Due to my recent health issues, I’ve had to do a lot of talking about my diet. More specifically, I’ve been faceed with many decisions that need to be made. I’ll be perfectly honest, trying to balance my physical health with my mental health is not easy. If it were one or the other, I […]
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Sometimes it is easy to muffle out this talk and keep moving forward; however, sometimes it isn’t so easy. So for those days when Intuitive Eating seems like the long, straight, and narrow; when the voices of dieters seem to be overpowering the voice of reason; and when those diet books are calling from the “Health/Nutrition” section at Chapters, here is a little reminder…
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Q+A: I often find it hard to know when I’m hungry or not, and a friend recently told me I wasn’t eating enough- although I don’t feel hungry? I’ve had eating disorder tendencies in the past and although I’m not restricting I feel this may be a result?
Q+A: How do I know if I’m eating enough? Read More »
I know it’s been a while since my last post. I’ve unfortunately been dealing with some health issues as well as life events that have caused me to take time off work and in general fall a bit behind on things. However, it is now May, and I am ready for a new season. Having
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I have been working (for a while now) on intuitive eating. And I tend to focus on eating every three to four hours but if I feel hungry before three hours I usually ignore my hunger and wait because I shouldn’t be hungry at that time… (right?)
Q+A: Timing and Hunger Ques Read More »
Recently we shared this image over at Libero Network. I stumbled across it somewhere in the webosphere (credit to recoverylifeandcats.tumblr.com) and it caught my attention. We’ve all seen the Special K adds “What will you gain when you lose?” (a topic for a future post…); however, this image throws it back in Special K’s face
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Happy New Year! 1) I can’t believe it’s taken until January 19th for me to write the first post of the year 2) I can’t believe it’s January 19th. I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas/New Years and that you’re ready to take on another year with gusto! Apparently 2015 is the year of
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The holidays are almost here. Wow. Those just kind of snuck up on me! Time is moving faster than the crazy holiday shoppers, and everyone is on hyper-drive. As we all know, the holidays bring with them many emotions, one of the main ones being stress. With holidays typically comes family, and let’s face it,
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Anonymous asked: Hi, I’m new to the concept of intuitive eating and have some questions. I’m pretty sure I’ve struggled with an undiagnosed ED for several years. I’m concerned that I generally eat in an unhealthy way. I’m tired of battling my appetite all the time, but how do I know what to eat and
Q+A: How do I know what to eat and when? Read More »
One of the most difficult things I’ve found about Intuitive Eating (and life in general) is taking responsibility for your actions. Intuitive Eating is all about letting go of rigid rules and being gentle with yourself. But it is also about discipline–not in the sense of being “so good” for cutting out sugar or having
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