Some people may adapt satlsfaction changes in taste perception more easily than others. More Photos Of course! Eating is supposed to be pleasurable and satisfying.

Enjoy the taste of satisfaction -

Each of the ten principles of Intuitive Eating connects back and promotes your ability to be able to discover the satisfaction factor to enjoy foods again.

Sounds pretty amazing, right? We would have to agree! Hint hint - this is something we talk about in our Jumpstart to Intuitive Eating Course. Keep reading to learn more! Satisfaction can be described as the fulfillment of one's wishes, expectations, or needs and the pleasure derived from this.

Simply put - you get what you want and need. In terms of food, this means enjoying foods that honor your taste buds and your body. As mentioned above, satisfaction is so important because it helps you understand your body on a deeper level. When we are able to assess and honor what sounds satisfying we are more likely to feel more fulfilled after the meal and be able to move on with our lives.

In contrast, if you are unable to find truly satisfying food at meals and snacks it will likely leave you feeling subpar and reaching for even more unsatisfying foods until you ultimately feel uncomfortably full and guilty.

Sound familiar? This is a common belief that you are the problem , when really it may just be the fact that you have restricted yourself from these foods for so long.

We have diet culture and a myriad of rules that are placed around our intake to thank for that. However, the truth is that when you give yourself true permission to eat all foods, especially the satisfying ones, your preoccupation with these foods diminishes.

You are able to more appropriately assess how these foods make you feel and eat them in an amount that feels good for you. However, this food freedom comes from you starting to incorporate these foods. And it all starts with asking yourself one big question: what do I really want to eat? While previous diets may have had all the rules set up for you - understanding satisfaction comes from you throwing those rules out the window and tuning into you.

Are you in the mood for something sweet, savory, salty, spicy, or sour? Imagine some foods you have had in the past that fall under these categories - how do they sound to you at this moment?

Do you want something smooth, creamy, crunchy, chewy, crispy, crumbly, hard, soft, flaky, gooey, mushy, sticky, greasy, dry, moist, thick, thin, heavy, light, or lumpy? Imagine having a food that is a specific texture and think of how that would feel for you. The smell of specific foods can be very enticing and may bring back some joyful memories.

Is there a specific aroma that you feel would be satisfying at this moment? What temperature would satisfy you? Is it degrees and you need something nice and cold or have you been traveling outside in the cold and would prefer a warm bowl of soup?

Think about what temperature you would enjoy. As humans, we tend to eat with our eyes first. Is there something specific a color or type of food that would be visually appealing and appetizing for you at this moment? Do you need something heavier and more sustaining? Maybe you have a long meeting and know that you will likely not be able to eat for another hours.

Or perhaps you are going out to dinner within the next few hours and would prefer something lighter that will be digested more quickly? There is no right or wrong answer but you can choose certain types of food based on your current needs.

Being distracted at mealtimes can take away from your experience and the satisfaction of eating. Try and notice what you typically do at mealtimes - are you watching TV? Reading a book? Talking with others? Lost in thought? Practice focusing on one or two sensory focal points to help bring you back to the meal in front of you.

Try and set up an eating space that feels good and comfortable for you. Somewhere you can focus on your meal and enjoy every last bite without feeling like your mind is running in different directions!

Similar to cultivating a positive physical environment, it can be helpful to understand how you are feeling going into mealtimes. Are you stressed from school or work? Are there individuals arguing at mealtimes?

Is there diet talk or conversations about your body happening during meal times? How you are feeling emotionally can impact your ability to find satisfaction in your food. It can be helpful to try and set boundaries around mealtimes.

Understand who is helpful to have around and what type of environment is the most conducive to you feeling peaceful at meals.

Put together a plate that sounds satisfying to you and get comfortable. Satisfaction is so important to the whole eating experience, that you can most certainly feel full but not satisfied after a meal. And just what exactly encompasses this intuitive eating principle in achieving food freedom?

Keep reading to find out why your pleasure does matter. The sense of deprivation that is the result of unsatisfied needs is so strong, that unless that need is met one way or another, it will continue eating away at us, if you will.

This is what happens when we diet and restrict foods, especially those we love: at some point the body will override any attempts to control our food intake because it needs food to survive-bodies are just that smart!

So we go for a granola bar: somewhat sweet, crunchy and sometimes filling. But still the need is not really met. No muss, no fuss. In fact, we are meant to get satisfaction from food.

Satisfying a need for particular food is just one of the ways this wiring works. In fact, satisfying the craving with the actual food tends to lead to not having to eat so much of it to feel satisfied.

Allowing ourselves the pleasure of eating frees us from food obsessions, which gives us more time to actually nurture ourselves in a way that promotes our health and wellbeing.

As human beings, we are programmed to seek pleasure and avoid pain. The need to eat, therefore, goes hand in hand with seeking the pleasure of food and avoiding the pain of hunger. In France and other European and Mediterranean countries, food is celebrated and enjoyed, not moralized or feared.

Similarly, many of the health benefits of the Mediterranean diet comes from the social aspect of sharing meals with others and socializing while eating. I love how Tribole and Resch point out that for many in the Western hemisphere, pleasure is often tied to feelings of guilt and wrongdoing, possibly related to the strong puritanical roots and traditions of self denial this society sits upon.

Interestingly, reports from the United Nations and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development OECD indicate that Japan, Korea, and France are countries with the lowest heart disease rates.

Allowing pleasure and satisfaction into our eating experience does not lead to loss of control around food. On the contrary, when one is satisfied and comfortably full, honoring hunger and fullness signals, it usually takes less amount of food to satisfy us, and we start learning to trust our bodies like never before.

And it mostly boils down to not allowing the satisfaction factor to operate. And how do you allow more pleasure and satisfaction in your eating behaviors? Here, awareness and mindfulness are key. you will potentially miss the experience of pleasure.

And, if you do not get the pleasure that you seek, the brain often interprets that missed experience of pleasure as hunger. We are left either feeling hungry, or full but not satisfied.

Does it take time and effort to unlearn diet rules and to shush the food police? Of course!

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