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Can You Heal Your Relationship with Food Without Gaining Weight? Let’s Talk About It
Usually, by the time someone is sitting with me, they’ve been struggling for quite a while. Sometimes months, often years. They are exhausted by the amount of physical and mental energy they are spending on trying to manage food and control their weight.
At some point they will often say something like, “I really want to heal my relationship with food, without gaining weight.”
Or, “…but I can’t gain weight.”
Or, “…but I really need to lose weight, too.”
Sometimes it’s this very concern that’s kept them in a place they don’t want to be or delayed them from reaching out to get support sooner.
So, is it possible to heal your relationship to food without gaining weight? Let’s get into it.