Principle 3: Make Peace with Food Do you constantly feel like you are at war with food? Are you constantly trying to …
Make Peace With Food
Nutrition
Honor Your Hunger
Honoring your hunger sounds easy, right? One of the strongest and loudest cues our bodies give us is to eat, but what if I told you that years of ignoring your hunger cues due to dieting or following your own “food rules” can actually change the way you feel and interpret hunger?
Reject the Diet Mentality
The idea of intuitive eating is to finally throw out this diet mentality that so many of us have been stuck in, which can be much easier said than done! After years and years of being stuck in this mentality we lose touch with what our bodies are trying to tell us. How many times has your stomach growled asking for food, but remembering the cookie you ate yesterday, you mentally suppress it into silence? Intuitive eating is being kind to our bodies and giving it what it needs when it needs it. It is honoring our body’s hunger cues and signals.
