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breaking old habits

Oct 11, 2006 12:00pm kim caplan Total Posts: 15	Hi.I am currently reading Naturally Thin kids and doing the program myself.I have 2 teenage boys.One of whom is very famine sensitive and has always created chaos for me if I am not prepared as he gets hungry all the time and cannot tolerate waiting at all.The other child ignors his hunger all day then binges at night as does my husband.The problem is that my husband still upholds the view that skipping meals is a virtue.He is very “work obsessed” and achievement oriented. He says the children have to eat at meal times and not graze all day as they have to learn to fit into society! Needless to say this is causing conflict . Both the children are male by the way.This is yet another example of my being outnumbered and my ideas dismissed as I am a female. Anyone out there have any ideas or similar experiences? Kim.

Oct 16, 2006 07:53am JeninChicago Total Posts: 17	Living the Naturally Thin way with Muggles Hi Kym, I can relate to your feelings even if I don’t have two sons! My husband is a “Big Guy” and always has been. He doesn’t understand the importance of eating when he gets hungry. He’s been starving himself during the day for his entire life. All the same, he is a successful professional and is also very “work oriented”, if only because he gets in a Zone and “forgets” to eat. After nearly three years of constant gentle reminders (that’s how long I’ve been living NT) he is finally starting to get the message. He’s not perfect by any stretch. He still binges at night and eats low quality foods but at least now he’s not ashamed to eat more REAL food when he’s still hungry. I encourage him when we’re out on the weekends to take food with him (I always carry something). For example, if we go out to lunch and get sandwiches and he’s still huingry after eating his first sandwich at 11:00. I encourage him to get another one. I tell him, “I’d rather you eat another sandwich now, than wait until tonight when you haven’t eaten enough all day and watch you binge.” Sometimes he listens, sometimes he doesn’t. While it can be frustrating; leading by quiet example and making a LOT of delicious real food available has been the key for me. When I first started and tried to explain the NT Principles to DH he said “I’ll believe it when I see it”. Since then, he’s better (but by no means perfect) about eating when he gets hungry. I guess the most I can say is Have Courage. Believe and support your wonderful family. Changing a lifetime of eating beliefs comes in smalls steps every day.

Oct 17, 2006 09:00am naturally thin Total Posts: 283	husbands who eat late You are both expressing very common problems. Ours is a culture that values work and productivity and devalues caring for our bodies by eating good food on time. It is very difficult, and I speak from experience, to influence others to eat more responsibly. Many people are so tuned out of their hunger signals that they really do not feel hungry until it’s too late. My husband is the same way and battles excessive hunger at night often. He is learning, though. Instead of trying to talk him into eating more earlier in the day, I find just putting the food in front of him helps. He usually eats it. As for the kids, do your best to get food to them throughout the day, whether your husband agrees with you or not. Your kid’s future health is as risk and he needs to learn to eat well now. Good luck! Glad to have you on the board. Sincerely, Jean Antonello

Nov 01, 2006 11:17am kim caplan Total Posts: 15	breaking old habits Many thanks Jean. Kim.

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