what I'm working on this week

[Guest guest]

I enjoyed the discussion the last time we did this topic, so I thought I'd start another ... even though it is already Wednesday LOL.

 

Yesterday I overate.  And was very aware that I really don't like the over-stuffed feeling that comes not only from having an over-full gut, but I ate salty stuff and my whole body felt like a sausage from the water retention.  So, in thinking about how I can honor my body, I realized that I've become so accustomed to feeling *full* that it gives me a lot of comfort.  And recently I've really craved the weird paradoxical comfort of eating to discomfort!  Weird, but maybe I had to really knock myself over the head to get to this point of awareness.  I mean, for a week I've been stuffing myself with huge salads, because it takes a lot of salad to feel full LOL.

 

At any rate, I think that maybe I need to " reset " the expectations of my body AND my mind, and re-train both to be comfortable with " not hungry " , and try to recapture the GOOD, light feeling of eating just enough to fuel my immediate needs.  So... I am going to work on eating just to the " edge of hunger " ... eat JUST enough so that I'm no longer hungry.  If I'm hungry again in an hour, that's OK - the point is to keep my stomach from getting stretched full and " get over " WANTING that feeling.

 

My only concern is that I'm checking in so often to see if I'm hungry that I may be making up false hunger signals, but I guess that's part of the process, is to start to recognize true hunger...

 

Mikki

[Guest guest]

I can so relate to your post and the need to eat JUST to satisfaction of hunger.

Thanks for the reminder and best wishes to us all :)

Katcha

IEing since March 2007

>

> I enjoyed the discussion the last time we did this topic, so I thought I'd

> start another ... even though it is already Wednesday LOL.

>

> Yesterday I overate. And was very aware that I really don't like the

> over-stuffed feeling that comes not only from having an over-full gut, but I

> ate salty stuff and my whole body felt like a sausage from the water

> retention. So, in thinking about how I can honor my body, I realized that

> I've become so accustomed to feeling *full* that it gives me a lot of

> comfort. And recently I've really craved the weird paradoxical comfort of

> eating to discomfort! Weird, but maybe I had to really knock myself over

> the head to get to this point of awareness. I mean, for a week I've been

> stuffing myself with huge salads, because it takes a lot of salad to feel

> full LOL.

>

> At any rate, I think that maybe I need to " reset " the expectations of my

> body AND my mind, and re-train both to be comfortable with " not hungry " , and

> try to recapture the GOOD, light feeling of eating just enough to fuel my

> immediate needs. So... I am going to work on eating just to the " edge of

> hunger " ... eat JUST enough so that I'm no longer hungry. If I'm hungry

> again in an hour, that's OK - the point is to keep my stomach from getting

> stretched full and " get over " WANTING that feeling.

>

> My only concern is that I'm checking in so often to see if I'm hungry that I

> may be making up false hunger signals, but I guess that's part of the

> process, is to start to recognize true hunger...

>

> Mikki

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