Intuitive Eating Myth Busting: Intuitive Eating is Easy

Compared to rigid dieting, yeah, I guess you can say that intuitive eating looks like there is no structure to it at all! With all of rules, guidelines, meal plans, to-do lists, and responsibilities that come with dieting, when we are told me can have food freedom, intuitive eating looks like a free-for-all! Sad, but true.

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Intuitive Eating Myth #4: Nutrition Doesn't Matter

As a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist, I believe that food can be a very powerful tool when it comes to living a healthy life. However, nutrition is only one piece of a much larger puzzle.

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Intuitive Eating Myth #3: Intuitive Eating is a Diet

No, no, a million times no. Although the diet industry is trying to jump on the bandwagon and steal it away to turn it into yet another way to make money off of our insecurities through lies, true intuitive eating is not a diet!!

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Intuitive Eating Myth #2: Intuitive Eating Means Ice Cream and Pizza All Day Every Day

Mhmm, this is the number one misunderstood idea that I hear about intuitive eating. “If we are eating intuitively, we are going to want all of the “bad” foods all of the time. If we have a choice, we will want to eat brownies and fries all day long!”

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Why Acceptance Needs to be the First, Middle, and Continuous Step in Your Recovery

We have all experienced and seen the powerful affects of change, whether it has been intentional or unintentional change. When it comes to pursuing better health, change can be a very good thing. Sometimes it can even be necessary.

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Awareness as a Tool in Eating Disorder Recovery

Self-awareness is the process of understanding our own beliefs, thoughts, motivations, and actions; a practice that is an invaluable tool in eating disorder recovery. It is the practice of consciously recognizing and reflecting on what we think, how we feel, what we believe, and how we behave at any specific moment in time. Self-awareness can guide and assist us in the eating disorder recovery process and you can start this right away.

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