Intuitive eaters versus society

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Hello everybody,

I've just had an illuminating talk with my dad, who candidly stated some things

which seem to go against the IE way of thinking.

For example, he told me that most of the time people eat because they have to -

they don't really enjoy everything they eat, but they just eat. Neither do they

concentrate much on how much they eat, they just eat a normal,

socially-acceptable amount and variety of things and that's it.

Now, I think this is also true, because as long as you eat " normally " ,

mindlessly I'd say, you don't really have to focus on what/how much/when you're

eating; you get used to whatever pattern your family sticks to and follow it.

Another thing he said, about the fact that before eating I try to look for

hunger cues, was again against IE and towards " society-driven " eating: if lunch

with our family is at 13:00, he eats then; if, for some reason, it happens to be

later, he eats later, and he doesn't feel anything between 13:00 and then, he

just does something else.

So, well, I'm quite confused. Any thoughts about this?

Thanks for your support