Anticipation of it was fraught with emotional baggage and feelings of rejection (since like most of the other women there, I had not been invited to meet the baby in the 2 months since her birth), but the actual

shower was lovely and I got to hold the baby several times for quite awhile. Lunch was served and I was really hungry, as I'd been hungry for about an hour but hadn't yet eaten, as I knew there would be food at the shower. But all I wanted was to hold that little girl, so I did that first while everyone else ate. Then I was shocked at how high I piled my plate and realized it was my old pattern, which put me on guard to try to stay mindful. It was hard, with all that chattering going on and my confused emotions at that early point in the shower. Suddenly, I felt slightly ill and braked to a halt on my eating. After a couple of burps, I felt okay and was grateful I'd stopped so promptly after noticing the pleasure was gone, even though I still had food on my plate. Over an hour later, we had cake and I definitely wanted some, although I wasn't at all hungry. I ate the piece served to me and as usual when eating when I'm not hungry, I wanted more, but

since I was in public, I didn't have any trouble not taking seconds. Then about an hour and a half later, while out shopping, I realized I WAS ALREADY HUNGRY! So I think I must have actually done well as far as amounts. I wasn't able to eat at that time, because it hadn't occurred to me I might get hungry while out, so I waited another hour and a half until I was home, but I wasn't starving or anything. The sensation came and went and came again. I felt like I was eating a largish dinner, but afterward, my stomach felt fine, so once again, I think I did okay. Two larger meals, but not somehow over the top. Whew! Social eating is so hard for me to judge!Fine-tuning when exactly to stop eating is what I'm focused on right now, as I seem to have plateaued on dropping weight and also prefer feeling "light" after eating, rather than "heavy" and "full" and it seems to shift towards fuller about 15 minutes after I've quit eating, which makes it even

harder to judge. Does anyone have any hints on how I can get this right more often?Jane

[Guest guest]

Jane,Sounds like you did GREAT! not only on the eating front, but maybe even more importantly, on checking in and processing your emotions. which has an indirect impact on eating, i feel -- you won't need to " stuff " down your emotions. GOOD FOR YOU for being so honest with yourself about being disappointed that you didn't get to meet the baby sooner. i think it can be so hard sometimes to honor our negative emotions... but also so important!

it DID happen to me that i began eating more in the mornings... but this wasn't something i was striving for. i seen mixed data about whether it really matters for your weight if you eat more at night versus the morning, so i didn't worry about it.

but i have to admit that i do like the feeling of not being full at night. but again, it wasn't something that i was striving for (because i never would've thought that it COULD happen). it just sort of happened... mainly as i got more in touch with my hunger in the morning. 

i hope this helps,abby

 

Jane, last night I did not feel pressed to eat late at night, although I certainly had plenty at dinner. (more than enough, in my language, maybe not IE's language). I noticed that I did not eat after my meal because I didn't feel that I needed to. This morning I woke up with PLENTY of sleep time (I love to make sure I have enough sleep) and I don't have time to wait for rumblings bt I knew that I was maybe slightly hungry. Because it was about 12 hours no eating. Not that it makes me happy to not wait for that first rumbling, but thinking of those who really DO have to time their eating. Now I will wait at least several hours because we're going somewhere and I can't eat. Tai

To: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2011 12:48 AM

Subject: Breakfast question, plus a baby shower experience

 

Theresa's question about integrating IE with her teaching schedule got me to thinking about an assertion in one of the IE books I read yesterday, namely, that as people progress in IE, they tend to eat less at night and get hungrier earlier in the morning. For those who have been doing IE for a while, what has your experience been? I'm less than 5 weeks in and most mornings, I am not hungry until about 10am. Some nights I don't eat after dinner with the family (which I am more and more often hungry for, which is a relief). Other nights, we stay up late enough that I need a little something. Usually lately, it has been mainly protein, as opposed to dessert.

In other news, I attended a baby shower today for a former foster daughter. Anticipation of it was fraught with emotional baggage and feelings of rejection (since like most of the other women there, I had not been invited to meet the baby in the 2 months since her birth), but the actual

shower was lovely and I got to hold the baby several times for quite awhile. Lunch was served and I was really hungry, as I'd been hungry for about an hour but hadn't yet eaten, as I knew there would be food at the shower. But all I wanted was to hold that little girl, so I did that first while everyone else ate. Then I was shocked at how high I piled my plate and realized it was my old pattern, which put me on guard to try to stay mindful. It was hard, with all that chattering going on and my confused emotions at that early point in the shower. Suddenly, I felt slightly ill and braked to a halt on my eating. After a couple of burps, I felt okay and was grateful I'd stopped so promptly after noticing the pleasure was gone, even though I still had food on my plate. Over an hour later, we had cake and I definitely wanted some, although I wasn't at all hungry. I ate the piece served to me and as usual when eating when I'm not hungry, I wanted more, but

since I was in public, I didn't have any trouble not taking seconds. Then about an hour and a half later, while out shopping, I realized I WAS ALREADY HUNGRY! So I think I must have actually done well as far as amounts. I wasn't able to eat at that time, because it hadn't occurred to me I might get hungry while out, so I waited another hour and a half until I was home, but I wasn't starving or anything. The sensation came and went and came again. I felt like I was eating a largish dinner, but afterward, my stomach felt fine, so once again, I think I did okay. Two larger meals, but not somehow over the top. Whew! Social eating is so hard for me to judge!

Fine-tuning when exactly to stop eating is what I'm focused on right now, as I seem to have plateaued on dropping weight and also prefer feeling " light " after eating, rather than " heavy " and " full " and it seems to shift towards fuller about 15 minutes after I've quit eating, which makes it even

harder to judge. Does anyone have any hints on how I can get this right more often?Jane

[Guest guest]

Generally speaking, yes I find I am now more hungrier in the morning than I had

been pre-IE. My guess is that its due to not being so stuffed the day before as

well as my awareness of hunger vs. habit. I still enjoy a cup or 2 of coffee

(with sugar) when I first wake up, but by the time the second cup is gone, I'm

hungry for real.

Katcha

IEing since March 2007

> ... that as people progress in IE, they tend to eat less at night and get

hungrier earlier in the morning. For those who have been doing IE for a while,

what has your experience been?

> Jane

>

[Guest guest]

Generally speaking, yes I find I am now more hungrier in the morning than I had

been pre-IE. My guess is that its due to not being so stuffed the day before as

well as my awareness of hunger vs. habit. I still enjoy a cup or 2 of coffee

(with sugar) when I first wake up, but by the time the second cup is gone, I'm

hungry for real.

Katcha

IEing since March 2007

> ... that as people progress in IE, they tend to eat less at night and get

hungrier earlier in the morning. For those who have been doing IE for a while,

what has your experience been?

> Jane

>