Is It Time To Eat?

JUST FOR TODAY:  Don't look at the clock to decide whether it's time to eat.  Trust your intuition for your meal times!

8:00am, breakfast time.  12:00pm, lunch time.  6:00pm, dinner time.  If you didn't know what time it was, when would you eat?  Tune into the messages your body is sending you about when to fuel your body with food, as well as what type of food you need.  Maybe you find yourself feeling hungry first thing in the morning, then hungry again late morning, and mid-afternoon, and early evening.  Perhaps you have a slice of pizza for your first meal, a can of soup for your second, an omelette for your third, and a bowl of cereal for your last meal of the day.  Rather than being programmed into eating at specific times and choosing typical foods, trust your intuition to guide you.  If you work and you are required to take a meal break at a certain time, check in with your body's needs at that time to decide what and how much you will eat.  If you find yourself hungry an hour or two later and it's not your break time, find a way to have a quick snack while you work.  What time is it?  Time to eat intuitively!    

©2010 by "Dr. Dorie" McCubbrey, M.S.Ed., Ph.D. – Eating Disorder & Obesity Treatment Specialist – Denver, Colorado