Re: Normal overeating

[Guest guest]

It is rare that I hear my son say "I ate too much and I don't feel very good" or anything close to that. What I observe in him is it seems there are periods where it seems like he is eating everything but the kitchen sink. As I have observed him over the years, I truly believe he is listening to his body and his body is going or gettting ready to go through a growth spurt. After a few days, he slows down and doesn't eat very much at all. I also notice how his sleeping will increase during these heavier eating times. It also seems like he chuncks up a little bit and I do have to bite my toungue and not say anything about him getting a bit heavier. I encourage normal activity (he likes to skate board) and not sitting around too much. But over time, everything seems to even/balance out with him. He doesn't eat a lot of fruits and vegies, and it amazed me last night when he had an orange and some asparugus.

He truly is an intuitive eater and I love observing him.

--Alana

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For those withkids, maybe you could tell me how often/when your kids overeat. Notlooking to rationalize or justify my behaviors, just kind of curious.Thanks

[Guest guest]

Thanks for sharing, Alana. That's really great that he knows exactly

when to eat and stop eating. How wonderful that you chose not to say

anything about his increase in weight. I'm sure that helps him keep

the confidence to regulate his own eating by his appetite.

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> It is rare that I hear my son say " I ate too much and I don't feel

very good " or anything close to that. What I observe in him is it

seems there are periods where it seems like he is eating everything

but the kitchen sink. As I have observed him over the years, I truly

believe he is listening to his body and his body is going or gettting

ready to go through a growth spurt. After a few days, he slows down

and doesn't eat very much at all. I also notice how his sleeping will

increase during these heavier eating times. It also seems like he

chuncks up a little bit and I do have to bite my toungue and not say

anything about him getting a bit heavier. I encourage normal activity

(he likes to skate board) and not sitting around too much. But over

time, everything seems to even/balance out with him. He doesn't eat a

lot of fruits and vegies, and it amazed me last night when he had an

orange and some asparugus. He truly is an intuitive eater and I love

observing him.

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> Alana

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> kids, maybe you could tell me how often/when your kids overeat. Not

> looking to rationalize or justify my behaviors, just kind of curious.

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[Guest guest]

I don't think my son has overeaten since he was a few months old. He's eating

two or

three times as much as usual right now, though, so I'm waiting for him to

outgrow all his

new school clothes

My husband, however, is a different story . He does occasionally when we are

traveling -

particularly in Italy - or when teh food is especially good. But then the next

day, he's

naturally not as hungry and he just goes with it without even thinking about it.

I wonder if when I've been 'not dieting' as long as I was 'dieting' if I'll get

to this point.

How great would that be?

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> Hi Everyone!!

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> Last week at work, I promised my boss I would bake some cookies to

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> Anyway, this whole experience made me think about how often normal

> eaters eat too much. I'm sure it varies between individuals. I know

> some of my normal eater friends overeat on occasion...For those with

> kids, maybe you could tell me how often/when your kids overeat. Not

> looking to rationalize or justify my behaviors, just kind of curious.

> Thanks

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[Guest guest]

You will get to that point! Last night I ate too much cookie dough and

cookies because it was sooooo yummy! I didn't beat myself up. It was a

conscious choice to eat too much. And today I'm not that hungry. I

have no worries about my weight increasing because I know my appetite

will just be less for a while. No worries.

I used to make myself walk and do aerobics tapes to compensate for

overeating. Now overeating happens rarely for me, and when it does,

it's usually a conscious choice and I let my body do its thing.

I wish I was like your son and never overate. I'm sure there have to

be people like that??? Right??? But in the last two years I've gone

from binging twice a week to binging 3x since August. I can probably

count on my fingers the number of times I've overeaten in the past

year as well. I would say that's progress.

Do you think we can get to the point where we NEVER eat too much?

Ever? Do you want to get to that point??? I don't know if I do...I

kind of enjoy having the freedom to choose to eat too much. I don't

choose to very often. But I kind of want to be able to decide to eat a

lot if I feel like it. Like last night, I knew I ate way too much and

I regretted the discomfort in my abdomen (and still do a bit) but the

experience of enjoying all that cookie dough and those cookies hot

from the oven, even until my stomach hurt made me feel like a little

girl at Christmas time again...hmmm...

Okay, rambling again Hope to hear your thoughts on this.

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> > Hi Everyone!!

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> > Last week at work, I promised my boss I would bake some cookies to

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> > Anyway, this whole experience made me think about how often normal

> > eaters eat too much. I'm sure it varies between individuals. I know

> > some of my normal eater friends overeat on occasion...For those with

> > kids, maybe you could tell me how often/when your kids overeat. Not

> > looking to rationalize or justify my behaviors, just kind of curious.

> > Thanks

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