Guest guest Posted November 23, 2011 Report Share Posted November 23, 2011 I think my take on this is very similar. When I am not doing something important, I feel like(judge) that I am wasting time. Of course who's to say what's important. I spend a lot of time on this site and do not consider that wasting time. I spend a lot of time playing computer games and I consider that wasting time. I spend a lot of time watching tv, most of which I judge as of little value and therefor wasting time. I have so many things to do, things that I judge as having much value but hardly ever seem to get around to doing them. I have a poetry contest to enter and an art show, storytelling programs, plenty of reading(I have lots of unread or partly read books), I have several books I am of writing but they sit idle too. I do almost no form of exercise and have a free membership at the YMCA, nor do I participate in socializing/friendships with groups here at my park. I live in Florida and spend so much time inside. Just ranting right now. Sometimes writing stuff out helps to discover the deeper cause of " stuckness " . As I re-read this the word IDLE jumped out at me. I have had some major medical issues but those have mostly resolved by now and I can't keep using them as an excuse. So what keeps me stuck in idle. Like a car, maybe I need to shift into gear. What would get me to do that is the question. Perhaps remembering the joy and energy I got in the past from doing the art, the publishing, storytelling, and all the rest. I recently " picked up " a book intuitively and it struck a deep cord within. It was about a dragon whose fire was going out and he would die if someone didn't love him enough to rekindle that fire. The story has a happy ending when his fire is rekindled and he lives. I need to rekindle my fire but still feel stuck in idle. What has this got to do with IE? Sometimes I feel very stuck in my progress with that too. How to get unstuck and get moving again? Thanks for listening. Have a good Holiday everyone and don't let the food police ruin your day. Sandy Thank you all for engaging in this conversation. As I was reading the responses, I had a realization that for me, the reason for multitasking might be that if I read, I am being " productive " and can take a break from everything and extend the procrastination indefinitely while eating. If I was only to read, I would label it procrastination, and just eating without reading is such a short moment till I am not hungry anymore that I would not be able to " take a break " (procrastinate). So, that means that somehow it is not OK to just not do anything and take a break for the sake of the break. Like I have to be productive, DO SOMETHING ALL THE TIME. I know that this conditioning comes from the way I watched my mother be a 'superwoman'. She did it all. And still does. She fills her time to the maximum, often to take care of other people, who end up resenting her for it and she resenting them. I think I need to give myself a permission to be intuitive about how I spend my time throughout the day. Permission to just be, do nothing, surf the net if I want, not try to fill all my minutes with 'something' but leave them empty and let intuition guide me what I want/need to do next. Permission to be intuitive. Not be so goal-oriented and driven and spin my wheels that ends up depleting me. Thank you for letting me explore this. > > > > Someone in another topic mentioned about multitasking and how difficult it can be to just focus on the food and not reach for the book, TV remote or computer. I have been struggling with it as well. I am wondering if we could explore this. It is so strange that food is so much on my mind and yet, when eating, I don't want to be thinking about it. Somehow, I feel I need to be " productive " and " efficient " while eating. I do best when eating with other people although I find that it is very difficult to concentrate on the conversation while eating. I find that I pay attention more to the food than the person. I don't really understand this dynamic but would love to hear what ya'll experience. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 23, 2011 Report Share Posted November 23, 2011 I think my take on this is very similar. When I am not doing something important, I feel like(judge) that I am wasting time. Of course who's to say what's important. I spend a lot of time on this site and do not consider that wasting time. I spend a lot of time playing computer games and I consider that wasting time. I spend a lot of time watching tv, most of which I judge as of little value and therefor wasting time. I have so many things to do, things that I judge as having much value but hardly ever seem to get around to doing them. I have a poetry contest to enter and an art show, storytelling programs, plenty of reading(I have lots of unread or partly read books), I have several books I am of writing but they sit idle too. I do almost no form of exercise and have a free membership at the YMCA, nor do I participate in socializing/friendships with groups here at my park. I live in Florida and spend so much time inside. Just ranting right now. Sometimes writing stuff out helps to discover the deeper cause of " stuckness " . As I re-read this the word IDLE jumped out at me. I have had some major medical issues but those have mostly resolved by now and I can't keep using them as an excuse. So what keeps me