Are you feeding more than hunger?
Apr 10, 2022One of the simplest skills I teach my clients is to eat when they’re hungry, and to stop eating when they’re satisfied.
It’s not rocket science.
But very few of us are used to such a simple approach to eating.
And very few of us are used to paying attention to our hunger.
We eat for a lot of reasons that don’t involve hunger.
Things like….
It’s time to eat!
Ooooh, that sounds good.
I feel like eating something.
Sure, I’ll join you and have some of that, too.
I better eat now, so I’m not hungry when I’m in the middle of (blank).
I deserve a treat.
All of these statements are simply thoughts we might have.
And we might be used to eating when we have them.
If we’re not actually hungry when we begin eating, then what we’re really doing is feeding our thoughts -- feeding our minds -- and not really our bodies.
Some of us eat when we have strong feelings -- when they are happy, sad, ashamed, frustrated, mad, etc.
We might even connect to the idea of being an emotional eater.
But most of us don’t take the time to step back and just notice when we eat for reasons other than hunger that seem. so. normal.
And those small places where we do that might be the only reason we aren’t seeing the results we want.
Weight loss is just a formula and we each just need to solve for the variable that is keeping us from losing weight simply and sustainably.
For some of us, it’s working on those feelings that drive us to eat.
For others, it’s these pesky little sentences like “it’s time to eat.”
How we choose to respond to this new awareness is where our coaching work comes in -- and how we develop new, sustainable habits.
Set up a free 45-minute consultation session with me so that we can see if we’re a good fit to work together.
