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Dana Schaub MS RD LD RYT | Care for Your Body, Heart, Mind, and Soul

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Transitioning from Diet Culture to Food Freedom

May 27, 2020 Leave a Comment

Transitioning from diet culture to food freedom.

Diet culture:

-Following an outside meal plan while not listening to your body

-Feeling like your body can’t be trusted

-Feelings of deprivation around food AND/OR feeling out of control around food

-Nutrition brings up feelings of anxiety/deprivation/”eating cardboard”

-Feelings of anxiety re: how you eat/don’t eat

Transition stage (this can look different from person to person and the length of this stage varies):

-Allowing yourself to eat previously forbidden/”off limit” foods

-Learning to tune in to hunger/fullness cues

-Learning what foods truly satisfy you

-Learning what foods you actually like to eat

-Exploring what foods/eating patterns help you feel your best

-Exploring what motivates your food/eating decisions

-Releasing perceived “control” over your weight and letting your body take over

-Viewing foods as morally neutral (vs “I’m good if I eat X” or “I’m bad if I eat X”)

Embracing food freedom:

-Continuing habits from transition phase

-Making eating decisions based on self-care vs self-control

-Food becomes, just food—not such a big deal

-Nutrition means eating what makes your body feel good/taking care of your body

-You can eat previously forbidden foods knowing you can have them anytime you want. (Deprivation leads to overeating/feeling out of control around food.)

-Feel less anxiety around eating and more in tune with your body and its needs

-Practice gratitude for your body and what it does for you

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