stuck in idle. Like a car, maybe I need to shift into gear. What would get me to do that is the question. Perhaps remembering the joy and energy I got in the past from doing the art, the publishing, storytelling, and all the rest. I recently " picked up " a book intuitively and it struck a deep cord within. It was about a dragon whose fire was going out and he would die if someone didn't love him enough to rekindle that fire. The story has a happy ending when his fire is rekindled and he lives. I need to rekindle my fire but still feel stuck in idle. What has this got to do with IE? Sometimes I feel very stuck in my progress with that too. How to get unstuck and get moving again? Thanks for listening. Have a good Holiday everyone and don't let the food police ruin your day. Sandy Thank you all for engaging in this conversation. As I was reading the responses, I had a realization that for me, the reason for multitasking might be that if I read, I am being " productive " and can take a break from everything and extend the procrastination indefinitely while eating. If I was only to read, I would label it procrastination, and just eating without reading is such a short moment till I am not hungry anymore that I would not be able to " take a break " (procrastinate). So, that means that somehow it is not OK to just not do anything and take a break for the sake of the break. Like I have to be productive, DO SOMETHING ALL THE TIME. I know that this conditioning comes from the way I watched my mother be a 'superwoman'. She did it all. And still does. She fills her time to the maximum, often to take care of other people, who end up resenting her for it and she resenting them. I think I need to give myself a permission to be intuitive about how I spend my time throughout the day. Permission to just be, do nothing, surf the net if I want, not try to fill all my minutes with 'something' but leave them empty and let intuition guide me what I want/need to do next. Permission to be intuitive. Not be so goal-oriented and driven and spin my wheels that ends up depleting me. Thank you for letting me explore this. > > > > Someone in another topic mentioned about multitasking and how difficult it can be to just focus on the food and not reach for the book, TV remote or computer. I have been struggling with it as well. I am wondering if we could explore this. It is so strange that food is so much on my mind and yet, when eating, I don't want to be thinking about it. Somehow, I feel I need to be " productive " and " efficient " while eating. I do best when eating with other people although I find that it is very difficult to concentrate on the conversation while eating. I find that I pay attention more to the food than the person. I don't really understand this dynamic but would love to hear what ya'll experience. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 23, 2011 Report Share Posted November 23, 2011 I think my take on this is very similar. When I am not doing something important, I feel like(judge) that I am wasting time. Of course who's to say what's important. I spend a lot of time on this site and do not consider that wasting time. I spend a lot of time playing computer games and I consider that wasting time. I spend a lot of time watching tv, most of which I judge as of little value and therefor wasting time. I have so many things to do, things that I judge as having much value but hardly ever seem to get around to doing them. I have a poetry contest to enter and an art show, storytelling programs, plenty of reading(I have lots of unread or partly read books), I have several books I am of writing but they sit idle too. I do almost no form of exercise and have a free membership at the YMCA, nor do I participate in socializing/friendships with groups here at my park. I live in Florida and spend so much time inside. Just ranting right now. Sometimes writing stuff out helps to discover the deeper cause of " stuckness " . As I re-read this the word IDLE jumped out at me. I have had some major medical issues but those have mostly resolved by now and I can't keep using them as an excuse. So what keeps me stuck in idle. Like a car, maybe I need to shift into gear. What would get me to do that is the question. Perhaps remembering the joy and energy I got in the past from doing the art, the publishing, storytelling, and all the rest. I recently " picked up " a book intuitively and it struck a deep cord within. It was about a dragon whose fire was going out and he would die if someone didn't love him enough to rekindle that fire. The story has a happy ending when his fire is rekindled and he lives. I need to rekindle my fire but still feel stuck in idle. What has this got to do with IE? Sometimes I feel very stuck in my progress with that too. How to get unstuck and get moving again? Thanks for listening. Have a good Holiday everyone and don't let the food police ruin your day. Sandy Thank you all for engaging in this conversation. As I was reading the responses, I had a realization that for me, the reason for multitasking might be that if I read, I am being " productive " and can take a break from everything and extend the procrastination indefinitely while eating. If I was only to read, I would label it procrastination, and just eating without reading is such a short moment till I am not hungry anymore that I would not be able to " take a break " (procrastinate). So, that means that