Thank you so much. Even though I’m trying to intuitive eat, I’m trying to do it healthily, which means I’m still restricting a bit. And I wondered why I’m still having binging urges, if I’m eating when I’m hungry! Fuck it! “I feel like it” is a GREAT reason to eat.
I’ve been a longish-time lurker on your blog, and I loved the way you approached this! I hear SO much about how to “combat cravings”… Seriously, who wants to waste their energy on that? If you want to eat nothing but junk all day, fair enough, take a look at why that is. But, my biggest cravings are for 2 things: salmon & roasted veg. Occasionally steak. Sometimes donuts. Often cucumber. I started “giving in” to my cravings nearly 3 months ago and have not eaten a pizza since. It’s weird! And I love it 😀
I hope you don’t mind me posting this here, but it just details a few (ok a lot of) thoughts I had recently along exactly the same lines as this post, and I wanted to share it. Just because, you know… I think I get it 🙂
I say the easiest way to get rid of cravings is to eat whatever it is that you want 😉
Sue says:
Sounds so easy, but still so hard. What you say is so true.
Grace says:
“You cannot only eat things because they are “the best and healthiest foods”. Because that is disordered eating. That is where we ran into trouble before, because that is where we start striving for perfection where perfection doesn’t exist.” < This right here is my biggest problem….and the fact that I know the calorie counts of EVERYTHING (thats what holds me stuck in my EDNOS)
You are 100% correct. And for me everything sounds so simple and easy…yet, it so hard, like the above poster said :/
Another kick-ass post. I like to read “Psychology of Eating” posts/blog. It sounds a lot like what you’re talking about here. You rock.
100% agree! Love this and thank you for writing it.
Thank you so much. Even though I’m trying to intuitive eat, I’m trying to do it healthily, which means I’m still restricting a bit. And I wondered why I’m still having binging urges, if I’m eating when I’m hungry! Fuck it! “I feel like it” is a GREAT reason to eat.
Nice insights.
Badass!
I’ve been a longish-time lurker on your blog, and I loved the way you approached this! I hear SO much about how to “combat cravings”… Seriously, who wants to waste their energy on that? If you want to eat nothing but junk all day, fair enough, take a look at why that is. But, my biggest cravings are for 2 things: salmon & roasted veg. Occasionally steak. Sometimes donuts. Often cucumber. I started “giving in” to my cravings nearly 3 months ago and have not eaten a pizza since. It’s weird! And I love it 😀
I hope you don’t mind me posting this here, but it just details a few (ok a lot of) thoughts I had recently along exactly the same lines as this post, and I wanted to share it. Just because, you know… I think I get it 🙂
http://www.3fatchicks.com/diet-blogs/instinctivelythin/2013/02/09/rethinking-the-binge/
I say the easiest way to get rid of cravings is to eat whatever it is that you want 😉
Sounds so easy, but still so hard. What you say is so true.
“You cannot only eat things because they are “the best and healthiest foods”. Because that is disordered eating. That is where we ran into trouble before, because that is where we start striving for perfection where perfection doesn’t exist.” < This right here is my biggest problem….and the fact that I know the calorie counts of EVERYTHING (thats what holds me stuck in my EDNOS)
You are 100% correct. And for me everything sounds so simple and easy…yet, it so hard, like the above poster said :/