I want to be hungry!

[Guest guest]

I think one of the biggest reasons I eat when I'm not hungry is because I get

angry. I want to be hungry so I can eat, taste and have that experience, but I

get angry because I know my body doesn't want it, so I often eat anyway and

regret it later, because I know I won't be hungry for a long time. I rarely feel

stomach hunger because I can't stop eating when I'm not hungry, especially at

meal times. It's like I'm afraid I won't get hungry. Maybe I'm made at the

limits of my appetite, because my body doesn't want as much as my brain does.

Any suggestions?

McKella

[Guest guest]

I find it easiest to eat intuitively when I am truly hungry, and that's when

it's easiest for me to eat what I want, slowly, savoring, and stopping when I'm

comfortably full. I'm eating a cookie right now from mouth hunger, and I've felt

a little frantic all day. I don't know why, but I think I had some stressful

dreams last night. Is that weird that dreams can throw off my mood? Hunger is a

weird thing.

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> > I think one of the biggest reasons I eat when I'm not hungry is because I

get angry. I want to be hungry so I can eat, taste and have that experience, but

I get angry because I know my body doesn't want it, so I often eat anyway and

regret it later, because I know I won't be hungry for a long time. I rarely feel

stomach hunger because I can't stop eating when I'm not hungry, especially at

meal times. It's like I'm afraid I won't get hungry. Maybe I'm made at the

limits of my appetite, because my body doesn't want as much as my brain does.

> > Any suggestions?

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> > McKella

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[Guest guest]

Hi McKella,

Could it possibly be that rather than the body not wanting to feel the hunger, that maybe your brain is a little fearful of feeling hunger sensations?

Jeanne