RELATIONSHIP WITH FOOD A ROLLING FACTOR IN WEIGHT LOSS.

We all have relationships: with our parents, children, partners, and coworkers.

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We have also seen that, for better or worse, we have a relationship with our food. To have a healthy relationship with food means that one is able to eat for the reasons of physiological rather than emotional hunger and to stop eating at a point when the body and mind are truly satisfied. In order to have a healthy relationship with food, one must first have permission to eat. Our diet mentality has robbed us of even having permission to eat.

Many of us don't even know when we're hungry or comfortably satisfied. If our urge to eat is triggered by external situations such as the time of day or the availability of food, we may lose the awareness of our body's messages of hunger. If eating is our primary coping mechanism for dealing with uncomfortable feelings, we may never experience physical hunger since we are medicating ourselves with food before we even experience the sensations of hunger.

When you watch inner signals of hunger you tend to make food choices without feeling guilt; honor hunger, respect the fullness and enjoy the pleasures of eating.

A healthy relationship with your food begins by paying attention to what you eat. This simple beginning accomplishes several things at once.

• You begin to eat smaller bites.

• Focus more on quality than quantity, and

• Enjoy what you eat even more.