Intuitive Eating

H brought the topic for the evening, and shared a few passages from one of Geneen Roth's books. When Geneen ate chocolate chip cookies for fifteen days in a row, not many people would consider that "intuitive eating." But for the first time in her life she gave herself permission to eat exactly what she wanted, and only what she wanted. I shared that during my own recovery, I had peanut butter crunch blizzards every day for at least two weeks. Like Geneen, I woke up one day and actually wanted vegetables - not because I should eat vegetables, not because vegetables are healthy, but because I truly wanted to eat vegetables! This is actually the first step on the path of intuitive eating - breaking free of your cravings for binge foods.