Here’s something interesting I’ve been noticing lately.
A (very little) background: I have always had problems with bingeing and restricting. I’ve never been an in-the-middle person.
One issue I seem to have is that I never know I’m REALLY full. I mean, I feel when my stomach is starting to fill up, but…when am I really “done”? It just goes on and on.
Taking highly processed foods and artificial sweeteners, wheat, and dairy out of my diet, I get that “I’m done” feeling that I’ve had maybe a handful of times my entire life.
I get worried because I’m hungry – and what if I just overeat until I explode? But then I eat whatever it is I was eyeing, grain-free granola or fruit or chicken or whatever it is, and I finish and…I’m done.
I’m full.
Amazing.
One reason I’ve never been able to go all-in on intuitive eating is that I don’t have that “all done” button, somehow. But I have read that with hyper-processed foods, these can override that normal satiety response, so you just keep munching. The food manufacturers do have to make money, you know. Dolla dolla bills y’all.
Interestingly, unless it’s some sort of psyching-myself-out thing, without those particular foods I do find I know when I’m finished.
Very cool stuff, this.
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