somehow it is not OK to just not do anything and take a break for the sake of the break. Like I have to be productive, DO SOMETHING ALL THE TIME. I know that this conditioning comes from the way I watched my mother be a 'superwoman'. She did it all. And still does. She fills her time to the maximum, often to take care of other people, who end up resenting her for it and she resenting them. I think I need to give myself a permission to be intuitive about how I spend my time throughout the day. Permission to just be, do nothing, surf the net if I want, not try to fill all my minutes with 'something' but leave them empty and let intuition guide me what I want/need to do next. Permission to be intuitive. Not be so goal-oriented and driven and spin my wheels that ends up depleting me. Thank you for letting me explore this. > > > > Someone in another topic mentioned about multitasking and how difficult it can be to just focus on the food and not reach for the book, TV remote or computer. I have been struggling with it as well. I am wondering if we could explore this. It is so strange that food is so much on my mind and yet, when eating, I don't want to be thinking about it. Somehow, I feel I need to be " productive " and " efficient " while eating. I do best when eating with other people although I find that it is very difficult to concentrate on the conversation while eating. I find that I pay attention more to the food than the person. I don't really understand this dynamic but would love to hear what ya'll experience. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 24, 2011 Report Share Posted November 24, 2011 This is just some food for thought (so to speak!). I’m getting this from How to Become Naturally Thin By Eating More by Jean Antonello. “Where you eat does not have an effect on your weight. In spite of the many diet manuals which say you must be sitting down to eat, or you must not have the television on, or you must be in the kitchen, these things don’t matter. Naturally thin people don’t think about such things. There is nothing magically nonfattening about sitting down at the table to eat, nor is there anything fattening about eating in front of the TV. Even midnight eating in bed has no appreciable effect on how fat or thin you are. You can eat wherever you want to and feel most comfortable at a given moment. The places might change with your moods and appetites. That’s OK, as long as you are eating real food to satisfy your real hunger.” I quote this because I feel that making yourself sit at the table or whatever is just another restriction that could possibly be doomed to fail, therefore making a person doubt themselves and beat themselves up for failing yet again – another diet mentality. I think the key is the last sentence – eating real food to satisfy your real hunger. Real life doesn’t always allow us to sit at a table or eat really slow…..as long as you are eating real food to satisfy your real hunger, you are following the right path. This is my opinion because I was beating myself up for not sitting at the table, eating slower, etc; I welcome feedback. Kate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 24, 2011 Report Share Posted November 24, 2011 It is exceedingly difficult for me to focus on my food for long periods of time. It occurs to me that maybe we are not designed as humans to focus 100% of our attention on food. If this is something that is inherent, shouldn't it be easier? I've read a few books (not just on IE) that state that after about 3 bites, you can not fully taste what you are eating. Is it possible that we are biologically designed to taste intensely just a little bit of food and the rest goes out of focus slightly? Dina To: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Thursday, November 24, 2011 10:49 AM Subject: RE: Re: Multitasking This is just some food for thought (so to speak!). I’m getting this from How to Become Naturally Thin By Eating More by Jean Antonello. “Where you eat does not have an effect on your weight. In spite of the many diet manuals which say you must be sitting down to eat, or you must not have the television on, or you must be in the kitchen, these things don’t matter. Naturally thin people don’t think about such things. There is nothing magically nonfattening about sitting down at the table to eat, nor is there anything fattening about eating in front of the TV. Even midnight eating in bed has no appreciable effect on how fat or thin you are. You can eat wherever you want to and feel most comfortable at a given moment. The places might change with your moods and appetites. That’s OK, as long as you are eating real food to satisfy your real hunger.