Is anyone familiar with this or already does this?
It's something I've been learning about just recently after growing veerrrrrry tired of oscillating between severely restricting my diet and then bingeing.
The concept, basically, is like so:
One, accept your body the way it is now. Bodies come in all shapes and sizes and there's nothing wrong with your body just the way it is.
Two, do away with the mindset that some foods are "good" and some are "bad". It makes the "bad" foods far, far more tempting to you. The more you see foods as simply fuel the more likely you are to eat a balanced diet.
Three, eat when you're hungry, eat exactly what you're hungry for and stop eating when you are satisfied.
Sounds simple. It's not!
I've been reading a few books on the topic for a couple of weeks now and it's definitely a challenge. The philosophy is a lot more introspective than I though at first. Being a serial dieter I figured I would just learn the "rules", follow them to the letter and be "cured". But there really aren't any rules. You simply eat "on demand". If you want to eat when you're not hungry you are likely using the food to distract yourself from an emotion you don't want to tackle, or to distract yourself from facing an emotion that's difficult for you.
I'm just a beginner in all of this, but I have to say my favourite part so far has been "legalizing" all foods. The best way to do this, apparently, is to stock your home with HUGE quantities of foods you loves. Yes, cake, ice cream, chocolate, chips, included.
The logic is that when you invite these foods into your kitchen, accept that they are not intrinsically "bad" or "good" and then prove to yourself that you can be trusted with these foods (by eating them when you want to and seeing that you will eventually stop on your own - before the food runs out), they will eventually be less appealing to you and will make up a smaller part of your overall diet than you would think if you were to eat completely unrestricted.
There's obviously a lot more to it than this, but I wonder if anyone else has grown tired of dieting and obsessing about food and has come across this concept?
It's something I've been learning about just recently after growing veerrrrrry tired of oscillating between severely restricting my diet and then bingeing.
The concept, basically, is like so:
One, accept your body the way it is now. Bodies come in all shapes and sizes and there's nothing wrong with your body just the way it is.
Two, do away with the mindset that some foods are "good" and some are "bad". It makes the "bad" foods far, far more tempting to you. The more you see foods as simply fuel the more likely you are to eat a balanced diet.
Three, eat when you're hungry, eat exactly what you're hungry for and stop eating when you are satisfied.
Sounds simple. It's not!
I've been reading a few books on the topic for a couple of weeks now and it's definitely a challenge. The philosophy is a lot more introspective than I though at first. Being a serial dieter I figured I would just learn the "rules", follow them to the letter and be "cured". But there really aren't any rules. You simply eat "on demand". If you want to eat when you're not hungry you are likely using the food to distract yourself from an emotion you don't want to tackle, or to distract yourself from facing an emotion that's difficult for you.
I'm just a beginner in all of this, but I have to say my favourite part so far has been "legalizing" all foods. The best way to do this, apparently, is to stock your home with HUGE quantities of foods you loves. Yes, cake, ice cream, chocolate, chips, included.
The logic is that when you invite these foods into your kitchen, accept that they are not intrinsically "bad" or "good" and then prove to yourself that you can be trusted with these foods (by eating them when you want to and seeing that you will eventually stop on your own - before the food runs out), they will eventually be less appealing to you and will make up a smaller part of your overall diet than you would think if you were to eat completely unrestricted.
There's obviously a lot more to it than this, but I wonder if anyone else has grown tired of dieting and obsessing about food and has come across this concept?
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