Intuitive Eating Principle 6: Discover the Satisfaction Factor Introduction What is satisfaction? Satisfaction is defined as “fulfillment of one’s wishes.” However, when it comes to food, that can be so hard to actually nail down. Why Finding…
Intuitive Eating Principle 5: Feel the Fullness Introduction As we slowly allow full permission to eat, food can be really exciting. Some misconceptions around Intuitive Eating are that you can eat whatever you want, whenever you want. That simply…
The Racist Origins of BMI (Body Mass Index) Introduction I want to interrupt our regular scheduled (Intuitive Eating) program to discuss BMI. BMI stands for “body mass index” and is widely used in the medical field to quantify “health.” It…
Intuitive Eating part 4: Ditching the Food Police Introduction Picture this: you’re on a warm, sunny vacation and get an ice cream sundae after a long day at the beach. The rest of the night you can’t stop thinking how…
Intuitive Eating Principle 3: Making Peace with Food Introduction Think about the last time you went on a diet and restricted an entire food group. In grad school (during the height of my nutrition education) I thought I’d try going…
Intuitive Eating Principle 2: Honor Your Hunger Intro First, let me start by saying that you deserve to eat. Yes, that means every single day no matter what or how much you ate last night. Diet culture and other experiences…
Hunger Fullness Scale Read about Honoring Hunger in my blog post here. Use this tool to measure how hungry and full you are before, during, and after meals. Intro Often people delay eating to the point where hunger levels…
Intuitive Eating Principle 1: Rejecting Diet Mentality The first principle of intuitive eating is assessing and rejecting diet mentality. But what is diet mentality? It’s something that you are probably far more familiar with than you realize. You’ve heard it…
What Changes After Two Sessions of Intuitive Eating Coaching? Introduction In today’s article my goal is to introduce you to the real, tangible changes that can take place after only a moderate period of intuitive eating coaching. In order to…
What Food Freedom Looks Like (To Me) Food freedom is a loaded word, isn’t it? After years of restriction, many of us develop a set of “food rules” which dictate how we interact with food and often involving assigning…
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