Re: Potluck

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Thank you all for your support. I guess it's hard to trust that it's okay, when

I add up what I ate and it seems more than what I would have imagined would be

okay without stuffing myself. And I didn't feel overfull, but I wasn't hungry

again from finishing at 7pm last night at the BBQ until 12:30pm today! So I

guess my body knew what it was doing. Imagine that! Weird how doing what

should be natural doesn't come naturally for me. Trusting my body is hard when

it's been my " enemy " for my whole life.

Jane

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> > Subject: Potluck

> > To: IntuitiveEating_Support

> > Date: Friday, July 29, 2011, 2:24 PM

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> > Last night our family went to an annual neighborhood BBQ. I was definitely

> > hungry before we left, and looking forward to other people's cooking. Once

> > there, it was like every other potluck since I've been a mom - I spent the

> > first half hour going through the line repeatedly getting my kids set up,

> > since both our disabled teen and our toddler need help. I actually had to

> > get my teenager seconds before I could get my own firsts! Anyway, once I

> > finally got mine, I was careful to put a sparing amount of everything on my

> > plate, knowing my eyes are typically bigger than my stomach at these things.

> > I ate it and everything was better than I expected, probably because I was

> > hungry, and I still felt a strong drive to eat and went back for more...

> > twice, taking small amounts each time.

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> > The thing was, I was so distracted by all the people and conversation and

> > kids' interruptions, that I didn't notice my stomach AT ALL. I did notice

> > that everything was still SO YUMMY and felt driven to eat more. I was a bit

> > disturbed by this, but never felt my stomach say I was full. Finally, I

> > decided I needed to begin purposefully being sociable, and was able to stop

> > going back for more. But I STILL didn't feel overfull at all. I did feel

> > satisfied and no longer wanted more. But I worried I had probably blown it,

> > without even feeling it. My tummy didn't ache and I didn't feel sluggish or

> > nauseous. After moving around at the party on uneven ground and then walking

> > briefly home, my sore ankle (I sprained it awhile back and it's still not

> > fully healed) was too painful to do much, and then after a couple of hours I

> > realized I was totally wiped and went to bed early. I see this as self-care.

> > I wasn't too full to move, simply tired and went to bed to sleep instead of

> > snacking to try to re-energize. I had gotten an hour too little sleep the

> > night before (after settling in to a good sleep routine overall) and last

> > night got an extra couple of hours. So maybe I was making up for it. I

> > didn't feel any need for a bedtime snack and here it is 10am and I'm still

> > not hungry for breakfast. From my reading, I know if I screw up, all I need

> > to do is wait until I'm hungry again before I eat. My head says I probably

> > ate too much, but my body doesn't. I'm not feeling guilty at all.

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> > I'm just wondering if any of you have that same difficulty in noticing the

> > satisfaction point when you're busy socializing? (This is what happened when

> > my friend was over the night before too, except that night I wasn't hungry

> > at the beginning of the meal and I wasn't really enjoying it.) If you have

> > experienced this too, have you come up with any successful strategies? Or do

> > you just not worry about it and just wait for your next hunger and move on?

> > I don't want to become antisocial and not go to social gatherings. It's too

> > easy for me to isolate and get depressed. I'll try not eating if I'm not

> > hungry, but what about when I am?

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