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I'm struggling with weight and if I listened to hunger cues, I would weigh even more. I would be eating about twice more.

magic_beans 11y ago
Do you differentiate between true, physical hunger and emotional hunger, habitual hunger, the need to chew something just because it feels like the "right" thing to do in a particular moment? I'm still learning to discern between true, physical hunger in my body, and my brain's desire to eat.
- yetihehe 11y ago
  Yes, when I'm not physically hungry, I try to not eat. I sometimes fail, but typically I allow myself only one snack a week. Also, I always eat very regularly, I can be really hungry even an hour before meal time, but I learned to just wait and ignore physical pain of being hungry (yep, it's painful for me to be hungry). I had some small success with exercise, but I didn't lose much weight, only gain some muscles.
  - rsmsky1 11y ago
    If you exercise, you might gain weight if you're gaining muscle. But did you notice that maybe your clothes fit better even with the weight gain? What sort of sandwiches do you eat for breakfast and lunch?
goodJobWalrus 11y ago
But, are you more likely to answer you hunger cues by eating a salad or veggies, or eating crap? I bet it's the latter. If you can change this to genuinely prefer healthy food, even if you eat a lot of it, you shouldn't be fat. I am at healthy weight, but I can easily eat 2 pounds of veggies in one sitting (that's in addition to meat, and I am a woman). On the other hand, I can also eat 2000kcal of pizza in one sitting, and this is why I avoid eating pizza or cookies. I know in advance that if I start, I'm going to eat entirely too much. So I am what article declares as "consciousness of what I eat".
- yetihehe 11y ago
  Depends, I eat pizza or other fastfoods once-twice a month. Typically it's sandwiches for breakfast and lunch and self-made home dinner. Yep, maybe I'm not eating as healthy as I should (only veggies and chicken), but just listening to hunger would cause me to eat even more.

magic_beans 11y ago

Do you differentiate between true, physical hunger and emotional hunger, habitual hunger, the need to chew something just because it feels like the "right" thing to do in a particular moment? I'm still learning to discern between true, physical hunger in my body, and my brain's desire to eat.

yetihehe 11y ago
Yes, when I'm not physically hungry, I try to not eat. I sometimes fail, but typically I allow myself only one snack a week. Also, I always eat very regularly, I can be really hungry even an hour before meal time, but I learned to just wait and ignore physical pain of being hungry (yep, it's painful for me to be hungry). I had some small success with exercise, but I didn't lose much weight, only gain some muscles.
- rsmsky1 11y ago
  If you exercise, you might gain weight if you're gaining muscle. But did you notice that maybe your clothes fit better even with the weight gain? What sort of sandwiches do you eat for breakfast and lunch?

goodJobWalrus 11y ago

But, are you more likely to answer you hunger cues by eating a salad or veggies, or eating crap? I bet it's the latter. If you can change this to genuinely prefer healthy food, even if you eat a lot of it, you shouldn't be fat. I am at healthy weight, but I can easily eat 2 pounds of veggies in one sitting (that's in addition to meat, and I am a woman). On the other hand, I can also eat 2000kcal of pizza in one sitting, and this is why I avoid eating pizza or cookies. I know in advance that if I start, I'm going to eat entirely too much. So I am what article declares as "consciousness of what I eat".

yetihehe 11y ago
Depends, I eat pizza or other fastfoods once-twice a month. Typically it's sandwiches for breakfast and lunch and self-made home dinner. Yep, maybe I'm not eating as healthy as I should (only veggies and chicken), but just listening to hunger would cause me to eat even more.