The most important thing to do if you are worried about your emotional eating is to embrace the emotions and allow yourself to actually FEEL your feelings.
As an eating disorder dietitian, it is literally a core belief of my soul that no food is bad.
When you’re operating from the psychology of deprivation, you are going to be hungry for the things that you tell yourself you shouldn’t have.
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If you’re ready to free yourself and others from diet culture, fat phobia and eating disordered thoughts, take note of the words you should stop using- today.
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There are ways to improve nutritional intake, but contrary to popular belief, it isn't through more nutrition information.
When you take care of your circadian rhythm, you then have the bandwidth for other things in life that you truly value.
A healthy weight in the broadest sense factors in the weight your body naturally settles at when you are nourishing and moving (or not moving) your body in a way that makes sense for you at any given stage in your life.
Every January we are bombarded with the idea of New Year’s Resolutions, often having to do with diet and exercise. For a person recovering from an eating disorder, this can be really challenging.
Recovery requires thought, planning and intention. With the incorrect mindset, recovery is like running a marathon without a proper training schedule.
You can set a clear boundary with everyone. If they start talking about their food choices, calories and weight, don’t get hooked.
The medical community needs to start recognizing that their proposed solutions to “weight issues” are at best unhelpful, and at worst outright dangerous.
You can’t meet your nutrition needs by “Eating when you're hungry and stopping when you’re full” when your body has not been accustomed to a consistent pattern of adequate nourishment.
No matter what stage of recovery you’re in, it is possible to get through the holidays, and maybe have a good time doing it.
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The process of making peace with food, embracing Intuitive Eating and giving up the diet mentality absolutely requires curiosity.