What If You Have to Schedule Eating?

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Hi, I'm new here. I'm about 1/2 way through Tibole &

Resch's " Intuitive Eating " and I'm also reading Tibole's " Eating on

the Run " . I was just wondering how you balance intuitive eating with

an overscheduled life. I have certain times when I can eat. If I'm

not hungry, I have to eat anyway because I'll be ravenous by the time

I get another opportunity to eat. To make matters worse, I can't

always anticipate what will hold me over until the next mealtime.

For example, right now, I'm hungry bordering on extremely hungry. By

the time lunchtime arrives, I'll be ravenous. I wasn't very hungry

this morning, so I had a bagel and a cup of milk before I left for

work. I packed a small protein bar and a sugar-free jello (I'm

hooked on that stuff) for breaktime. On most days, that would be

very satisfying. Today it wasn't. So, now I'm looking at 45 minuted

before I can go to lunch and my stomach is growling.

Sometimes, I'm fine with the workday eating schedule until after

work. Then, I'm so shaky-hungry that nothing stops the hunger. But,

unless I plan for a snack two hours after lunch and an hour before I

go home, I can't do anything to stave off that hunger.

How can one eat intuitively when one can only eat on a schedule and

has to plan ahead for snacks?

Sandi