Overly full

[Guest guest]

This weekend we went out of town. My son went to see Disney on Ice with his grandmother and my ex husband and I went along as well (long story) to do some Christmas shopping. After we picked up my son from his grandmother and grandfather we did some more shopping and then went and ate at KFC. Of course I had to have the buffet because it was loudly calling my name. I don't eat chicken but everyone else (my son and his father do) so I just ate the other things from the buffet. I know I over ate severely I was miserable all the way home and felt even worse when we got home. But the great thing that did happen was there was a bisquit left on my tray which either my son or my ex had brought back to the table. I decided to pick at it even though I was extremely full. I took a large bite of it and as I chewed it I started to get really sick to my stomach. I had this feeling I was getting physically ill from it so I

spit it in my napkin and quit. Had this been a few weeks ago I would have continued to eat it because it was sitting in front of me. This may be a small step but it is a step. :-) Michele

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[Guest guest]

I think the ability to occasionally overindulge without feeling

guilty is a part of being normal. Every naturally skinny person I've

ever known has been able to eat whatever they want whenever they want

without guilt.

I think it's normal to " overindulge " when at a party, eating out or

on vacation. We weren't designed to eat only to fuel our bodies.

For human beings, food is a sensual thing as well as a way to nourish

our bodies. Look at the French. They've made food an artform,

designed to please the eye, the nose and the palate. Eating for them

is about all the senses and they enjoy it.

I think that Americans in general have lost the ability to find

pleasure in food. We apply virtues and sins to various foods. I

think most of the foods we get in our day to day lives may be

nutritious and fuel our bodies, but they don't really satiate our

other senses. So, when we encounter really delicious, well-prepared,

sensually appealing foods, we do " overindulge " because we don't have

ready access most of the time to foods that satisfy our other

senses. I think it's not only okay to eat past fullness if a certain

meal is tasting delicious, it's necessary. It's just as important to

feed our senses.

>

> Hi! I'm new here and new to the program so take what I say with a

> grain of salt. My understanding is that this program is trying to

> teach us what naturally thin people know naturally. My mother is

one

> of those naturally thin people. She doesn't think about food most

of

> the time and has no problem stopping when she is full or leaving

food

> on the plate. She is in her sixties and has a figure that most 30

> year olds would kill for.

>

> HOWEVER, there are occasions when she eats past fullness, even to

the

> point of being stuffed. If she is at a party or on vacation or

> someplace festive like that she can definately overindulge. The

> difference is that while she suffers the same physical problems of

> overeating -- bloating, discomfort, nausea--she doesn't feel the

> guilt. She just knows that it was a rare event and goes on with

her

> normal eating as soon as she feels hunger again.

>

> Maybe the occasional excess is just part of being normal. I'm

trying

> to see it that way anyway.

>

> -JEL

>

[Guest guest]

I think the ability to occasionally overindulge without feeling

guilty is a part of being normal. Every naturally skinny person I've

ever known has been able to eat whatever they want whenever they want

without guilt.

I think it's normal to " overindulge " when at a party, eating out or

on vacation. We weren't designed to eat only to fuel our bodies.

For human beings, food is a sensual thing as well as a way to nourish

our bodies. Look at the French. They've made food an artform,

designed to please the eye, the nose and the palate. Eating for them

is about all the senses and they enjoy it.

I think that Americans in general have lost the ability to find

pleasure in food. We apply virtues and sins to various foods. I

think most of the foods we get in our day to day lives may be

nutritious and fuel our bodies, but they don't really satiate our

other senses. So, when we encounter really delicious, well-prepared,

sensually appealing foods, we do " overindulge " because we don't have

ready access most of the time to foods that satisfy our other

senses. I think it's not only okay to eat past fullness if a certain

meal is tasting delicious, it's necessary. It's just as important to

feed our senses.

>

> Hi! I'm new here and new to the program so take what I say with a

> grain of salt. My understanding is that this program is trying to

> teach us what naturally thin people know naturally. My mother is

one

> of those naturally thin people. She doesn't think about food most

of

> the time and has no problem stopping when she is full or leaving

food

> on the plate. She is in her sixties and has a figure that most 30

> year olds would kill for.

>

> HOWEVER, there are occasions when she eats past fullness, even to

the

> point of being stuffed. If she is at a party or on vacation or

> someplace festive like that she can definately overindulge. The

> difference is that while she suffers the same physical problems of

> overeating -- bloating, discomfort, nausea--she doesn't feel the

> guilt. She just knows that it was a rare event and goes on with

her

> normal eating as soon as she feels hunger again.

>

> Maybe the occasional excess is just part of being normal. I'm

trying

> to see it that way anyway.

>

> -JEL

>

[Guest guest]

I think the ability to occasionally overindulge without feeling

guilty is a part of being normal. Every naturally skinny person I've

ever known has been able to eat whatever they want whenever they want

without guilt.

I think it's normal to " overindulge " when at a party, eating out or

on vacation. We weren't designed to eat only to fuel our bodies.

For human beings, food is a sensual thing as well as a way to nourish

our bodies. Look at the French. They've made food an artform,

designed to please the eye, the nose and the palate. Eating for them

is about all the senses and they enjoy it.

I think that Americans in general have lost the ability to find

pleasure in food. We apply virtues and sins to various foods. I

think most of the foods we get in our day to day lives may be

nutritious and fuel our bodies, but they don't really satiate our

other senses. So, when we encounter really delicious, well-prepared,

sensually appealing foods, we do " overindulge " because we don't have

ready access most of the time to foods that satisfy our other

senses. I think it's not only okay to eat past fullness if a certain

meal is tasting delicious, it's necessary. It's just as important to

feed our senses.

>

> Hi! I'm new here and new to the program so take what I say with a

> grain of salt. My understanding is that this program is trying to

> teach us what naturally thin people know naturally. My mother is

one

> of those naturally thin people. She doesn't think about food most

of

> the time and has no problem stopping when she is full or leaving

food

> on the plate. She is in her sixties and has a figure that most 30

> year olds would kill for.

>

> HOWEVER, there are occasions when she eats past fullness, even to

the

> point of being stuffed. If she is at a party or on vacation or

> someplace festive like that she can definately overindulge. The

> difference is that while she suffers the same physical problems of

> overeating -- bloating, discomfort, nausea--she doesn't feel the

> guilt. She just knows that it was a rare event and goes on with

her

> normal eating as soon as she feels hunger again.

>

> Maybe the occasional excess is just part of being normal. I'm

trying

> to see it that way anyway.

>

> -JEL

>