Jan 24, 2008

Realizing Hunger

I am amazed at what I learn about myself as I lose weight and get closer to my target weight. I was realizing yesterday at one point that I was not hungry but the place and the food that presented its self was calling.

And I was able to hold back and not eat. As I work through my past demons and as I focus on the future I am more and more aware of understand the difference between actual hunger and cravings based on something else completely.

Have I mastered control? No. Am I winning the battle? Yes. It is over? Far from.

As a post earlier this week I am still in the mind set that the urge to eat and indulge is comparable to any addiction. Though I believe that a recovering addict might scoff at me saying that I think anyone that has delth with food addiction knows what I'm talking about.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Absolutely. I agree. The thing with food is that you can't just "give it up" like alcohol or drugs. You're doing a great job.

Anonymous said...

I would agree with you. And good for you! You are doing a great job. If it were easy we would all be thin and healthy!

Adam Wright said...

Yesterday I had lunch with a client and today one of my employees is sick so I ended up leaving for the office at 6am instead of 7:30 and running all day. So now I need to be aware of my eating because it is easy to slip on days like this.

Judy Roo said...

you are right ad about food being as much an addiction for some people........and they have their own groups too...overeaters anonymous.......OA....and you can't just give food up...it is a total retraining of what, why and how to eat...you can't avoid eating...keep up the good work and the excellent reflecting and sharing...