How would you describe your relationship with food? Best friends who save each other’s seats? Mortal enemies who are constantly setting each other up to fail? A little bit of both?
While the answer is different for everyone (thanks to cultural norms, parental modeling and, of course, social media), developing a healthy bond with the stuff that fuels you is one of the most important things you can do for yourself and your health.
That’s where intuitive eating comes in: A food philosophy based on listening to your body’s inner wisdom and learning how to be kind to yourself. It’s about breaking out of diet mentality (or not falling into it in the first place). It may take work, but trust: Soon you’ll be in a place where eating brings you nothing but pure joy and satisfaction. Here’s how to give it a try.
CHECKIN WITH YOURSELF
If the thought of your next meal or snack brings on a helping of anxiety, then it’s likely you need to tweak your attitude toward food. “You may love food and look forward to each time you get to eat, but you also may have negative thoughts floating in your head,” says Elyse Resch, nutrition therapist and author of The Intuitive Eating Workbook for Teens.
Where does this negativity come from? Maybe you’ve got a running list of “good foods” and “bad foods” and beat yourself up when you cave into your cravings for the bad stuff. It could be stemming from guilt about the food choices you made previously, like when you were feeling overwhelmed after a rough day at school. Or maybe you’re suddenly at odds with your body and feeling low in self-confidence.
This story is from the October/November 2019 edition of Girls' Life magazine.
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