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Morbidly A Beast   United States
Joined 3 years
ForeverFFA:
I was just curious if anyone else on this site who isn't actively gaining considers themselves an intuitive eater? I've noticed the way that calories, food/cravings, and how a body gains or loses weight are usually discussed here. This isn't meant as a criticism at all, but it seems like more people understand these concepts through the lens of standard dieting wisdom than not?


I’m so removed from diets and stuff at this point but I saw a tik tok diet person do a tiktok where they said most people who intuitively eat don’t actually “intuitively eat” but they just eat whatever they want, which absolutely that’s how I operate, but if you’re trying to lose weight or maintain a calorie deficit she explained it better. It was funny because she did it in the context of a cookout and she had like 3 hot dogs and heaping pile of potato salad while the other her (her actually just eating moderately)

Still don’t know what Intuitive eating pertains to
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Morbidly A Beast   United States
Joined 3 years
ForeverFFA:
I was just curious if anyone else on this site who isn't actively gaining considers themselves an intuitive eater? I've noticed the way that calories, food/cravings, and how a body gains or loses weight are usually discussed here. This isn't meant as a criticism at all, but it seems like more people understand these concepts through the lens of standard dieting wisdom than not?

Morbidly A Beast:
I’m so removed from diets and stuff at this point but I saw a tik tok diet person do a tiktok where they said most people who intuitively eat don’t actually “intuitively eat” but they just eat whatever they want, which absolutely that’s how I operate, but if you’re trying to lose weight or maintain a calorie deficit she explained it better. It was funny because she did it in the context of a cookout and she had like 3 hot dogs and heaping pile of potato salad while the other her (her actually just eating moderately)

Still don’t know what Intuitive eating pertains to

ForeverFFA:
Lol. A lot of people on social media like to mock or distort intuitive eating, but the premise is that diets don't work or they take up too much mental energy to be worth it. It allows people to pursue health but requires them to drop preconceived notions of what that looks like. The point that this tiktok woman missed is that the goal is for people to listen to their bodies (which can be really hard in the beginning) and practice gentle nutrition.



Here’s the video it was a YouTube short not a tik tok lol youtube.com/shorts/KaLFfBPP8SA
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Munchies   United States
Joined 4 years
ForeverFFA:
I was just curious if anyone else on this site who isn't actively gaining considers themselves an intuitive eater? I've noticed the way that calories, food/cravings, and how a body gains or loses weight are usually discussed here. This isn't meant as a criticism at all, but it seems like more people understand these concepts through the lens of standard dieting wisdom than not?

Morbidly A Beast:
I’m so removed from diets and stuff at this point but I saw a tik tok diet person do a tiktok where they said most people who intuitively eat don’t actually “intuitively eat” but they just eat whatever they want, which absolutely that’s how I operate, but if you’re trying to lose weight or maintain a calorie deficit she explained it better. It was funny because she did it in the context of a cookout and she had like 3 hot dogs and heaping pile of potato salad while the other her (her actually just eating moderately)

Still don’t know what Intuitive eating pertains to

ForeverFFA:
Lol. A lot of people on social media like to mock or distort intuitive eating, but the premise is that diets don't work or they take up too much mental energy to be worth it. It allows people to pursue health but requires them to drop preconceived notions of what that looks like. The point that this tiktok woman missed is that the goal is for people to listen to their bodies (which can be really hard in the beginning) and practice gentle nutrition.

Morbidly A Beast:
Here’s the video it was a YouTube short not a tik tok lol youtube.com/shorts/KaLFfBPP8SA

I do this. I didn't realize that I was doing this. But I switched over to intuitive eating when I stopped being a gainer.
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Morbidly A Beast   United States
Joined 3 years
ForeverFFA:
I've been doing it for four years now and honestly it's one of the best things I've ever done for myself. The only downside is that it took a lot of wind out of the sails of my fantasies to realize that most people with healthy metabolisms won't endlessly gain weight by eating whatever they want. But it also gave me new respect for how hard a lot of gainers must have to work to achieve their results.


