As a naturally thin person, you eat what you really want--and only what you really want—every single time you get hungry. You regard hunger is a precious resource, too valuable to waste on foods you don't care for. You eat what you like best for two very good reasons. First, you know that constantly depriving yourself exaggerates your desire for certain foods, setting you up for a binge. Desires that are constantly denied gain power, leading eventually to rebellion and overindulgence. You don't put yourself in that situation, because you don't pass judgment on your desires. When you feel hungry, you don't go looking for reasons to deny yourself what you really want. Secondly, and more importantly, you trust your body to know best what it needs. If it's low on protein, it will alert you by making you hungry for a protein food. If it requires a certain vitamin, foods rich in that vitamin will appeal to you. You know that if you get in the habit of ignoring or denying your desire for foods you consider to be frivolous, you won't hear your body when it tries to tell you it needs spinach. You don't deliberate a lot about nutrition. You just trust that your body's natural desire for a variety of foods will lead you reliably to the nutrients you need.
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