Steps to a healthier approach to eating.
In their book on intuitive eating, Tribole and Resch lay out 10 basic principles of the philosophy.
Reject the diet mentality. ...
Honor your hunger. ...
Make peace with food. ...
Challenge the food police. ...
Respect your fullness. ...
Discover the satisfaction factor. ...
Honor your feelings without using food. ...
Respect your body.
Physical hunger. Is the body's natural way to signal you you to restore minerals and vitamins. It slowly increases and varies, such as a grumbling stomach, weariness, or irritability. It’s appeased when you eat food.
Emotional hunger. Is provoked by emotional need. Sorrow, being alone, and boredom are some of the feelings that can create urges to eat, often foods that bring you comfort, or comfort food. This type of eating then causes shame and self-loathing.
The term intuitive eating was conceived in 1995 as the title of a book by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch, but before then publisher, Susie Orbach, wrote a book “Fat is a Feminist Issue” in 1978, and another Geneen Roth has been bringing to light the same issue since 1982.
This discussion has had a long game of discussion also highlighted by Thelma Wayler who founded a weight management program in 1973 called Green Mountain at Fox Run, based in Vermont.
The program was built on the principle that diets in themselves are useless compared to lifestyle changes and personal care which are more important for long-term health.
In Summary, eating should satisfy physical hunger without causing guilt. The cravings we experience are the body's natural way of tugging on us to replenish it with the necessary nutrients to be our best. I pray you make room to listen to it.
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