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Visions of Satiety: Am I Hungry? Am I satisfied?
Ceriusly1
Posts: 6,897 Member
I'm posting this discussion a bit earlier than usual because @DNjoys shared an excellent post on the VIP Lounge. Thank you, Dee, for sharing that post here.
I'd love to see more discussion about the Healthy Habits and the changes they help our members make. All feedback is welcome.
Please share your thoughts!
I'd love to see more discussion about the Healthy Habits and the changes they help our members make. All feedback is welcome.
Please share your thoughts!
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@Ceriusly1 - I wondered if there would a discussion for this but I needed to say it while the words were flowing if I was going to. This is what I posted:
It was only less than an hour past midnight where I live, and I've had my first encounter with the new HH. I asked myself if I was hungry and found hunger. Looked at my food log and enough time has passed since I last ate that a mini meal or snack is ok now.
But what hit me was that I didn't feel hungry until I went looking for it. There was actually another trigger that had me thinking about eating. I am reminded that words matter, and it's important for me to phrase things in a way that my mind will visualize the positive result I really want, because often we find what we look for. So, for this challenge my question isn't going to be "Am I hungry?" but "Am I still satisfied?" If I look for being content, feeling full and satisfied, I may just find that and delay eating. Sharing here in case that will make a difference for someone else.
I first discovered this when someone prayed over me for pain and then asked if the pain had decreased. I went looking for pain - and found it. I have floaters in both eyes and one day I noticed I didn't see them and got all excited and wanted to be sure they were gone, so I looked for them. And they came back. Then I did a little research and found that if ignored rather than focused on, sometimes the brain can get used to looking past them so you don't see them anymore. I believe that is what happened, but as soon as I looked for them, I could see them, because they were still there and it's taken months for them to fade into the background again. I'm learning I need to focus on and look for what I want to find, not what I expect to find. To look for wellness, health, contentment, and still satisfied from the last meal.4 -
I think that if I ask myself "Am I satisfied?", the answer will always be no. For me, the question has to be "Am I hungry?", and then make that distinction between belly hunger and mouth hunger. Because my mouth is always hungry.4
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I don't ask myself if I am hungry I am more likely to ask why am I hungry... Even if I eat a late breakfast when my usual time for eating lunch comes around I think I am hungry. When in reality I do not need to eat a meal so soon. This is when I will usually drink a cup of coffee or just more water. I will also dig out a carrot or something like that. Then I can make it to our dinner hour just fine. The main reason for not wanting to eat a late lunch is because we like to eat dinner early like 5:00 or even a little earlier. We just don't like to eat too close to going to bed time. Anyway I am rambling. 😉5
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I started asking this myself recently; I noticed I was snacking when I was bored and I wasn't choosing healthy snacks. So, now if I feel like snacking; it has to be healthy snacks and not just because I'm bored. I've stocked the fridge with apples and oranges and lots of veggies and I make sure to take some with me when I work at the office.4
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When I want something I have to think am I hungry? Or am I overwhelmed? I am a stress eater. I learned this from my mom. I know I showed this same habit to my daughter.
Today I swapped lunches with a coworker. Why because they are ordering food and it won't be here till my lunch is over. I don't need it so swap with someone who will enjoy it. Plus the flu is running around. I need to stay healthy.2 -
I am finding sticking to whole foods is helping me a lot with this habit. I have cut out fast food and sugar this week and ate real food freely and saw great progress on the scale. I ate alot of ground beef whole grains and other tasty foods. Sometimes I ate more than I needed to and noticed when I did I felt nauseated and unwell....1
