For the last few weeks, it has been on my mind that I want to lose weight.
Yeah...
That.
Again.
I went to a therapist nearly 8 years ago for that. LOL. And I never lost weight, I gained weight.
But I found myself. I dug into my childhood, and my thought processes. It was not pretty, it was painful and I grieved. I also found out that I need to be authentically who my higher power made me to be. I discovered that this higher power is a loving God and began the work of letting go of fear and embracing LOVE instead. Mindfulness became a practice. And, oh so many areas of learning along the way.
But now I need to focus in on my relationship with food and my body, which is my relationship with...myself.
I listend to some podcasts by Brooke Castillo and I was ready to hear them.
So here I go. I don't know what this will look like, but I need to pay attention, be curious and not be judgemental. And learn to sit with feelings, and to change my thoughts in regards to those feelings. I have been doing this in practice with other people and things and now it's time to zone in on my body, myself.
Here we go.
Showing posts with label Intuitive Eating. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Intuitive Eating. Show all posts
Tuesday, September 1, 2015
Sunday, January 19, 2014
Intuitive Eating 101
This is from a FB page called Evolved Eating and it came from the blog at the end:
This speaks to me so much!!
The “Healthy Version” of Intuitive Eating
There is none.
THERE IS NO “HEALTHY VERSION OF INTUITIVE EATING”. Don’t do it. It will backfire.
Wanna know why? Because what you are really saying is: I am going to try and, like, trust my body. But I, like, can’t ever really trust my body. Obviously, so I’m gonna like fake trust it and, like, listen to it but only let it eat, like…. healthy foods.
No!
Your body will know what you are doing. And the part of your mind that you think you are tricking will know what you are doing too!
You cannot do the healthy version of intuitive eating, because intuitive eating is the healthy version of eating.
And it is healthy, even if you are eating lots of brownies.
It is healthy because it is free and curious and pleasure based.
It is healthy because it takes your eating controls away from your mind, and gives them to your body.
It is healthy because even if you are craving foods that you decided before were “not healthy” (or that anyone would tell you are “not healthy”), letting go of fear of food is immensely important for mental health.
Mental health is immensely important for physical health.
Learning to trust your body is the healthiest thing you could do.
But not even that, the idea is to neutralize all foods. Cravings have less power when they are allowed. Irrational cravings do not exist when they are allowed. They become neutral.
Your body knows what it needs. Your body needs calories. And your body needs to know it can eat.
Intuitive Eating is not about eating the smallest amount possible. Or being “so in tune with your body” that you only need to eat celery and goat keifer and sunlight.
No, intuitive eating allows you to EAT. For God’s sake EAT. Eat the things that nourish you and please you. The things that make your mouth water and that you only let yourself eat in your dreams.
That is the food your body is asking for.
And anyway, you’re never gonna really crave Kale til your body and mind both believe that it can also eat cake for dinner whenever it wants.
http://thefuckitdiet.com/blog/
This speaks to me so much!!
The “Healthy Version” of Intuitive Eating
There is none.
THERE IS NO “HEALTHY VERSION OF INTUITIVE EATING”. Don’t do it. It will backfire.
Wanna know why? Because what you are really saying is: I am going to try and, like, trust my body. But I, like, can’t ever really trust my body. Obviously, so I’m gonna like fake trust it and, like, listen to it but only let it eat, like…. healthy foods.
No!
Your body will know what you are doing. And the part of your mind that you think you are tricking will know what you are doing too!
You cannot do the healthy version of intuitive eating, because intuitive eating is the healthy version of eating.
And it is healthy, even if you are eating lots of brownies.
It is healthy because it is free and curious and pleasure based.
It is healthy because it takes your eating controls away from your mind, and gives them to your body.
It is healthy because even if you are craving foods that you decided before were “not healthy” (or that anyone would tell you are “not healthy”), letting go of fear of food is immensely important for mental health.
Mental health is immensely important for physical health.
Learning to trust your body is the healthiest thing you could do.
But not even that, the idea is to neutralize all foods. Cravings have less power when they are allowed. Irrational cravings do not exist when they are allowed. They become neutral.
Your body knows what it needs. Your body needs calories. And your body needs to know it can eat.
Intuitive Eating is not about eating the smallest amount possible. Or being “so in tune with your body” that you only need to eat celery and goat keifer and sunlight.
No, intuitive eating allows you to EAT. For God’s sake EAT. Eat the things that nourish you and please you. The things that make your mouth water and that you only let yourself eat in your dreams.
That is the food your body is asking for.
And anyway, you’re never gonna really crave Kale til your body and mind both believe that it can also eat cake for dinner whenever it wants.
http://thefuckitdiet.com/blog/
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