Re: Re: How does your body tell you it's hungry?

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MJ,hmm, good question! here's what did NOT work for me... bars. you know, granola bars or power bars or balance bars or any other kind of bars. they taste and feel like fake food, yuck!... and ten minutes after eating them, i'm hungry again. 

if you need something super portable, i'm a fan of toasted (or not) whole wheat bread with peanut butter. it's got a nice bit of protein and fat to make you feel satisfied, and the complex carbs give you a boost of energy that doesn't burn out quickly. plain yogurt with fruit is another favorite of mine. i have been eating whole fat yogurt. Real Food by Nina Planck got me really interested in eating real foods, which include whole fat foods. i love and recommend this book!

apple and peanut butter would be another favorite of mine, but sometimes my energy crashes after an apple, so i tend to be careful with them.if you have more time, a big salad with chicken or fish or meat or cheese and lots of interesting veggies and other toppings... i made one two nights ago with steamed cauliflower, cut up baked sweet potato " fries, " sugar snap peas, roasted brussel sprouts, and baby lettuce, topped with toasted pecans and grilled cold salmon. plus balsamic vingagrette. i was sort of cleaning out the fridge... but it was tasty! and i felt AWESOME afterwards!

hope this helps.abby

 

Hi, good idea, I need to take a goody bag to the gym with me because sometimes I am just not hungry in the morning before I leave but then after I'm done at 11:00 I'm starving. I've noticed that generally on the days when I'm not hungry in the morning, then after doing the gym routine I seem to be hungry all day long. Any suggestions as to how to get around this?

mj

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> Subject: How does your body tell you it's hungry?

> To: IntuitiveEating_Support

> Date: Thursday, November 18, 2010, 1:12 PM

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> Personally, I find the full signal a bit easier than the hungry one. I'm working at stopping BEFORE I feel 'full' but that side of things is going well.

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> However, I can't always tell when I'm hungry. I can tell when I'm FAMISHED, which is where the stomach growling and complete empty feeling comes in. For me though, eating at that point means going overboard and stuffing my face because I'm literally starving.

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> Sometimes I get headaches or become irritable. But I don't always know if that's hunger or just being cranky in general. I would like to not have to get headaches to know I'm hungry!

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> How does your body tell you?

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> Carla

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