3 Ways to Commit to Your Intuitive Eating Journey

When I first began my practice, I was constantly asked about making meal plans or the best diets for weight loss. I obliged but after a while I realized that not only was I miserable, but so were my clients. They were following the meal plans religiously without leaving any room for enjoyment in the foods they used to love.

Sure, they’d lose weight at first, but eventually, they’d ditch the plan and end up gaining back all the weight they lost, and then some. It wasn’t their fault. Those meal plans and diets were just setting them up for failure.

Food is supposed to be enjoyed, not restricted. That’s why I switched gears and started practicing intuitive eating. With intuitive eating, I learned how to nourish my body in a way that felt good physically and emotionally.

If you’re like me and have a history of chronic dieting, intuitive eating might sound intimidating.

Eating without a plan?!

But don’t worry, there are steps you can take to start listening to your body and eating intuitively.

3 Ways to Commit to Your Intuitive Eating Journey

1. Declare Yourself Diet-Free

Decide that you are giving up dieting forever and declare it. Scream it at the top of your lungs. Hear yourself say the words. If you want to, tell a trusted friend, or loved one that you have made this important decision, so you can change your future.

2. Dump All Diet Paraphernalia

Go through your house and get rid of all the diet books and other items that reek of dieting. Seriously, doing this will show yourself that you mean business. If you hold on to even one diet, you are not fully committed to this journey.

3. Decide to Ask for Support

Realize that you don’t need to do this alone. Asking for support takes courage and shows strength. Think about the other areas of your life which you have gotten support – tutoring at school, physical therapy for a broken leg, therapy to help your marriage etc. And, if you’re not one to have ever asked for support in the past, maybe this is the time to start.

The intuitive eating journey is just that, a journey. It can take time to commit to this new style of eating however, it is worth it!