Hungry?

Last night I started reading a book about letting go of emotional eating (see last post!) and one point that really stuck out was the deprevation that happens when we are on a 'diet'. While on a diet when we get hungry or crave for something, say a lindt chocolate bunny, we are instantly told to find an alternative which means maybe we look into our pot of low fat/low point goodies but we haven't satisfied our craving for the particular food so we consume all the low fat goodies and then eat what we wanted in the first place but maybe instead of just one we eat 5, ending up consuming twice the calories we would have if we had just allowed ourselves the treat in the first place. This for me is so true I find myself denying foods for so long and denying what my body is craving that instead of just having one or a little bit I try to be'good'and then end up gorging the equivalent of my body weight in the food I wanted in the first place. So for the next couple of days I am going to try and listen to what I am really hungry for and then have it. I think it is about time that I start trusting my body and myself to not make harmful decisions. Does this sound a little crazy?! To be honest it scares the beejesus out of me to not have rules to follow for a couple of days but I just want to see what happens, I want to see if my body goes crazy and I clear out the bakery or maybe knowing that I can have anything could mean that I don't want anything (if that makes sense) - yes maybe I will gain a few kilos but what if it's okay, what if I find that I can trust my body and can stop this roller coaster with food? Wouldn't it be worth it?