This is what yesterday looked like for me, I hope you can read it 
Basically I followed my hunger throughout the day and wrote down what I ate. Today, I'm going to work on the same thing (eating only when hungry) and focusing on what my body wants to eat rather than what my brain wants to eat.
There were times yesterday when I was eating to prepare for hunger. Such as eating lunch because I didn't want to be hungry for the gym and I didn't want to go so soon after eating. So I ate, even though I wasn't overly hungry. Which is tricky. Sometimes I find that I will eat anyway if I feel like I haven't eaten enough. I really wanted fruit yesterday, but we go through fruit so quickly in our house that its hard to always have it. We go through bags of apples, oranges, grapes and bananas weekly, so a trip to the store is in order.
While making dinner I kept tasting and tasting and by the time it was ready I wasn't physically hungry anymore, but mentally felt like I hadn't eaten, so ate. I did eat though and will work on my dinner-making tasting.
We went to the gym yesterday and did strength training A and followed with close to an hour on the elliptical. I will take my jeans photo today as well.
I love your little map! Its so cute! I need to do one of those. And I am just like you- I eat when I feel I SHOULD eat or to prevent being hungry rather than eating when I AM hungry. Its awful!
I do what I call “defensive eating” at times. I rarely feel like eating breakfast, but will be starving by 10 am if I don’t. If I’m going for a 3-4 hour hike, I’ll eat a big meal beforehand, because I’ve learned from experience that I WILL be hungry. The other option is to pack a lunch, but I’d rather not carry it, so I carry it in my belly, and just carry fruits, nuts, and water. As for the gym, I don’t have a problem with eating a small meal, and heading right over. If I get too hungry, I hit the wall and have no energy, so it seems like the lesser or two evils.
Wow! Lorrie, that is such a good idea. It really paints a vivid picture for the day. Love your blog.
What a great idea! I like how your food map incorporated how hungry you actually felt and what exercise and such you did. I think I’m going to try one of these out, seems like you get good insight from it.
The map is fabulous. I love it. I might try that myself sometime soon.
And I can’t wait to see your food journal! Your food always looks and sounds so great!
I love your hunger map. What a great idea to track your food, hunger and thoughts throughout the day. Quite interesting. I have to try it! Thanks for the idea.
Love this entry. I like the idea of mapping my day. I have been playing with mind mapping and this is a great kind of extension.
I keep trying to remember to write down everything that I eat… if I do it this way, it will be more like a game instead of a chore that I have to do. Thnaks!