tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4365057403767674312.post6581265198562447055..comments2024-01-16T16:28:00.900-05:00Comments on a v i d a l e g r i a: On being hungryAi Luhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01197869780327408592noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4365057403767674312.post-61802805999659474032008-11-30T13:39:00.000-05:002008-11-30T13:39:00.000-05:00Thank you for this post, and for the reminder that...Thank you for this post, and for the reminder that hunger and fullness are both natural and complementary. It is particularly important for me to be reminded at this time of year!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4365057403767674312.post-38972466502520192612008-11-27T13:27:00.000-05:002008-11-27T13:27:00.000-05:00You really hit a great point about how important i...You really hit a great point about how important it is to feed yourself, listen to hunger signals, etc. In the beginning, it's such a hard part of recovery because we've learned how to ignore those things so well. And you are also right that watching others eat and comparing yourself to what they're eating has nothing to do with you. I did this when I started eating more normally - I watched others eat, gauged how much they ate, studied the balance of their meals by fat, carbohydrates, and protein. I was studying their food habits in an attempt to learn what was "normal," but normal is so subjective. You've got to satisfy you and that's that. :)<BR/><BR/>Great post, and happy Thanksgiving!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4365057403767674312.post-37354755608058820522008-11-26T22:57:00.000-05:002008-11-26T22:57:00.000-05:00Youre making me famous here :PAnd you want to know...Youre making me famous here :P<BR/><BR/>And you want to know the sad thing... my first thought after reading my quote:<BR/>Wait, does she think im still fat?<BR/> It is amazing how one's head can take the lead out of nowhere!<BR/><BR/>It took me a long time to get to the point where I could say "Im freakin hungry" to whatever company I was with, without feeling as I did when I was bigger...<BR/><BR/>Im still working on "I want dessert"<BR/><BR/>:P<BR/><BR/>I forget who, but there was a fat activisty blogger who wrote about the idea that (now that she is thinner) she was driving and spilled M&Ms on the floor and picked them up and ate them with her husband there... he thought it was gross, but she spoke about the idea that were she still a larger woman, she NEVER would have done that because if youre fat and you eat M&Ms off the floor.... well... THATS why youre fat and therefore gross and all other cultural connotationsTwistedBarbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06075768556211405962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4365057403767674312.post-8284799102770950652008-11-26T20:49:00.000-05:002008-11-26T20:49:00.000-05:00Great post. It still amazes me sometimes how comp...Great post. It still amazes me sometimes how complicated a simple physical sensation can be! When you unpack that idea - that one should not feel hungry for some reason - you dig into all kinds of social, cultural, and psychological factors.Lisa and Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17857704375623585452noreply@blogger.com