Re: My full signal is almost always very, very subtle and this annoys me!

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Hi Laurie,

Meant to reply to you earlier, sorry! Anyway, maybe you could tweak

your approach a little and see if going at things a different way

helps. So instead of looking for hungry/full signals as much, see if

your body is telling you it doesn't want/need more food in a different

way--by saying "This doesn't taste good now" or "I don't like this

anymore," for instance. It may be very subtle for you now, but I think

as time goes on it'll be more obvious for you. Also, being under a lot

of stress does make it harder to hear what the body/mind is saying to

us, so take care of yourself as much as you can.

Sohni

lori wrote:

Hi Everyone,

I'm sorry to sound like a pessimist my first couple days back, but I

have to be honest that I've had this gripe for a very long time; that

my "full" signal is very, very, very dim and so very subtle! I don't

even think I'm exxaggerating when I say if I blink I'll miss it

entirely! I know I'm not thinking positively in this moment, but

rather I'm frustrated and just want to vent.

I like how I look, and I like what my body can do for me re walking,

swimming, etc. BUT I HATE that my body has such dim full signals; it

would be challenging enough even if they were obvious signals! And I

hate equally that my body has stubbornly decided that every single

extra bite will absolutely become added weight; I'm convinced that this

is true and I know that not everyone has such a slow metabolism where

there's no wiggle room.

I am just super pissed about these two things even though I know it's

not productive to be. I don't feel like just smiling and saying the

serenity prayer in this particular moment though I'm happy to do that

at other times.

I AM really a believer in intuitive eating; I have no doubt that if I

hadn't stopped restricting many foods that I'd still be lost and

starving and binging and so on. I'm grateful that I can have the

cookies and cakes in my kitchen. I'm glad that many formerly forbidden

foods are really ok now, but I've still got a couple left which I

overeat every time I am in contact with them. I'm still giving myself

permission to have them but I am pacing myself instead of having them

every single day, but I would always say yes if I really wanted one of

them so I'm not restricting.

I've been under extreme stress and so, of course, everything that

seemed easy is somewhat more challenging right now.

I want to go back to answering others' emails and being helpful but I

probably will need my stress level to lessen just a bit more before I

really can do that.

But I'm reading your emails and want to say I appreciate all you have

to say and thanks for the fact that reading your ideas is very helpful.

Laurie