Fritos
So, after I blogged, I added Fritos to my list. I really wanted to try them and was hungry. So I bought a bag. I tasted and smelled them carefully. I took several bites. And this is what I found. I don’t actually like Fritos. Who knew?!
Getting to know and playing nice with food
In order to make peace and become comfortable with food, Tribole and Resch (Intuitive Eating) suggest the following: Pay attention to foods you find appealing and make a list of them. Make a check by the foods you currently eat and then circle the foods you’ve been restricting (the rest of food on the list). Give…
What Chatty Kathy tries to tell me about making peace with food…
So the idea is that I need to learn that food is food. It does not have power, it is neither good nor bad, and when I am hungry – I should eat. You will just keep eating and eating and eating! When you ate that before, you ate too many pieces, too much! If…
Learning to say Yes or why saying No doesn’t work
While I am still working to listen for my hunger cues, eat when I am hungry and stop when I am comfortably full (old habits are proving hard to break), I am also allowing myself to let go of dieting. This is proving to be difficult, mainly because of Chatty Kathy and the unhelpful messages…
The biological, psychological, and emotional impacts of dieting
Yep, I am still talking about dieting. I realize that vilifying a process that has served many for so long will upset some of you. While I do hope that my thoughts and writing will help some to make good decisions that fit their lives well, I do not expect to sway everyone and probably…
A few random thoughts about hunger, Chatty Kathy, diets.
So, I am learning to honor my hunger. I am trying to eat only when I am hungry and trying to eat what my body tells me it wants. Yesterday, I took a small cookie to eat after my lunch (a colleague brought them in), but found that I was no longer hungry after finishing…
What have I learned about hunger this week?
I found the following on Pinterest and thought that it was a useful diagram. I know nothing about the source and therefore am not offering any endorsement, rather just allowing for credit. As you can see, it is a diagram to help decide when to eat and when you have other needs that should be…
10 Principles of Intuitive Eating – by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch
While I did not have time to blog today, I did not want to leave you without something interesting to read. I have pasted in the 10 principles of Intuitive Eating from the website: http://intuitiveeating.org . These are the nuts and bolts of Intuitive Eating. 10 Principles of Intuitive Eating 1. Reject the Diet Mentality…
What is hunger?
Merriam-Webster defines hunger as: hun·ger noun \ˈhəŋ-gər\ : a very great need for food : a severe lack of food : an uncomfortable feeling in your stomach that is caused by the need for food : a strong desire : a strong desire for something or to do something So, as I have stated, my…
What a difference a year makes: Worry? Me?
So a year ago I had a list of worries related to my surgery. I was worried about money, leave, and all sorts of other things. They all proved to be much less important than I thought they would be. And in the end, I have actually learned to worry less about all sorts of…