†I quote this because I feel that making yourself sit at the table or whatever is just another restriction that could possibly be doomed to fail, therefore making a person doubt themselves and beat themselves up for failing yet again – another diet mentality. I think the key is the last sentence – eating real food to satisfy your real hunger. Real life doesn’t always allow us to sit at a table or eat really slow…..as long as you are eating real food to satisfy your real hunger, you are following the right path. This is my opinion because I was beating myself up for not sitting at the table, eating slower, etc; I welcome feedback. Kate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 24, 2011 Report Share Posted November 24, 2011 It is exceedingly difficult for me to focus on my food for long periods of time. It occurs to me that maybe we are not designed as humans to focus 100% of our attention on food. If this is something that is inherent, shouldn't it be easier? I've read a few books (not just on IE) that state that after about 3 bites, you can not fully taste what you are eating. Is it possible that we are biologically designed to taste intensely just a little bit of food and the rest goes out of focus slightly? Dina To: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Thursday, November 24, 2011 10:49 AM Subject: RE: Re: Multitasking This is just some food for thought (so to speak!). I’m getting this from How to Become Naturally Thin By Eating More by Jean Antonello. “Where you eat does not have an effect on your weight. In spite of the many diet manuals which say you must be sitting down to eat, or you must not have the television on, or you must be in the kitchen, these things don’t matter. Naturally thin people don’t think about such things. There is nothing magically nonfattening about sitting down at the table to eat, nor is there anything fattening about eating in front of the TV. Even midnight eating in bed has no appreciable effect on how fat or thin you are. You can eat wherever you want to and feel most comfortable at a given moment. The places might change with your moods and appetites. That’s OK, as long as you are eating real food to satisfy your real hunger.†I quote this because I feel that making yourself sit at the table or whatever is just another restriction that could possibly be doomed to fail, therefore making a person doubt themselves and beat themselves up for failing yet again – another diet mentality. I think the key is the last sentence – eating real food to satisfy your real hunger. Real life doesn’t always allow us to sit at a table or eat really slow…..as long as you are eating real food to satisfy your real hunger, you are following the right path. This is my opinion because I was beating myself up for not sitting at the table, eating slower, etc; I welcome feedback. Kate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 24, 2011 Report Share Posted November 24, 2011 It is exceedingly difficult for me to focus on my food for long periods of time. It occurs to me that maybe we are not designed as humans to focus 100% of our attention on food. If this is something that is inherent, shouldn't it be easier? I've read a few books (not just on IE) that state that after about 3 bites, you can not fully taste what you are eating. Is it possible that we are biologically designed to taste intensely just a little bit of food and the rest goes out of focus slightly? Dina To: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Thursday, November 24, 2011 10:49 AM Subject: RE: Re: Multitasking This is just some food for thought (so to speak!). I’m getting this from How to Become Naturally Thin By Eating More by Jean Antonello. “Where you eat does not have an effect on your weight. In spite of the many diet manuals which say you must be sitting down to eat, or you must not have the television on, or you must be in the kitchen, these things don’t matter. Naturally thin people don’t think about such things. There is nothing magically nonfattening about sitting down at the table to eat, nor is there anything fattening about eating in front of the TV. Even midnight eating in bed has no appreciable effect on how fat or thin you are. You can eat wherever you want to and feel most comfortable at a given moment. The places might change with your moods and appetites. That’s OK, as long as you are eating real food to satisfy your real hunger.†I quote this because I feel that making yourself sit at the table or whatever is just another restriction that could possibly be doomed to fail, therefore making a person doubt themselves and beat themselves up for failing yet again – another diet mentality. I think the key is the last sentence – eating real food to satisfy your real hunger. Real life doesn’t always allow us to sit at a table or eat really slow…..as long as you are eating real food to satisfy your real hunger, you are following the right path. This is my opinion because I was beating myself up for not sitting at the table, eating slower, etc; I welcome feedback. Kate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 25, 2011 Report Share Posted November 25, 2011 Makes sense to me!I think the "only at the table" idea is to get us out of mindless grazing, separating meals from other activities, calling our attention to become aware of unconscious eating. We all know the "I only eat one meal a day" syndrome. (In case anyone doesn't..... the one meal lasts all day.) After having done the table thing a couple of times, my feelings are, "OK, OK! I get the message! Just don't confine me to that table anymore!!" A family meal at the table is fine, and we do that once a day (most days.) Ellie To: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Thursday, November 24, 2011 1:49 PM Subject: RE: Re: Multitasking This is just some food for thought (so to speak!). I’m getting this from How to Become Naturally Thin By Eating More by Jean Antonello. “Where you eat does not have an effect on your weight. In spite of the many diet manuals which say you must be sitting down to eat, or you must not have the television on, or you must be in the kitchen, these things don’t matter. Naturally thin people don’t think about such things. There is nothing magically nonfattening about sitting down at the table to eat, nor is there anything fattening about eating in front of the TV. Even midnight eating in bed has no appreciable effect on how fat or thin you are. You can eat wherever you want to and feel most comfortable at a given moment. The places might change with your moods and appetites. That’s OK, as long as you are eating real food to satisfy your real hunger.