Posted in hunger, intuitive eating, portion control, tagged how to stop eating on 23 April 2008 | 2 Comments »
It generally doesn’t take many bites. If I’m really hungry, the first bites are like heaven itself. Afterwards, I notice that I am still hungry, but the flavor intensity has worn off.
Lately, I’ve had a strong signal that it’s time to stop eating. First, I look at the next bite, and I get this “blech” [...]
Posted in binging, emotions, goals, hunger, intuitive eating, tagged go ahead and eat the whole damn thing, how to stop eating when you're not hungry, How to stop mindless eating on 6 April 2008 | 1 Comment »
See also my post on How to stop eating when you’re not hungry
Whenever you eat mindlessly or when you are not hungry, the root cause is simple: you are responding to your mind’s needs rather than your physical needs. This might be emotional eating, or habit eating, or whatever. The fact remains, it’s not what [...]
Posted in hunger, intuitive eating on 22 February 2008 | 1 Comment »
Something broke through tonight, but I’m not sure what.
The past few days I’ve been eating in odd patterns. Sometimes I’ve experimented with eating “barely-full” portions, comfortably full portions, and not eating when I’m not hungry. I had a couple of vegetarian days, and did a great job of portion control early in the week.
Then things [...]
Posted in affirmations, binging, hunger, intuitive eating, weight loss and diets, tagged 200 pounds, stopping overeating, why we overeat on 6 February 2008 | No Comments »
Life’s greatest adventure is finding your place in the Circle of Life. - Lion King
Pulling food out of the trash can. Sneaking bites of frosting in the office kitchen. Hollowing out the inside of a pastry and putting it back. Eating one M&M after another until you feel like your stomach will burst. Letting the [...]
Posted in affirmations, hunger, tagged Julia Roberts, runaway bride on 20 January 2008 | No Comments »
Not eating is good self-care too.
Loving myself and taking care of myself is hard work. Instead of waiting for DH to suggest something to do, I am responsible for making my own dreams come true. But I’m finding it quite difficult to know what I want.
Last week a radio station was advertising that they will [...]
Posted in hunger, intuitive eating on 17 January 2008 | No Comments »
My quiet time before bed last night was my first experiment with the idea of loving myself methodically. Based on my learning as written in yesterday’s post, I simply spent my time reminding myself that no one can love me like I can, and that I must love myself fully if I want to permanently [...]
Posted in hunger, tagged identifying hunger on 3 January 2008 | No Comments »
1800 calories is what I ate today, more or less. I’m just roughly estimating, since I’m not really trying to stick to any certain number. Add to that 4 hours of shopping walking, and I’m in pretty good balance for today, even though, a good portion of those calories was chocolate.
I notice that I have [...]
Posted in affirmations, binging, hunger, portion control, work, tagged self-care on 17 November 2007 | No Comments »
Taking good care of yourself varies depending on the situation. When you are looking for a new job, it’s good self-care to get plenty of rest and concentrate on keeping up your “interview mindset.” When your car is heading towards a wall, it’s good self-care to drop the cell phone and brake.
Yesterday I finished my [...]
Posted in emotions, hunger, intuitive eating on 2 November 2007 | No Comments »
When your work is so interesting that you don’t want to think about anything else
When you are sitting in the Vice President’s office, trying to keep up with the conversation
When you are helping someone else write their screenplay (He promised me a screen credit!)
During an earthquake, when you are experiencing stark raving terror as the [...]
Posted in emotions, hunger, intuitive eating, jon stewart and stephen colbert on 20 October 2007 | No Comments »
My emotions around my not getting the job have stayed the same as my last post. I’m totally happy that I didn’t get it. I own my mistakes, which include interviewing badly and not choosing properly before applying. And I’m perfectly content to move on.
Eating is one of the surest signs of moments in which [...]
