Tim Zone Challenge

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And also a sleep challenge, maybe I posted last night before going to bed, and woke this morning hoping to read something encouraging - only to find that my post from last night is the most recent. Ha! I am on Pacific Time right now. Arizona doesn't "do" daylight saving time, so I will be in Mountain Time when everyone else "falls back." So what does all of this have to do with my IE plans for the day? Nothing really. This would be the time that I would normally eat breakfast - because that what people do, right? Eat breakfast? I've been "taught" that breakfast is an important meal, and I really believe that, but for now, I am waiting for true hunger. I am not following a diet or food plan that tells me to eat because of some reason - even though those reasons may be very valid. The one I recall the most is, "People who eat breakfast tend to be more successful with their diet." HA! If I am honest this morning, THAT was probably the main reason I ALWAYS ate breakfast. I like breakfast. I like waking hungry and satisfying that hunger. Today is not one of those days. I had a heavier than normal meal last night, and I when past "satisfied" to "full." It didn't feel good. I didn't dwell on it, and I wasn't stuffed, but the overfull feeling is not pleasant to me - yay!! I will have an opportunity to have something at work later. My work schedule allows freedom to do this. If this were not the case, I would certainly plan differently.Speaking of my meal last night... This morning, I am grateful to report that I do not feel like I have felt many times after vacation. Vacation normally meant permission to overeat - the minute my butt got in the seat of the car. This mini-vacation was an IE experience. Also, I am very happy to report that I did not get on the scale this morning. I am, however, honest enough to admit that I was tempted I am trusting my body today. Did I just write a whole bunch of stuff in order to justify not eating breakfast right now?? I hope not. I think my motivation for writing this is to reinforce my IE plan for the day. For right now (thankfully!!), I am waiting for true hunger. I believe it is something (a God-given gift) that I have denied myself too many times for too many years. Today, I want to experience the natural process. It feels good to type those words and hear them. My wish for all of you today is that you give yourself the gift of IE. Waiting for the rumble, , IE since 7/2011