Re: Exploring hunger and when to eat

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My personal feeling is, if you've let your body get to the point of

nausea & headache, you've waited too long to honor your hunger and

your blood sugar has plummeted; this is actually hard on your body. I

would suggest (and this is what I do) that when your stomach growls

the FIRST few times (or even JUST before that point, when you feel a

little " hollow " )--that you ask it what it's craving and sit down and

feed it, undistracted. Don't wait. Because that IS hunger.

I think you're letting yourself get too ravenous. I remember reading

in Thin Within years ago (probably 20, now) something about " riding

your '0' " when you're hungry, but I personally don't believe in that.

It's not about withholding food--we've done that with all the diets

we've ever been on. It's about putting food--all of it, wonderful

food, " hummers, " things we personally love--into our bodies.

I can remember being ravenously hungry after long hikes and the first

bites of food afterward DID taste heavenly. But in my everyday life, I

do like to eat when I'm at " comfortably hungry. " It's more rational

for me and I don't feel like stripping the paint off the walls.

Migraines run in my family, too, so letting my bloodsugar get so low

is a bad idea. When my bloodsugar plummets, I can be VERY unpleasant

to be around... ;-)

~Caitlin

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> 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:

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> A growling stomach

> Lightheadedness

> Nausea

> Headache

> Feeling spacey or disoriented