Re: Hey All

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I can totally relate to this, Dawn. I'm finding that when I'm truly honoring my

hunger, I actually don't eat all that much, which means that sometimes I have

food going bad in the fridge because I don't have time to eat it before it goes

off or I don't want to waste stuff, so I eat it anyway. I've been buying less

groceries over the last couple weeks, but I still haven't quite hit on the right

amount yet.

Also, we're at the tail end of cherry season and cherries are my absolute all

time favorite fruit. I've been lucky enough to get some really great cherries

this year, too. But I struggle with it because the season is so very short,

that I really want to enjoy them while I can, and my brain says, it's fruit,

it's good for you! Which is true, and it's certainly better to overeat cherries

than Snickers bars, in the grand scheme of things. But at the end of the day, I

feel like honoring hunger means honoring hunger, whether I'm overeating cherries

or Haagen Dazs, I'm still eating more than my body needs. Then I start to judge

myself, and that's not good either.

Like you, I think I'll get past this, eventually. But for now, it's a struggle.

Josie

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> Good Morning Folks,

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> Just wanting to voice some thoughts I've been having. Nothing more.

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> So, I realized the problem with actually listening to my body's hunger the

other

> day. I don't get to eat enough. Turns out, I've been eating way, way past

> full. Okay, my size could have told me that, but I honestly thought I was

> hungry that much, or at least most of it. 3 nights of wanting (head) a Swiss

> Miss Ice Cream bar, and I finally had one. Not because I was physically

hungry,

> but because at some point you have to honor head hunger as well. Bummer is,

> that I like food. Oh, I've used and abused food, but I like food for the pure

> fact that it is food also. The textures, the mingling of flavors, the smells,

> the sights, etc. Truly listening to my actual hunger level doesn't allow me

the

> opportunities to appreciate those things, at least not as I'm used to. I'm

sure

> I'll adjust, and I'll find a balance but for right now, it's a depressing

> thought to me.

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