Registered Dietitian Certified Diabetes Educator Jean can teach you what to eat and how to fit a healthy diet into your schedule. Normal eating is being able to eat when you are hungry and to continue eating until you are satisfied. Normal eating is being able to chose food you like and eat it and truly get enough of it-and not just stop eating because you think you should. Normal eating is being able to use moderate constraint in your food selection to get the right food, but not being so restrictive you miss out on pleasurable foods. Normal eating is giving yourself permission to eat sometimes because you are happy, sad, bored, or just because eating feels good.
Normal eating is three meals per day or it can be choosing to munch along.
Normal eating is leaving some cookies on the plate because you know you can have some tomorrow or it is eating more now because they taste so wonderful when they are fresh. Normal eating is overeating at times , feeling stuffed and uncomfortable. It is also under-eating at times and wishing you had more. Normal eating is trusting your body to make up for your mistakes in eating. Normal eating takes up some time and attention, but it keeps its place as only one important area of your life.