Some people have to work really hard for others they gain weight just looking at a cheeseburger just so happens I am in the later category not the former I think it’s cause my metabolism is so out of wack from cutting weight for all those years
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Munchies   United States
Joined 4 years
ForeverFFA:
I've been doing it for four years now and honestly it's one of the best things I've ever done for myself. The only downside is that it took a lot of wind out of the sails of my fantasies to realize that most people with healthy metabolisms won't endlessly gain weight by eating whatever they want. But it also gave me new respect for how hard a lot of gainers must have to work to achieve their results.

Morbidly A Beast:
Some people have to work really hard for others they gain weight just looking at a cheeseburger just so happens I am in the later category not the former I think it’s cause my metabolism is so out of wack from cutting weight for all those years


The irony of restrictive eating is that it you can end up fatter than you planned.

Of course, I'm not advocating for restrictive eating to gain weight. Why restrict your eating, risk health issues, and be miserable when you can just enough food and be happy?

It's a no brainer for me.
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Morbidly A Beast   United States
Joined 3 years
how do you differentiate between gluttonous cravings for food and what your body wants/needs? Maybe I used to be able to differentiate them but I currently can’t I’m either starving or almost stuffed/stuffed
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Munchies   United States
Joined 4 years
Morbidly A Beast:
how do you differentiate between gluttonous cravings for food and what your body wants/needs? Maybe I used to be able to differentiate them but I currently can’t I’m either starving or almost stuffed/stuffed


It's hard at first, but you can achieve it over time through self-reflection and research. I don't think about what I eat too much until I start craving things. For example, if I get a sudden craving for something deep-fried and crunchy or something sugary, I'm probably stressed about something. I usually want those foods because they make me feel good - at least until the sheer amount of grease and dough makes me feel bad later. But if I'm craving sushi or seaweed, I know that my iron, omega-3, and/or iodine levels are low.
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Morbidly A Beast   United States
Joined 3 years
Morbidly A Beast:
how do you differentiate between gluttonous cravings for food and what your body wants/needs? Maybe I used to be able to differentiate them but I currently can’t I’m either starving or almost stuffed/stuffed

ForeverFFA:
If you really want to get to the bottom of this and have the time/money, I recommend seeing a HAES or intuitive eating dietician. I may be nerding out on this topic right now, but I have zero expertise beyond my own lived experience.


It peaked my curiosity is all you’re good smiley
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Morbidly A Beast   United States
Joined 3 years
Morbidly A Beast:
how do you differentiate between gluttonous cravings for food and what your body wants/needs? Maybe I used to be able to differentiate them but I currently can’t I’m either starving or almost stuffed/stuffed

Munchies:
It's hard at first, but you can achieve it over time through self-reflection and research. I don't think about what I eat too much until I start craving things. For example, if I get a sudden craving for something deep-fried and crunchy or something sugary, I'm probably stressed about something. I usually want those foods because they make me feel good - at least until the sheer amount of grease and dough makes me feel bad later. But if I'm craving sushi or seaweed, I know that my iron, omega-3, and/or iodine levels are low.


Interesting.

What would you say your body is telling you to an amount of food instead of a specific food I’ve been craving amounts recently like x ammount of burritos maybe it’s hard to read cause I’m actively going for it but it’s just super curious to me is all
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Munchies   United States
Joined 4 years
Morbidly A Beast:
how do you differentiate between gluttonous cravings for food and what your body wants/needs? Maybe I used to be able to differentiate them but I currently can’t I’m either starving or almost stuffed/stuffed

Munchies:
It's hard at first, but you can achieve it over time through self-reflection and research. I don't think about what I eat too much until I start craving things. For example, if I get a sudden craving for something deep-fried and crunchy or something sugary, I'm probably stressed about something. I usually want those foods because they make me feel good - at least until the sheer amount of grease and dough makes me feel bad later. But if I'm craving sushi or seaweed, I know that my iron, omega-3, and/or iodine levels are low.

Morbidly A Beast:
Interesting.

What would you say your body is telling you to an amount of food instead of a specific food I’ve been craving amounts recently like x ammount of burritos maybe it’s hard to read cause I’m actively going for it but it’s just super curious to me is all


Honestly, I just eat until I am no longer hungry. I don't enjoy having a stomach filled with food. It weighs me down, makes me sleepy, and I can't get comfy. A lot of people like that stuff around here, but there's a reason I'm a feeder and not a feedee.
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