Once you’ve practiced and practiced, you’ll begin to feel like you really understand your sense of physical hunger. You will know the space when you feel satisfied and you can trust yourself to eat WHATEVER you want. Choosing your food without balancing your proteins and carbs would be fully following the principle of Intuitive Eating.  However, scientifically, keeping things balanced will help you satisfy your hunger, keep you full longer, your blood sugar stable and help you more clearly identify your fullness when it happens.63  It is harder to feel full when you’ve eaten nothing but carbs. So you might just recognize and acknowledge that you know that, but you are going to eat (fill in the blank) anyway. And leave out the guilt. If feeling guilty is a habit that’s hard to break, try talking to yourself as if you were your own best friend.  Seriously, how would you respond to the negative comments being voiced in your head? We are usually more critical of ourselves than we would ever be of someone else. Treat yourself as a friend and trust yourself. That’s the empowerment I’m talking about.   And Practice Some More… It can be frustrating to continually … Continue reading Practice – No Training Wheels