Hunger, or lack of

[Guest guest]

Hi Caron,

 

More cleaning up of my backlog ....

 

Eat when hungry ... only. That said, we need to relearn to distinguish

hunger ... from craving, from thirst, from tiredness, from a desire for

distraction, etc. Genuine hunger first occurs in the mouth, NOT in the

belly. The noise in the belly is cleanup-in-progress ... it means DON'T eat

yet. And the cravings in our mind are ... well, in our mind!!

 

I suggest focusing first on reestablishing your connection with your own

thirst. Once you have this, I can, if you wish, offer you some ideas to

reconnect with and recognized your own, genuine sense of hunger.

 

Best,

Elchanan

 

Hunger, or lack of

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rawfood [rawfood ] On Behalf Of

Caron

Tuesday, June 19, 2007 9:22 PM

rawfood

[Raw Food] hunger, or lack of

 

 

Today he's had a few bananas, a dozen almonds for lunch, and an apple, but I

haven't felt like eating anything, not even junk. It's now 2pm, and I'm

wondering if I should just eat -something- even though I don't feel hungry,

or just let it go? My aunt's always warning me that if I don't eat

regularly, my body will go into " starvation mode " and I'll put on weight (as

opposed to what??), but I find it hard to force myself to eat. So, am I

listening to my body, or failing to hear it asking for food?

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

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Elchanan

>More cleaning up of my backlog ....

 

Thankyou again )

 

>Genuine hunger first occurs in the mouth, NOT in the

belly.

 

Is this with salivation or a certain taste or..? I've had a few times where

I've salivated, by my saliva glands have actually hurt while it happened. Is

this because they're underused, or dehydrated, or..?

 

>I suggest focusing first on reestablishing your connection with your own

thirst. Once you have this, I can, if you wish, offer you some ideas to

reconnect with and recognized your own, genuine sense of hunger.

 

Yes, I do wish ) I plan to spend this week resting, fasting if I come to

it, and thinking through a few things, then will get the skype working and

we can go from there, if that's ok with you? If you'd rather talk before

then, I can try to get it working, but feeling a bit fuzzy in my head after

my poor eating in the last couple of weeks.

 

Caron