DAY 11

Today we will learn about our hunger. Thin eaters eat in response to hunger. Not me.
Food is an emotional crutch so hunger tends to be irrelevant. Time to start focusing on this because I want to learn to eat for nourishment of the body God gave me and not as a means of stuffing, avoiding or handling bad situations or feelings.

We will talk later about how to, then, handle these feelings. For now it will be so helpful to just study how hungry you get during the day and how you feel about it.

As you go through your day today (or tomorrow if that's more convenient) you will keep record of when you eat and on the hour how hungry you feel. Also if you have an urge to eat write it down and notice what the urge feels like. True hunger is in your stomach and feels hollow or growly. False hunger or head hunger is in your head, in your throat, and in your mouth.

If it is not time to eat something by your diets rules you can tell yourself "NO CHOICE".
"I will not give in to this temptation." When you make this decision most times the craving will subside. Even if you are truly hungry you can wait for awhile to eat and the hunger will ebb. God made us this way since we can't always eat when our body begins to urge us.

read your truth cards at least twice
read other truth cards as needed
eat slowly, seated
express gratefulness when you engage in helpful eating behaviors
exercise
observe your hunger for a day