Time to Sit, Record and Eat
I developed the hunger scale in my first book, Inner Eating, to help you determine the quantity of food in your body. It is in Chapter 5, Rating Your Hunger. Why is it important to take the time to sit…
Turn around the thought ‘I Want to Eat’ when not hungry.
You have worked the process long enough to know when you are not hungry. However, the thought of 'I want to eat' still appears. There is a pull to go to the refrigerator even when you know you are…
Taste is a Pleasure Sense
Taste is a pleasure sense that has a very specific purpose. It was meant to satisfy hunger and give us pleasure. And it had very specific boundaries - a very specific start and stop. We were meant to be hungry…
You are the ultimate authority of your own body!
When my son was in fourth grade, the lunchroom attendant came up to him and told him he needed to finish his food before he went to recess. He looked at her and asked how she would know how his…
Does the number on the scale affect your day?
Do you feel a need to weigh yourself in the morning? If so, does that number have any effect on the rest of your day? The number is an external that has nothing to do with hunger. Size and weight…
Where do the natural signals to start and stop eating originate in the body?
There are two hormones responsible for the start and stop signals within all of us. The two hormones, discovered just in the 1990's are the messages the infant feels to make the decision to start and stop eating. The leptin…
Do you fear hunger or honor hunger?
Can you wait to eat until you are hungry? Are you anxious when you feel hunger? Hunger is how the infant knows when he/she needs to eat. There is that feeling in the body that says, “ I need to…
How did something as natural as eating become so complex?
Think of an infant. They have a strong feeling of when to start eating – they will let you know in a very strong voice that they need to eat even when they have no words. Have you ever watched…