Intuitive Eating: the First Key to Changing Your Relationship with Food and your Body

<p>Imagine…</p> <ul> <li>Eating the foods that you enjoy—with no guilt.</li> <li>Eating until you feel full and satisfied—and ending your meal.</li> <li>Having those cookies that you usually can’t stop eating sitting right on your kitchen counter—and being able to walk right on by.</li> <li>Not being able to remember the last time you ate in response to your emotions--it's been <em>that</em> long.</li> <li>Accepting your body for what it is right here, right now.</li> </ul> <p>You may be shaking your head and think, "Yeah right Kim!  Whatever!  There's no way I can do any of those things!"</p> <p>But you can.  </p> <p data-redactor-style-cache="text-align: center;"> <span data-redactor-span="true" data-redactor-style-cache= "color: rgb(88, 70, 102);"><strong>You absolutely can.</strong></span></p> <ul> <li>You<em> can</em> feel completely calm around food.  </li> <li>You <em>can</em> eat the foods that you enjoy without feeling guilty. </li> <li>You <em>can </em>move past hating your body. </li> <li>You <em>can</em> learn to eat when you're hungry and stop when you're full.  </li> <li>You <em>can</em> learn how to cope with your emotions and your stress level without using food.</li> </ul> <p>You can do all of that (and more!) with an approach to food called <strong>Intuitive Eating</strong>.</p> <p>Intuitive Eating (IE) is an approach to food that was created by two dietitians back in the 1990s.  It<span style= "font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;"> includes 10 principles that fall into one of four categories or goals of the model: </span></p> <ol> <li>Tuning into your body</li> <li>Developing body respect</li> <li>Breaking free from diet culture</li> <li>Making peace with food</li> </ol> <p><strong>The 10 principles of IE hit on every aspect of changing your relationship with food and your body</strong>.  Which is why it's one of the keys that you need to change your relationship with food!  And we're starting