Going back to childhood

emmab0902
emmab0902 Posts: 2,338 Member
edited October 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
So I watch my kids - they do this radical thing - they eat when they are hungry and don't when they aren't. And they are healthy and in great shape. I know, it's shocking!

Sounds silly but I wonder if many people (and I fully include myself in this) have lost the art of listening to what our body needs. Not what someone else tells us we need, not what our emotions tell us we need, and not even (gasp) what MFP tells us we need.

We are all different and perhaps it's time we stop trying to follow rules, then look to invent more when those ones don't work. Which results in us losing faith in our own bodies.

Going to give it a try.

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  • rockylucas
    rockylucas Posts: 343 Member
    GREAT POST! I have been to extensive therapy and eating disorder counseling, and ultimately, your body is the most accurate "calorie counter" of all :) So many of us have grown used to either restricting or overindulging our bodies, that it can take awhile to truly get in touch with your body again.
  • brianward81
    brianward81 Posts: 217 Member
    Very good point! We are all so quick to follow what other say and never give a chance for our own bodies to dictate what it needs.

    But my daughter has being eating sand in the sandpit lately. Maybe that helps digestion...
  • emmab0902
    emmab0902 Posts: 2,338 Member
    Very good point! We are all so quick to follow what other say and never give a chance for our own bodies to dictate what it needs.

    But my daughter has being eating sand in the sandpit lately. Maybe that helps digestion...

    Lol - well some pregnant women crave dirt so go figure!
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