If you have a history of diets, it can feel easy to turn intuitive eating into its own diet. Keep an eye out for that perfectionism: I blew it. I should be a certain size just to kind of keep an eye outFor the diet mentality statements that feel familiar and know that when you're learning something new, of course, it's challenging at first. It takes practice and just to keep renewing your vows that we want peace here.
Everyone has a view about what you should eat and how much. We're so bombarded with fad diets, fasting plans and nutritional advice that we can bounce from one way of eating to another without stopping to think: "What do I want to eat?"
Psychotherapist Andrea Wachter endured years of disordered eating and obsessing about her weight, until she decided to heed her inner voice and what her body wanted to consume. She explains to Dr Laurie Santos how so-called intuitive eating can free us from both diets and overeating.
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