Last night, I became hungry, as I usually do after a choir rehearsal, and I realized I wanted popcorn! (I hardly ever want popcorn).  Then it clued me in to how IE ideally IS about our biological hunger and fullness cues.  Yes....people have warned against the "hunger/fullness diets."  So then that puts me back into eating whenever and whatever.  

But for me that's not progress.  In order to change habits so that I can yes, feel better in my body and move throughout life (I want to run again, but I'm not doing it at the expense of my knees at my current weight), I DO need to change.  And, in a way, adhering primarily to my hunger/fullness cues...in a way....DOES feel like a diet...only because it's a CHANGE.  I know I can eat what I want...and when my BODY/MIND wants it.  If I went with what just my mind wants all the time, I'd be feeling uncomfortable.  So yeah...sometimes I feel like I need permission from others to EAT or to NOT EAT.  So now, I need permission to NOT EAT if I'm not truly hungry (I'm allowing myself more freedom with the occasional snack that gets offered too).