If someone has a history of dieting or disordered eating, there is often a process of learning and again to hear one's own body signals in relation to hunger and satiety. Part of this is to learn how to decipher what a really hungry for. As you are more adept at identifying their own bodies is true physiological hunger, trying to figure out what you are hungry at this moment in May, some work. This exercise is a helpful, as you work on tuning into your own body the messages about what will satisfy you.
To decide what you want to eat, you must be hungry. If you're not, then it is your opinion is that decisions, not the body. And because it is your body that you are feeding, it is important to you, there are indications. Ask yourself if your stomach is hungry. Maybe you're really thirsty, not hungry. People often mistake thirst for hunger. Try to determine this distinction.
Start by taking a few moments to tune into yourself.
? See whether all the images, thoughts, desires or for a specific food come to mind, namely, a cup of soup, a piece of pizza, some scrambled eggs, etc.
? Remember, if you can taste or smell of a particular food.
If the answer to these questions with "yes", is that food is the body want at the moment.
If you do not know what you want to eat, ask yourself these three questions:
? Taste: Do I want something salty, sour, spicy, sweet, or Bland?
? Temperature: Do I want something hot, cold or at room temperature?
? Texture: Do I want something hard and crunchy or smooth and creamy in texture?
Of all the data and feedback your body has you imagine the food that is best about your hunger at this moment. Picture eat that food and "try on" in your imagination, to see if it is in fact what you want to eat. Hopefully you have been able to determine what you are hungry and what will satisfy you. Continue to work with your hunger for this kind and over time you can listen and hear the signals your body with more ease.
Lora Sasiela, LCSW, BCD is a psychotherapist with private practices in Manhattan and Rumson, NJ. She helps her clients become more comfortable in their relationships with food and their bodies through a variety of practical and evidence-based techniques. For more information, visit her website at http://www.lorasasiela.com
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