How to Be OK With Weight Gain While Intuitive Eating
How to Be OK With Weight Gain When You Start Intuitive Eating
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Have compassion for yourself in this process, and recognise that our culture has conditioned us to feel badly about weight gain, so it's almost inevitable that you'll have some negative feelings come up, explained Christy.
"Don't expect the desire of weight loss or the fear of weight gain to disappear," Kirsten added. Learn to approach those thoughts in a new way. Choose to continue to support and care for your here and now body in those moments: nourish it consistently, dress it in comfortable clothes that fit, and allow for adequate rest.
And think about what you'll gain long-term if you can accept this weight gain and stay the course of intuitive eating, Christy said. You'll finally experience "peace and freedom with food; greater self-acceptance; more energy and mental space for all the things that you truly care about now that your head isn't filled with thoughts of food and dieting 24/7; improved physical and mental health; and greater resilience to any weight stigma you may experience," she said.
It's not easy, especially for anyone who's already in a larger body, but you deserve all these things and so much more. Christy has worked with hundreds of people all across the weight spectrum who've been able to find freedom with intuitive eating, so she really encourages you to stick it out.