Re: Progress

August 19, 2011

That's a fantastic insight, Jane. I have had exactly the same

experience.

Paddy

I really had a major "aha" moment - was it just

yesterday? - when I realized that when I am truly hungry,

I want "real" food, not treats. It was an eye-opener on

how I really can trust my body to lead me toward better

health. I found myself watching myself to see if it could

really be true. Sure enough, when I got hungry again, I

had NO interest in the fantastically yummy cookies in the

cabinet or the ice cream in the freezer. What I wanted was

a piece of seed bread with spicy cheese broiled on it, a

few pieces of fake crab meat, and a hard-boiled egg dipped

in a little sauce (Miracle Whip/mustard/pickle relish). My

husband had grabbed Pop-Tarts and got envious and asked

for tastes of mine. In the past, when I would grab those

sorts of foods, I was "trying to be good" as opposed to

eating what I wanted.

And in thinking back over the last couple of weeks, I saw

that when I did crave sweets, they were ones which

contained significant nutritional value, such as whole

wheat/seed bread topped with jam or apple strudel, as

opposed to a rich chocolate cake or candy bar. It was when

I decided to eat at the earliest signs of hunger

approaching that I tended to choose ice cream or cookies.

Very interesting.

Yet more proof that my body was wonderfully designed and I

can trust it.

Jane

August 19, 2011

Hi, Jane. Thanks for sharing your experience and progress - and thanks for

posting a new message. I sometimes get lost when we are talking about one topic

and the " subject line " still reads something that was " discussed " days ago.

I'm not saying I will never eat " comfort " (HA) foods again, but I know that when

I " crave " them (and I am not truly hungry), I am really looking for comfort on

some other level. I could go on and on, but I know each of us has our experience

with this. I prefer to talk about what I'm doing that feels good today instead

of my old experiences that felt AWFUL.

Waiting for the rumble,

, IE since 7/2011

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> I really had a major " aha " moment - was it just yesterday? - when I realized

that when I am truly hungry, I want " real " food, not treats. It was an

eye-opener on how I really can trust my body to lead me toward better health. I

found myself watching myself to see if it could really be true. Sure enough,

when I got hungry again, I had NO interest in the fantastically yummy cookies in

the cabinet or the ice cream in the freezer. What I wanted was a piece of seed

bread with spicy cheese broiled on it, a few pieces of fake crab meat, and a

hard-boiled egg dipped in a little sauce (Miracle Whip/mustard/pickle relish).

My husband had grabbed Pop-Tarts and got envious and asked for tastes of mine.

In the past, when I would grab those sorts of foods, I was " trying to be good "

as opposed to eating what I wanted.

>

> And in thinking back over the last couple of weeks, I saw that when I did

crave sweets, they were ones which contained significant nutritional value, such

as whole wheat/seed bread topped with jam or apple strudel, as opposed to a rich

chocolate cake or candy bar. It was when I decided to eat at the earliest signs

of hunger approaching that I tended to choose ice cream or cookies. Very

interesting.

>

> Yet more proof that my body was wonderfully designed and I can trust it.

>

> Jane

>

August 19, 2011