15/07/2021
✨Tips on healing your relationship with food✨
This is by no means the be all end all to creating a healthy relationship with food. This goes WAYYYY deeper and differs from person to person.
But this is a good place to start 🥰
🍉 Numero uno…
No diet culture, no fad diets, no restrictive eating, no diet language full stop… even the word diet brings negative connotations.
The shift here is all about perspective. We want to be kind to our amazing bodies, not starve it or restrict it to attain a certain “look”. Instead… we want to nourish it, heal it, and look after it to FEEL amazing.
This is a continuous journey… the term diet, to me anyway, reflects there is an end, after which you go back to old habits.
🍊Education is key…
This is easier said than done due to the masses of misinformation readily available to us. It is hard to navigate through all the bs and understand what you should be doing.
Start by understanding your body and how it works. Then about important nutrients it needs. Understand what are great foods sources. Question everything and look for credible sources of information.
🍋Do not develop a reward/punishment mindset.
Food is food don’t think of “good” vs “bad”. Don’t think… I’m not having chocolate because it’s “bad” but I’ll reward myself with a row when I have a week of “good” eating.
INSTEAD… there is food that is rich in nutrition that fuels my body and makes me feel amazing and there is food that isn’t so nutritious for me that makes me not feel great… but if I want it then I’ll have it.
Start to listen to your body and what it needs. Having a list of foods that you aren’t allowed leads to cravings and binge eating habits.
🍍Do not track your food/macros…
Obviously we need to know what our body needs if we want to achieve a certain goal.
HOWEVER tracking your food daily is not a good idea and is a slippery slope to an eating disorder.
Firstly we need that education factor 👆 and then we can look into what kind of calories and macronutrient ratios we need.
Secondly what does that look like in terms of food on a plate? Understanding a visual representation of portions helps with understanding our food intake… not numbers in an app.
As mentioned before… the focus should be on listening to your body this is where intuitive eating comes into play. Become mindful with your hunger and satiety cues. Take your time to eat and minimise distractions while eating.
A good coach can help you understand what you need and can track your food for you. If your coach gives you your “macros” and tells you to download an app… you need a different coach.
Like I said… there is a lot more than just these few points but it’s a bit of food for thought 💭 or thought about food 😉
