Help! I Started Intuitive Eating and Now I Can’t Stop Eating

Help! I Started Intuitive Eating and Now I Can’t Stop Eating

A common experience that our clients and group participants will note, especially early on in their journey, is their frustration around feeling like they want to eat everything and often eating past the point of physical comfort. The thought is, “I’m doing exactly what I was afraid I’d do,” and the desire is to return to the rules to regain some sense of control. So first, I just want to stress how normal this during this process. Below I describe several reasons why this might be happening and offer some ideas for what you might do if this is where you are finding yourself.

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New Year, New Intentions

New Year, New Intentions

A couple of weeks ago I was wrapping up with another support group cohort and we were discussing what entering into a new year has looked like for us in seasons past and what we want it to look like this time around. Participants shared stories of adopting new diet plans and work-out routines and setting resolutions for self-improvement and change. They also described how even the best laid plans were often short-lived and the frustration and defeat that inevitably followed as resolutions faded.

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