"The Intuitive Eater"

So, my sister emailed me this morning and shared "A Week of Mindful Eating" from the Women's Services on BYU Campus and I thought, "oh! this will be great. I've been meaning to start eating healthier (like fruits and veggies and such)..."
then, as I began to read about Day 1, I felt that it is more directed towards women with eating problems aka problems with not eating... so, I thought I'd just disregard it, but then i hoped that the rest of the week may be directed towards me?? (at least one of the days maybe...) So, like my sister, I will be attempting to answer the journal questions throughout the week. But first, i'd like to share my quiz experience... Halie said that she doesn't necessarily agree with everything on here and I think I agree with her to disagree with the program. I took a survey that told me if my score was under 20pts I may have an unhealthy attitude/extreme eating behaviors when it comes to food/eating. After the first 8 questions I added up my score so far (there are 26 questions) and I was already at 20 points. Then, I continued to take the quiz and ended up with... well, more than someone should have... (70 to be exact). So, I can take this one of two ways... (1) Be happy that I am have a healthy attitude towards food and non-extreme eating behaviors... or (2) Worry that although I am not anorexic or bulimic I may have a problem with being the other extreme eating behavior (eating all the time/enjoying it). At this point, I've decided to go with route (1). -- At least until my metabolism catches up with me...
Also, although I fall under many of the categories listed in the results section, I found myself to be able to relate with the ideal: "The Intuitive Eater" Intuitive eaters march to their inner hunger signals and eat whatever they choose without experiencing guilt. They honor hunger, respect fullness, and enjoy the pleasure of eating. Yeah, that sounds about right... I don't fit the mold exactly, but only some people do... (that's where my 7-category overlap comes in.. "Note: You may identify with an array of elements from many categories--ideally, you will find yourself in the description of the mindful eater more often through A Week of Mindful Eating".)

Other options included (but are not limited to):
THE CAREFUL EATER
Appears to be the perfect eater, yet anguishes over each food morsel and its effect on the body. On the surface, this person seems health and fitness oriented, because he/she is vigilant about what is put into the body and is highly conscious of nutrition. (OPPOSITE of me)

THE CHAOTIC UNCONSCIOUS EATER
This person often lives an over-scheduled life--too busy, too many things to do. The chaotic eating style is haphazard--gulp ‘n go when the food is available. Chaotic eaters are often so busy putting out fires that they have difficulty identifying biological hunger until it’s fiercely ravenous.

THE PROFESSIONAL DIETER
This person is perpetually dieting, often trying the latest commercial diet or diet book. Professional dieters know a lot about proportions of foods, calories, and “dieting tricks”, yet they are always on another diet because the original never worked. (DEFINITELY NOT ME.)

Alright, on to my journaling:
What strengths did you discover in your eating attitudes? I discovered that I have a great attitude towards food the majority of the time. What specific habits do you have that you want to continue? I'd like to continue eating when appropriate and stopping when appropriate too. I should probably start exercising in addition to my "healthy eating attitude" so I don't go to the opposite extreme and become obese because my attitude is SOO Healthy. What habits do you have that you would like to change throughout A Week of Mindful Eating? Well, being that I already cook a lot (once a day) and today (for the first time in a while) have a lunch to eat, I'd like to continue to have a lunch to eat so that I can aid my hunger so I don't feel so food deprived and crabby at the end of the day...

I promise I'm not mocking this program, I just felt that I answered a lot of the questions in my schpeel above rather than in the Q&A format at the end... but for real.. who wouldn't be interested in doing this? It's so bright and happy! (see above poster)

Sorry there is not more pictures... next post for sure! (We went to the ice castles this weekend and it will be a precious post for sure! :)