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My Children usually come in from school and utter, ‘I’m starrrrrrving, what can I have mum?’
To which I frequently reply, ‘What do you fancy? Have a look in the kitchen’.
As far as possible, I try to get them to assess what their body needs to eat. Don’t get me wrong, there are a few ‘unspoken’ rules by which the family abides – e.g. sweets and chocolates are for after meals, thank-you to our lovely old dentist who explained to the children about sugar and tooth decay. Also, the maximum of one bag of crisps a day, as they know too much salt is not good for their heart. However, apart from that, the world’s their oyster, so to speak!
I watched my daughter (age 6) yesterday... she trotted off into the kitchen, got a small bowl out and filled them with Pringles. After happily munching her way through, she asked what she could have next. I refrained (it was hard, I must admit) from saying, ‘something healthy, as Pringles has as much nutritional value as a beer mat, and have you seen the Youtube video where they set light to Pringles and the fat content keeps them burning for ages’ and said, ‘see what’s in the kitchen’.
She came back with a juicy tangerine, and enjoyed it so much she asked for another. Her final piece de resistance was, going back into the kitchen for the last time and coming back with a crisp apple, which she preceded to merrily crunch. Wow! I was so impressed. This truly was intuitive eating. She was choosing what she wanted to and enjoyed every mouthful. Any comments or judgements from me, would have only swayed her to look for external cues to what to eat, rather than the natural internal cues from her own body. Good Girl!
When we truly listen to the fuel our bodies are asking for, rather than all the mixed signals from the media, family, friends, peers, slimming clubs, the diet industry; then we can really relish and enjoy our eating, free from guilt, and watch our weight stabilise.
Just for today... I listen purely to my own body’s wishes and wisdom, not the external wishes of well meaning others.
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