My friends, I'm afraid I've been thinking...a dangerous pass time...I know.
In the midst of my thinking I had this thought,
"What if I ate only when I am hungry?"
Crazy, right? Here's the story that prompted this line of thinking:
I was cleaning up dinner the other night and there was a little bit of something
(I honestly can't remember what) left and I asked Mike if he wanted it---he declined, said he was full, said he wasn't hungry any more.
Here's the thing...if Mike didn't want it I was planning on eating it.
I wasn't hungry any more either, I was full.
But it tasted good.
So I was going to eat it.
Which I did.
And that got me started thinking about eating.
I don't think I eat because I'm hungry very often.
I eat because it's there and I'm there. I eat because it tastes good.
I eat when I'm happy. I eat when I'm not happy. I eat when I'm bored.
I eat when I'm frazzled and frustrated.
So...
What if I ate only when I am hungry?
It's kind of a game changer. A novel idea, really.
Now, I'm not saying this is my plan from here on out. Let's be reasonable.
I don't see myself doing that.
But, what if I did it some times?
What if I took time to think about why I'm eating if it's not because I'm hungry?
I've openly admitted to being an emotional eater.
...and btw it doesn't really matter what the emotion is.
What if I got a drink and dealt with the emotion instead of feeding it?
Maybe that means I write more, maybe that means I read more.
Maybe that means I just drink a whole lot more water.
I don't know, but I've been thinking about it.
Maybe I'll give it a whirl??
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3 comments:
Hmm - I like the idea, but probably not so much the follow through. I took one of the magazine quizzes once - I'm a social eater, an emotional eater and pretty much every kind of eater you can be - except a healthy one! Good luck.
Food is just so darn comforting. My problem right now is the lack of feeling full. I feel like I could eat and eat and eat and even though I know I have eaten enough I still don't have that "full" feeling. I hope I get past it soon or I will be a blimp. I am trying the more water thing too to see if that will help. Good luck figuring out all those complicated emotions that come with living life. Maybe you could ask your brother David he always has insights into the emotions that make you shake your head and go HUH? Maybe he could help.
Ditto what Mer said. Ditto, ditto, ditto.
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