It’s June. The sixth month. The halfway point. How’s the year going? Good? Okay? Off the rails? It’s the perfect time to check in with yourself about food and body issues — what’s working for you, what isn’t, what deserves more time, and what doesn’t deserve another second. Has a well-intentioned effort to “eat healthy”…
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When you don’t know where to start, start with your words
Break free of the diet mentality with some simple ways to change your self-talk. At its heart, intuitive eating boils down to one thing: a change in perspective. So how do you make that happen? It all begins with your thoughts, which become your words, which become your actions, which become your habits. Here’s how you can get…
Why intuitive eating hasn’t worked for you
Yet. Intuitive or mindful eating boils down to eating when you feel hungry and stopping when you feel full. Which, lord knows, you’ve tried time and time and time again. Right? No one wants to feel out of control around food. No one wakes up in the morning hoping to binge until their jaw hurts….
How it works: Phase 2
Welcome to sanity!!! Phase 2: Feel the hunger! Feel the fullness! You’ve totally nailed Phase 1, and your brain now knows that you don’t have to eat every morsel of food you ever see because you aren’t ***literally*** starving to death. I hope you’re feeling happy and hopeful and free. You don’t have to count…
How it works: Phase 1
Like any good diet (jk, all diets are terrible), Six Months to Sanity comes in two phases. Are you ready? Let’s get started… PHASE 1: Just Eat It. This is the “six” part of the 6M2S plan. For six delightful months, you’ll give yourself full, reckless permission to freefall into all the food in all the world. Nothing…
Here’s what I think
I think it only takes one diet to send a primal alert to your brain that your food sources are not dependable. As far as your brain is concerned, you are starving. Indefinitely. I think it’s nuts that a single diet could send one person into a spiral of disordered eating while another person could…
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