For people who have eating disorders or care for people with eating disorders (this is me), structured eating is a necessity in the short-term. Agree that it can also be helpful for people transitioning to intuitive eating, especially if they're coming from years of restricting or binging-restricting behavior.
Even as a person who hasn’t had an eating disorder, my hunger cue isn’t always reliable, so when I get engrossed in my tasks, I don’t always know I’m hungry until I’m dysregulated from hanger! I could deal with that before I had kids, but it can really send me spiralling these days if I’m not paying attention.
I’ve never thought about having a timer to remind me that I may need to eat something. I wonder if it would be helpful on my really busy days!
Thanks for reading Aleesha. I can very much related to your experience of pushing out eating if engrossed in a task and then ending up hangry or just not able to think all that clearly...
Using a timer has helped several of my clients. Let me know if you try it :)
For people who have eating disorders or care for people with eating disorders (this is me), structured eating is a necessity in the short-term. Agree that it can also be helpful for people transitioning to intuitive eating, especially if they're coming from years of restricting or binging-restricting behavior.
Yes absolutely. Thanks again for your thoughtful comment.
Even as a person who hasn’t had an eating disorder, my hunger cue isn’t always reliable, so when I get engrossed in my tasks, I don’t always know I’m hungry until I’m dysregulated from hanger! I could deal with that before I had kids, but it can really send me spiralling these days if I’m not paying attention.
I’ve never thought about having a timer to remind me that I may need to eat something. I wonder if it would be helpful on my really busy days!
Thanks for reading Aleesha. I can very much related to your experience of pushing out eating if engrossed in a task and then ending up hangry or just not able to think all that clearly...
Using a timer has helped several of my clients. Let me know if you try it :)