Intuitive Eating

site-1r4iDA • March 9, 2022


Intuitive Eating
*Build a new and trusting relationship with your body and food

Intuitive Eating is an anti-diet approach created by Evelyn Tribole, MS, RDN, and Elyse Resch, MS, RDN. The approach is process-based and doesn't need to be followed in any particular order, however, it is advised to be extra cautious when approaching gentle nutrition (*you may be advised to seek professional help from a Registered Dietitian). Intuitive Eating advocates for making peace with food, freeing yourself from chronic dieting, and rediscovering the pleasures of eating. Using Interoceptive Awareness, the ability to perceive physical sensations that arise from within your body. The belief is that every emotion has a unique physical sensation in the body. Ultimately, it is a personal process of honoring health by listening and responding to the direct messages of the body in order to get your needs met. More than 125 scientific studies have been published showing the benefits of Intuitive Eating. Intuitive Eating will not only change your relationship with food; it will change your life. 

"Feeling confused about what to eat comes from having rules around food. If we instead dial into what our bodies are saying, we have an empowering and life-changing tool." Evelyn Tribole 



INTUITIVE EATING PRINCIPLES

 


REJECT THE DIET MENTALITY 

Recognize how diet culture shows up in your life. How this offers false hope of losing weight quickly, easily, and permanently. Get angry at diet culture. 

HONOR YOUR HUNGER

Keep your body biologically fed with adequate energy and carbohydrates. Honoring this biological signal sets the stage for rebuilding trust in yourself and in food.

MAKE PEACE WITH FOOD

Call a truce; stop the food fight! Give yourself unconditional permission to eat. If you tell yourself that you can't or shouldn't have a particular food, it can lead to intense feelings of deprivation that build into uncontrollable cravings, and often, bingeing.

CHALLENGE THE FOOD POLICE

Scream a loud no to thoughts in your head that declare you're "good" for eating minimal calories or "bad" because you ate a piece of chocolate cake. Chasing the food police away is a critical step in returning to Intuitive Eating.



*Information from this page is taken directly from the book, Intuitive Eating, A Revolutionary Anti-Diet Approach by Evelyn Tribole, MS, RDN and Elyse Resch, MS, RDN. I recommend clients read the book and visit the official website; https://www.intuitiveeating.org/  Coaching members will receive a copy of  the official Intuitive Eating book & workbook.

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