One of the most well known components of intuitive eating (IE) is the hunger and fullness scale. In fact, I find that if you aren’t careful, sometimes focusing on this exclusively can result in looking at IE as just another diet. So it is important to be aware of the hunger and fullness aspects but not to turn it into another way to measure success or failure. And if you find that you’ve been dieting for quite some time now, or restricting foods, you may not be in tune with your own hunger and fullness. So let’s learn a few simple tips to help you get in tune with your body more.
…How the Binge Restrict Cycle Keeps You At War With Your Body
Have you ever heard about someone being happy on the current diet they are on? Chances are slim that if you’ve ever been on a diet or restricting foods in some way that you felt happy doing so. I can remember back to my first diet at age 15, I felt miserable. I was restricting my calories to 1100-1200 a day, working out more and more and I was miserable. Being so miserable about my body and food made me miss out on life way to much. Plus it kept me stuck in the binge restrict cycle for years without even realizing it. Today I want to share with you how restriction and food deprivation makes you miserable and what to focus on instead, because there is so much more to focus on, trust me!
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