Eating enough, physical activity (WAS: quantity)

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lewis gluck Friday, July 22, 2005 9:33 AM [Rawschool]

quantity

 

Hi everyone , i'm eating 1/4 of watermelon (standard size,sold in fruit

stores cut up) for breakfast ,is that too much? am i overeating - i'm 5 " 11.

and weigh 140 . let me share what quantity you would typically have at one

sitting.. Thanks, Lewis

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Hi Lewis a and all,

 

I agree with Nora's comments, it is best for you and for anyone

transitioning to RF to focus on other matters than quantity. If anything,

you, and most people transitioning,, are challenged to eat enough, and

overeating is simply a nonexistent issue during transitioning IF you are

transitioning onto a high-fruit, low-fat program.

 

So you're doing just fine eating that much -- and more. Once you transition

to a high-water, high-fruit, low-fat diet, it is almost impossible to

" overeat, " unless you rely heavily on smoothies. Many people tend to speed

up their intake skip any sort of meaningful chewing, and this can confuse

the body's digestive chemistry overall and its satiation mechanisms in

particular. Also, as you continue to eat more and more simply -- which I

know you are already doing to a very great extent -- you will come to notice

and trust your own satiation mechanism more and more -- remember, we have

spoken of that.

 

Beyond transitioning, as a large generalization, overeating on fruit is an

almost-nonexistent circumstance for high-fruit eaters...IF you are

physically active. Physical activity really is an essential nutrient.

 

CAVEAT: if you are physically inactive, then your body will ALWAYS

experience some degree of undernourishment, you simply cannot take in enough

of certain nutrients without being physically active. I will explain this at

much greater length in the future, in some form, but for now I'll simply say

that you CAN experience hunger for caloric intake beyond your activity

level, if you are substantially inactive. This experience of hunger may

appear excessive and may even lead to what appears as " overeating, " but it

is actually an accurate reflection of your body's needs.

 

However, most people are nowhere near this point in their transitioning

process, when you get there, we can explore in greater depth. If anyone is

interested in greater depth now, just write back and I'll be happy to

elaborate further. I realize this thinking is not widely taught.

 

Best to all,

Elchanan