exceeding expectations ...

"you have told us you don't want to be told how to eat healthily; that you already know how to - what you need is help in actually being ABLE to do so ..." this was what i heard first thing when i went to "craving change" yesterday - HALLA-FRICKIN-LOO-YA!! what a great day! what an encouraging, uplifting and positive experience! i am excited for part 2 and 3 ...

a couple of things i heard yesterday:
*bingeing: always involves feelings of guilt after the eating; happens when your body is not legitimately hungry; and often involves food you wouldn't eat normally
*there are 3 kinds of hunger: stomach, mouth and heart
*there are a bazillion reasons why obesity is more of a problem these days than ever before

how this applies to me:
*i learned that i often overeat, but i rarely binge
*while i have struggles with heart hunger, and with appropriately meeting stomach hunger's needs, my main downfall is mouth hunger - needing a certain taste, texture, SOMETHING in my mouth
*conditioning plays a much bigger role in my eating disorder than i knew!

there are a few activities that we went through that helped me have a couple of "a-ha!" moments and i am excited to review them and make some plans for combatting them. between now and next thursday, i want to write a little about the following four subjects:

1. stomach, mouth and heart hunger
2. trigger = response
3. H.A.L.T./S.T.O.P
4. emotions tied to eating

i really liked the group of people i met with and am looking forward to more learning (and application) in the weeks to come ...