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How to Stop Feeling Guilty About Food
Food guilt is one of the most common challenges my clients report.
Regardless of age, body size, or specific eating patterns, for so many folks, nagging food guilt is persistent and unrelenting.
It shapes what, when, and how much they choose to eat, how they feel about themselves after they eat, their ability to enjoy social events and holidays, and how they show up in their day-to-day life.
So why is food guilt so pervasive, and what can you do about it?
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.
Food Noise: What Causes It & How to Quiet It
For as long as I’ve been a dietitian, clients have sat before me and, often tearful and desperate for relief, described intense, persistent, and distressing thoughts about food that consumed far too much of their mental energy.
This phenomenon is not new. But the way we’ve come to describe it is. They were experiencing food noise.