Stages...

It's a learning process, this Intuitive Eating...

The other day, I read somewhere a really good way of looking at things:

Babies don't come out of the womb ready / knowing how to walk ... it takes them stages to learn. First, they can't do anything. Then they learn to creep, to crawl, to toddle, THEN to walk!

It's the same with relearning how to eat "intuitively", I think. First we learn about what we should be doing (waiting for "0"/empty, and stopping by "5"/before we've stuffed ourselves). Then we stumble -- the practices are unfamiliar, so it takes a while to get the hang of things. And then, finally, we're walking ... we're an Intuitive Eater, and we can do it without having to put much (if any) thought into it at all! It's ingrained and "natural"....

I am currently in the "Toddle" stage... I've learned what I need to do to be an Intuitive Eater, but I'm having trouble getting it right. I'm still thinking like a "dieter", I think. :-? But, with practice (and a LOT of patience with myself!) I will get there, eventually. :o)