Guest guest Posted July 11, 2007 Report Share Posted July 11, 2007 Hi Everyone! I have been working on exploring my hunger signals and it is not as easy as I thought it would be. It seems I need to pay attention to things like: A growling stomach Lightheadedness Nausea Headache Feeling spacey or disoriented These are all things I experience when it is time to eat, but I don't feel hungry. I guess I always thought hunger was that feeling you get when you have been swimming for hours and you feel like you can eat a horse and everything tastes like heaven. I'm wondering if that feeling will come back with some time doing IE. I am wondering if letting myself get to the point of lightheadedness, headache or nausea is a good idea. It seems to me that it would stress the body, and I don't particularly enjoy it, especially if I am in a situation where I can't immediately feed myself. How do all of you experience your hunger? Has the experience changed for you over time? K Nic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 11, 2007 Report Share Posted July 11, 2007 > How do all of you experience your hunger? Has the experience changed > for you over time?> I usually get very cranky when hungry, with a growling stomach and a fierce desire to eat NOW. If I don't eat, I get trembly, light-headed, and headachy. All symptoms dissapear immediately upon eating. Lately however, since starting eating intuitively (about a week ago), my appetite has steadily declined. I really feel like eating, but nothing looks good to me right now and I haven't gotten any definite signals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 12, 2007 Report Share Posted July 12, 2007 When I was on vacation last week there were a couple days when I really wasn't very hungry at lunch so I just had a glass of milk or tea. By mid-afternoon I was of course starting to experience actual physical hunger. It wasn't the ravenous, post-workout I'll eat anything in sight hunger, it was just a slightly uncomfortable but liveable realization of the fact that I was actually hungry. It never got to the nausea, head ache stage, just a low-level awareness that my stomach was empty! Actually, to tell the truth, it felt good. I was thinking, " Hmmm, so this is what actual, real physical hunger feels like? " Seems I've previously only experienced one end of the spectrum or the other - about to explode fullness or get out of my way before I eat YOU emptiness. The middle ground is nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 12, 2007 Report Share Posted July 12, 2007 When I was on vacation last week there were a couple days when I really wasn't very hungry at lunch so I just had a glass of milk or tea. By mid-afternoon I was of course starting to experience actual physical hunger. It wasn't the ravenous, post-workout I'll eat anything in sight hunger, it was just a slightly uncomfortable but liveable realization of the fact that I was actually hungry. It never got to the nausea, head ache stage, just a low-level awareness that my stomach was empty! Actually, to tell the truth, it felt good. I was thinking, " Hmmm, so this is what actual, real physical hunger feels like? " Seems I've previously only experienced one end of the spectrum or the other - about to explode fullness or get out of my way before I eat YOU emptiness. The middle ground is nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 12, 2007 Report Share Posted July 12, 2007 When I was on vacation last week there were a couple days when I really wasn't very hungry at lunch so I just had a glass of milk or tea. By mid-afternoon I was of course starting to experience actual physical hunger. It wasn't the ravenous, post-workout I'll eat anything in sight hunger, it was just a slightly uncomfortable but liveable realization of the fact that I was actually hungry. It never got to the nausea, head ache stage, just a low-level awareness that my stomach was empty! Actually, to tell the truth, it felt good. I was thinking, " Hmmm, so this is what actual, real physical hunger feels like? " Seems I've previously only experienced one end of the spectrum or the other - about to explode fullness or get out of my way before I eat YOU emptiness. The middle ground is nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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