I finally understood that by being on a perpetual diet, I had practiced a "disordered" form of eating my whole life. I restricted when I was hungry and in need of nutrition and binged when I was so grotesquely full I couldn't be comfortable in any position but laying down. Diets that tell people what to eat or when to eat are the practices in between....Obsessing about what and when to eat is not normal, natural, and orderly. Thinking about food to the point of obsession and ignoring your body's signals is a disorder."
~ Portia de Rossi from her memoir Unbearable Lightness
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3 comments:
I never thought of it like that. Heavy, but true. Thanks for sharing this bit of wisdom.
There's a lot of truth to this. I may just have to check out this book at the library. I'm reading very interesting little tidbits here and there.
And now that my hunger is mostly under control,
I worry that I don't eat enough.... sometimes I'm not hungry for days.
What a tangled web!
Learning to listen is a great place to start!
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