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Normal Eating is..........
- Positive and flexible eating that depends on internal cues to regulate it.
- Being able to eat when you are hungry and continue eating until you are satisfied.
- Being able to choose food you like and eat it and get enough of it-not just stop eating because you think you should.
- Being able to use moderate constraint in your food selection to get the right food, but not being restrictive that you miss out on pleasurable foods.
- Giving yourself permission to eat sometimes because you are happy, sad or bored, or just because it feels good.
- Three meals a day, most of the time, but it can also be choosing a snack.
- Leaving some food on the plate because you know you'll have more tomorrow.
- Eating more now because it tastes wonderful when it is fresh.
- Overeating at times- feeling stuffed and uncomfortable.
- Undereating at times- and wishing you had more.
- Trusting your body to make up for your mistakes in eating.
- Knowing it takes time and attention, but keeps its place as only one important area of your life.
- Felxible, and varies in response to your emotions, your schedule, your hunger, and your proximity to food.
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