Strict meal plans, calorie counts, weekly weights and food logs. How many of you have been told what to eat, how much to eat and when to eat? And in the words of Dr. Phil McGraw, “So, how’s that working for you?” Diets simply do not work. They erode self -trust, self-esteem and self-love. Too often I’ve witnessed my clients blaming themselves for their diet failures but they did not fail, it was the process of dieting that failed them.
So having said that, when you hear the word DIET, what do you think? What feelings come up? Have your experiences with diets damaged your self trust? Are you on a diet now?
How does dieting make you feel mentally, physically and emotionally?
Personally, I hate the word! And quite frankly I can’t stand that its part of my title, Registered Dietitian.
We were all born with the internal knowledge of listening, trusting and responding to our body's needs. Over time because of outside influences those innate signals get lost and we are subjected to societal pressures of “dieting”. As a Nutrition Therapist, I want to help people retrieve those internal signals of hunger, fullness and food preferences. It’s time to give the intuitive eater within all of us back its voice; to reconnect with our mind, body and eating in a healthy, trusting way. Practice intuitive eating and allow your body to find its comfortable, healthy, desirable weight. Trust in your internal wisdom and listen to your body’s signals, I have no doubt that you will be happy and present in your life as an intuitive eater.
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Amen sister!
ReplyDeleteLove it! And that is exactly why I would send my friends too you!
ReplyDeleteNumbing can become a way of life--numbing through any substance. That's why getting in touch with feelings can be hard for those who use food to numb out. They don't want to feel any feelings, even physical sensations of hunger.
ReplyDeleteNow that I think about it, numbing isn't just a way of life; it's a way of survival for some of us.
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