Re: Watching kids eat...interesting

September 14, 2011

My kids are my eating inspriation...well 2 of them! I have a 10 & 12 year old and they are great IE'ers! For instant last night I fixed BBQ chicken, baked potato, salad, and fruit. My 12yo ate his salad and baked potato and was done. I asked if he was going to eat any chicken and he said "no" he was full. They are so intune w/ their stomachs...it's good to know I haven't "destroyed" their IE nature! Now my youngest is 8 and he could live on junk food and I still cant get past letting him do it! I do let him have junk but good foods have to come into play as well!

To: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2011 1:53 PMSubject: Watching kids eat...interesting

Last Sunday I was helping out with the first grade Sunday School at church. One of the things they did was a little game involving marshmallows. By the end of the game, each child had received one or two large marshmallows, and three small ones. I was playing along with them, so I also received marshmallows.The kids were all very excited to get the marshmallows, and I pretty much figured they would gobble them all up right away. Boy, was I wrong! I'm pretty sure all of them ate maybe one of the big ones and one of the small ones right away, and then left the rest sitting in front of them. Some of them nibbled on them a little bit slowly throughout the lesson, and some didn't even eat the ones they had left. One little boy only got one large marshmallow and three small ones instead of two large ones, so I offered him my large one. He said, "No, thanks." He had been one whose eyes had really lit up when the marshmallows were brought out, but

after one or two, he just wasn't interested anymore.I, on the other hand, ate all of mine right away (even though I didn't really want them) -- only saving the large one to give to the little boy after the lesson. When he said he didn't want it, I didn't want to throw it away, so I ate it!From this I learned that first graders have more sense when it comes to eating than I do. Ah, well, I am learning to be more child-like (but hopefully not childish) every day!

September 14, 2011

Josie,

That's very interesting about the adopted child who had little to eat in the

orphanage, and gorged himself when food became available. I wonder if it could

be the same dynamics if an infant is fed on a schedule, and allowed to cry when

hungry? I wonder if that could affect one as a child/adult as it did the little

orphan child.

Sara

> >

> > Why do eating addictions get started? I would give anything to be free of

it, and the intuitive eating does seem to be helping, but it takes a lot of

working on it.

>

September 14, 2011

Josie,

That's very interesting about the adopted child who had little to eat in the

orphanage, and gorged himself when food became available. I wonder if it could

be the same dynamics if an infant is fed on a schedule, and allowed to cry when

hungry? I wonder if that could affect one as a child/adult as it did the little

orphan child.

Sara

> >

> > Why do eating addictions get started? I would give anything to be free of

it, and the intuitive eating does seem to be helping, but it takes a lot of

working on it.

>

September 14, 2011

Josie,

That's very interesting about the adopted child who had little to eat in the

orphanage, and gorged himself when food became available. I wonder if it could

be the same dynamics if an infant is fed on a schedule, and allowed to cry when

hungry? I wonder if that could affect one as a child/adult as it did the little

orphan child.

Sara

> >

> > Why do eating addictions get started? I would give anything to be free of

it, and the intuitive eating does seem to be helping, but it takes a lot of

working on it.

>

September 14, 2011

Do your older kids eat less junk food than your youngest? Is there anything you

can point to that would account for the difference?

>

> My kids are my eating inspriation...well 2 of them! I have a 10 & 12 year old

and they are great IE'ers!Â For instant last night I fixed BBQ chicken, baked

potato, salad, and fruit. My 12yo ate his salad and baked potato and was done. I

asked if he was going to eat any chicken and he said " no " he was full. They are

so intune w/ their stomachs...it's good to know I haven't " destroyed " their IE

nature! Now my youngest is 8 and he could live on junk food and I still cant get

past letting him do it! I do let him have junk but good foods have to come into

play as well!

>

> To: IntuitiveEating_Support

> Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2011 1:53 PM

> Subject: Watching kids eat...interesting

>

> Â

> Last Sunday I was helping out with the first grade Sunday School at church.

One of the things they did was a little game involving marshmallows. By the end

of the game, each child had received one or two large marshmallows, and three

small ones. I was playing along with them, so I also received marshmallows.

>

> The kids were all very excited to get the marshmallows, and I pretty much

figured they would gobble them all up right away. Boy, was I wrong! I'm pretty

sure all of them ate maybe one of the big ones and one of the small ones right

away, and then left the rest sitting in front of them. Some of them nibbled on

them a little bit slowly throughout the lesson, and some didn't even eat the

ones they had left. One little boy only got one large marshmallow and three

small ones instead of two large ones, so I offered him my large one. He said,

" No, thanks. " He had been one whose eyes had really lit up when the marshmallows

were brought out, but after one or two, he just wasn't interested anymore.

>

> I, on the other hand, ate all of mine right away (even though I didn't really

want them) -- only saving the large one to give to the little boy after the

lesson. When he said he didn't want it, I didn't want to throw it away, so I ate

it!

>

> From this I learned that first graders have more sense when it comes to eating

than I do. Ah, well, I am learning to be more child-like (but hopefully not

childish) every day!

>

September 14, 2011