Instead, it’s about understanding what triggers you to over / under eat by exploring your food history, social / environmental triggers, and relationship with your body. Ultimately, it’s about learning to enjoy the experience of eating again. It’s learning to eat and move WITH your body instead of eating / moving in ways that change your body.
The dieting industry teaches us that bodies are not to be trusted. They are to be manipulated, changed, and controlled to fit in a certain mold. IE is about un-teaching the dieting principles. Because dieting disconnects us from our body and actually causes our body (and mind) to react in frightening ways. For some, dieting is deeply entrenched in our behavioral patterns (and society).
Here’s a test. Which of the below are examples of dieting behaviors?
- “I make 1/2 of my plate fruits/vegetables, 1/4 with starch, and 1/4 with protein”
- “I’ll eat a salad at lunch because I am going out for dinner”
- “I ate an extra slice of pizza so I need to run tonight”
- “I don’t have pasta and bread at the same meal”
- “I don’t eat carbs after 6pm”
- “I ate a lot this afternoon so I’ll skip dinner”
- “I drink a few glasses of water before each meal”
- “I’m going to remove gluten, sugar, dairy, alcohol, or grains for 30 days”
- “I’m going to drink only juice for a weak to detox my body”
- “I only eat whole wheat bread”
- “I eat when I’m hungry and I stop when I’m full”
- “I avoid fried food”
Clearly you guessed it. They are all examples of dieting. Shocked? So was I.
In my “prime,” I handed out 8-12 low calorie diets a day and yes, my clients lost weight…until they didn’t anymore. And the weight came back (and then some). So I gave them another diet…and another diet….because clearly it was THEM, not the system.
I’m not supposed to tell someone to “make-up” for “overeating” by exercising more or eating less?
Forcing people to eat a balanced plate actually makes them overeat?
“Healthy” foods aren’t everything a human being needs?
Sugar doesn’t cause diabetes?
Eliminating a food from your diet makes you want it more?
Fudge.
Crumb.
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So where do I start?
Jessi Haggerty (dietitian, personal training, certified intuitive eating counselor) has a free IE training on her website. She also has a free podcast, called BodyLove, where she talks with experts about body image. In her 1st episode, she interviews the authors of IE.
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Christy Harrison (dietitian, certified intuitive eating counselor) hosts Food Psych, a free podcast where she interviews leaders in the body positive and health at every size movements
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Paige Smathers (dietitian) talks about the science of nutrition fused with the principles of IE on her free podcast, Nutrition Matters
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For dietitians / health experts, Fiona Sutherland (dietitian) runs a wonderful podcast to teach how to promote a peaceful relationship with food.
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