†I quote this because I feel that making yourself sit at the table or whatever is just another restriction that could possibly be doomed to fail, therefore making a person doubt themselves and beat themselves up for failing yet again – another diet mentality. I think the key is the last sentence – eating real food to satisfy your real hunger. Real life doesn’t always allow us to sit at a table or eat really slow…..as long as you are eating real food to satisfy your real hunger, you are following the right path. This is my opinion because I was beating myself up for not sitting at the table, eating slower, etc; I welcome feedback. Kate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 25, 2011 Report Share Posted November 25, 2011 :-D To: IntuitiveEating_Support Sent: Friday, November 25, 2011 11:47 AM Subject: Re: Multitasking Ellie I can hear faint strains of graduation music playing as I read your post :-) I agree - the suggestions within non-dieting are simply tools to help guide us back to what we always had, but had lost track of. Bravo for you! ehugs, Katcha IEing since March 2007 > > Makes sense to me! > > I think the "only at the table" idea is to get us out of mindless grazing, separating meals from other activities, calling our attention to become aware of unconscious eating. We all know the "I only eat one meal a day" syndrome. (In case anyone doesn't..... the one meal lasts all day.) > > > After having done the table thing a couple of times, my feelings are, "OK, OK! I get the message! Just don't confine me to that table anymore!!" A family meal at the table is fine, and we do that once a day (most days.) > > Ellie > > > > > > > >________________________________ > > > >To: IntuitiveEating_Support > >Sent: Thursday, November 24, 2011 1:49 PM > >Subject: RE: Re: Multitasking > > > > > > > >This is just some food for thought (so to speak!). I’m > getting this from How to Become Naturally Thin By Eating More by Jean > Antonello. > >“Where you eat does not have an effect on your weight. > In spite of the many diet manuals which say you must be sitting down to eat, or > you must not have the television on, or you must be in the kitchen, these > things don’t matter. Naturally thin people don’t think about > such things. There is nothing magically nonfattening about sitting down > at the table to eat, nor is there anything fattening about eating in front of > the TV. Even midnight eating in bed has no appreciable effect on how fat > or thin you are.  You can eat wherever you want to and feel most > comfortable at a given moment. The places might change with your moods > and appetites. That’s OK, as long as you are eating real food to > satisfy your real hunger.â€� > >I quote this because I feel that making yourself sit at the table > or whatever is just another restriction that could possibly be doomed to fail, > therefore making a person doubt themselves and beat themselves up for failing > yet again â€" another diet mentality. I think the key is the last > sentence â€" eating real food to satisfy your real hunger. Real life > doesn’t always allow us to sit at a table or eat really slow…..as > long as you are eating real food to satisfy your real hunger, you are following > the right path. This is my opinion because I was beating myself up for not > sitting at the table, eating slower, etc; I welcome feedback. > >Kate > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 29, 2011 Report Share Posted November 29, 2011 I love this and it really rings true for me. Making myself eat a certain way was an interesting experiment, but ultimately felt like another rule. I remember having a discussion about this issue on this forum a few weeks ago and someone mentioned that the thought of eating without distractions made her angry. I think this is the diet rebel because the idea sounds so much like a diet rule. However, I do think it's a good idea to try it, with no expectation that you must eat like this all the time. It has helped me to remember to slow down and appreciate my food, but I still eat with distractions. Mimi PS. I ordered the book Subject: RE: Re: MultitaskingTo: IntuitiveEating_Support Date: Thursday, November 24, 2011, 1:49 PM This is just some food for thought (so to speak!). I’m getting this from How to Become Naturally Thin By Eating More by Antonello. “Where you eat does not have an effect on your weight. In spite of the many diet manuals which say you must be sitting down to eat, or you must not have the television on, or you must be in the kitchen, these things don’t matter. Naturally thin people don’t think about such things. There is nothing magically nonfattening about sitting down at the table to eat, nor is there anything fattening about eating in front of the TV. Even midnight eating in bed has no appreciable effect on how fat or thin you are. You can eat wherever you want to and feel most comfortable at a given moment. The places might change with your moods and appetites. That’s OK, as long as you are eating real food to satisfy your real hunger.