intuitive eating principle #1…reject the diet mentality

June 17th, 2012

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INTUITIVE EATING PRINCIPLE # 1

Where has dieting gotten you? How many last suppers have you had in your lifetime? Do you actually get a rush thinking about starting a new plan? You hear so much now about how “dieting” is not good and will not allow you to actually lose weight. And then you turn around and you’ll read or see a news program about the “diet that isn’t really a diet so it will work diet”. So much information. So many myths. So many stories.

We all have our own dieting history. Each one is unique. But each history has some very common treads. We all think this time is going to be the time “it” works. (never even thinking that it is “us” that will work, not the diet plan) We all gather information. We write things down. We cut out “plans” from magazines. I mean if the hip star of the moment loses weight on a particular plan, then certainly that is the one that is the best! Depending on your age, you will have realized by now that the dieting rules and miracles change with each decade. No sugar…then no fat…no carbs…oops, watch that sugar again…now it’s calories…points…whatever. What does this dieting history really tell us? There is no one way to lose and/or maintain our weight. Each individual is different.

Maybe the biggest misconception among us chronic weight controllers is that we are constantly searching for the right plan. The plan that will rid us of dieting and deprivation forever. And when we “fail“, as we inevitably do, we chip away at our self esteem and ability to trust ourselves.

The reality is that ANY type of restrictive, authoritative, dictated, time lined plan will NEVER be our end all to be all lifestyle plan. No outside source will ever be able to satisfy our individual likes, dislikes, cravings, hunger and fullness. We were all born with the Intuitive Eater inside. We need to PRACTICE LISTENING.

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