Overfed head, Thintuition

**Consentual** · 03-02-2005, 03:15 PM

Has anyone every heard about this book??

You can check it out at www.thintuition.com & www.theoverfedhead.com

Anyways, it is a WOE that is really close to NT however it's basic premise is that you eat when you are hungry and stop when you are full. Unlike NT it does not list any foods that you should eat less frequently. This program is really about getting in touch with your body and feeling when you are satisfied and when you are truely hungry. I have been doing this program for about two weeks and I am actually losing. I just eat regular foods - no foods are off limits in the WOE the biggest thing is just meeting your individual fuel needs.

Is anyone else aware of this program??

Also Lani - how do you feel this program differs from NT? When I attempted NT I was totally freaked out by gaining weight(which I did) and keeping myself full - I was constantly eating. On this program it is okay to become hungry and truely feel hungry and then eat until you are satisfied.

Hope this helps someone

Also if anyone is interested I will be posting a daily log @ http://groups.msn.com/MyThintuitionexperience

When every you touch your head to your knee it helps to regulate your blood sugar - I do this twice on each leg for 4 breaths each morning

Thanks Bikram!!

**C&Csmom** · 03-18-2005, 07:46 PM

i just read this book, the thintuition one. i have the schwartz one to read next. thintuition guy doesn't have a lot of sources to back up his theory and that worries me.

i'm going to type up his points and put them up on the fridge to see if that helps me. it is a strange shift for me, to focus on my eating while i'm eating. i find myself not wanting anything after a meal or eating in between--'course i've only done this for 2 meals,

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the whole idea of not worrying about what you eat, just how you think about what you eat is intriguing for me. i'm TIRED of the rollercoaster of emotions that come with each new diet plan. we'll see how this goes. next week is a good time to try this way of thinking about food--i'll be out of town so i can't really control what i have access to BUT i can control how i think about food so it should be an interesting experiment, esp as i always GAIN when i take a trip.

best,
anna

**TaliGator** · 03-18-2005, 10:22 PM

I think you'll find that "Diets Don't Work" doesn't provide a lot of sources either. It doesn't bother me because he dsn't telling me I should eat a certain way or eat specific things. He's just telling me to pay attention to my body and you don't document that so easily.

I believe the Overfed Head book is exceptionally similar to Diets Don't Work, you'll have to let me know. It doesn't sound like Overfed provides anything different, perhaps an updated theme but same data.

For me it's about letting go of my harmful patterns, not so much what I eat.

- Tracey

**Katiana** · 03-19-2005, 10:57 AM

Hey guys

This is Consentual with a much better name

Katiana means striking a balance in Swahili and that is what I want to do with my life and my health

Anyways I struggled eating last night. I found that if I drank a couple of ounces (about 2 or 3) of juice it stopped my hunger for about 1.5hrs which gave me time to make dinner and eat it sensibly - which I did. Then I was faced with chocolate cake with peanut butter icing. Now I didn't feel like I shouldn't have it but I wasn't hungry at the time and I really wanted it!!! So I ate it and I could barely finish it and it wasn't that good anyway.

So instead of feeling crappy about this I look at it as a learning experience. I know now that I need to include some type of treat in my meals - doesn't have to be a lot but I haven't had too much lately cause I am always full before I get a chance to have some. So maybe I was really craving it since I haven't really been eating any sort of sweets. I also learned that overeating reallly sucks. My stomach hurt really bad last night.

So now I am sitting here this morning waiting for hunger to come back so I can get back on track.

**C&Csmom** · 03-19-2005, 02:04 PM

hey, my first day of thintuition was great! the numbers on the scale have gone down too! i'm really excited about this.

i didn't have any moments of putting down food in mid meal because i'd had enough. i did feel satisfied after one serving of food and NO snacking. apparently i'm a mindless snacker. for dinner, i made a tomato and cheese sandwich but the tomato tasted funny so i really felt dissatisfied. found something else i liked and ate a little and was done for dinner--amazing!

i even went grocery shopping and bought some food i don't normally bring into the house (and my kids are really happy about)--ice cream and other things i would normally binge on. i'm starting to think that i can live in the house with these foods that normally are dangerous for me.

this is incredibly liberating! the way it has me thinking about food is so new to me. i'm used to thinking about what i eat way more than i am now.

i have schwartz's book, diets still don't work--i'm guessing this is his updated book? haven't started it yet but definitely looking forward to it!

best,
anna

**Miriam40** · 03-19-2005, 03:17 PM

Maybe we should start an "anti-diet" check-in so we can post
how we're doing trying to get out of the "obsession with dieting"
thing.

**C&Csmom** · 03-19-2005, 03:37 PM

miriam, i was thinking the same thing! i think that's an excellent idea. so, uh, who's going to start it? [

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**Katiana** · 03-19-2005, 07:25 PM

I will start it!!! I think that is a wonderful idea. How about we start it formally tomorrow and do it week by week, Sun to Sat.??

Oh and I am having a wonderful day!!!!!!

Isn't this the most wonderful thing!!!! Today my mother went to a candy store and bought this chocolate that I just LOVE and at first when I saw her with the bag I sorta tensed up and then I remembered "Hey I can have that - I can have anything I want just within MY BODY'S NEEDS" Such a weight lifted off these shoulders!!!

**teremy** · 03-20-2005, 01:36 PM

I may try this. Makes since, both thintuition and weigh down. I have tried evrything and I become obsessed with food, trying to eat small meals all day, planning ahead and then my brain overloads and out the window the diet goes. I will use some of the pointers on the websites and see how it goes along with the GM/MM principles of healthy eating.

**teremy** · 03-20-2005, 01:46 PM

I will participate in the weekly thread. It will be interesting to see how everyone does. I love the idea of these philosophies.I am so tired of plans[xx(]