†I quote this because I feel that making yourself sit at the table or whatever is just another restriction that could possibly be doomed to fail, therefore making a person doubt themselves and beat themselves up for failing yet again – another diet mentality. I think the key is the last sentence – eating real food to satisfy your real hunger. Real life doesn’t always allow us to sit at a table or eat really slow…..as long as you are eating real food to satisfy your real hunger, you are following the right path. This is my opinion because I was beating myself up for not sitting at the table, eating slower, etc; I welcome feedback. Kate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 29, 2011 Report Share Posted November 29, 2011 I love this and it really rings true for me. Making myself eat a certain way was an interesting experiment, but ultimately felt like another rule. I remember having a discussion about this issue on this forum a few weeks ago and someone mentioned that the thought of eating without distractions made her angry. I think this is the diet rebel because the idea sounds so much like a diet rule. However, I do think it's a good idea to try it, with no expectation that you must eat like this all the time. It has helped me to remember to slow down and appreciate my food, but I still eat with distractions. Mimi PS. I ordered the book Subject: RE: Re: MultitaskingTo: IntuitiveEating_Support Date: Thursday, November 24, 2011, 1:49 PM This is just some food for thought (so to speak!). I’m getting this from How to Become Naturally Thin By Eating More by Antonello. “Where you eat does not have an effect on your weight. In spite of the many diet manuals which say you must be sitting down to eat, or you must not have the television on, or you must be in the kitchen, these things don’t matter. Naturally thin people don’t think about such things. There is nothing magically nonfattening about sitting down at the table to eat, nor is there anything fattening about eating in front of the TV. Even midnight eating in bed has no appreciable effect on how fat or thin you are. You can eat wherever you want to and feel most comfortable at a given moment. The places might change with your moods and appetites. That’s OK, as long as you are eating real food to satisfy your real hunger.†I quote this because I feel that making yourself sit at the table or whatever is just another restriction that could possibly be doomed to fail, therefore making a person doubt themselves and beat themselves up for failing yet again – another diet mentality. I think the key is the last sentence – eating real food to satisfy your real hunger. Real life doesn’t always allow us to sit at a table or eat really slow…..as long as you are eating real food to satisfy your real hunger, you are following the right path. This is my opinion because I was beating myself up for not sitting at the table, eating slower, etc; I welcome feedback. Kate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 29, 2011 Report Share Posted November 29, 2011 I love this and it really rings true for me. Making myself eat a certain way was an interesting experiment, but ultimately felt like another rule. I remember having a discussion about this issue on this forum a few weeks ago and someone mentioned that the thought of eating without distractions made her angry. I think this is the diet rebel because the idea sounds so much like a diet rule. However, I do think it's a good idea to try it, with no expectation that you must eat like this all the time. It has helped me to remember to slow down and appreciate my food, but I still eat with distractions. Mimi PS. I ordered the book Subject: RE: Re: MultitaskingTo: IntuitiveEating_Support Date: Thursday, November 24, 2011, 1:49 PM This is just some food for thought (so to speak!). I’m getting this from How to Become Naturally Thin By Eating More by Antonello. “Where you eat does not have an effect on your weight. In spite of the many diet manuals which say you must be sitting down to eat, or you must not have the television on, or you must be in the kitchen, these things don’t matter. Naturally thin people don’t think about such things. There is nothing magically nonfattening about sitting down at the table to eat, nor is there anything fattening about eating in front of the TV. Even midnight eating in bed has no appreciable effect on how fat or thin you are. You can eat wherever you want to and feel most comfortable at a given moment. The places might change with your moods and appetites. That’s OK, as long as you are eating real food to satisfy your real hunger.†I quote this because I feel that making yourself sit at the table or whatever is just another restriction that could possibly be doomed to fail, therefore making a person doubt themselves and beat themselves up for failing yet again – another diet mentality. I think the key is the last sentence – eating real food to satisfy your real hunger. Real life doesn’t always allow us to sit at a table or eat really slow…..as long as you are eating real food to satisfy your real hunger, you are following the right path. This is my opinion because I was beating myself up for not sitting at the table, eating slower, etc; I welcome feedback. Kate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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