Start exploring your own relationship to food on a deeper level, said Kirsten Ackerman, MS, RD, CDN, who hosts the Intuitive Bites podcast and identifies as a fat-positive dietitian.
She said to begin paying attention to your body's cues around hunger, fullness, and satisfaction — emotionally and physically. Get curious about how well you are honouring those cues right now or how you might be able to honour them better.
Consider which foods you have a challenging relationship with and explore what happens when you allow unconditional permission to eat them. Sounds amazing, but also scary, right?
You may feel nervous that you won't be able to stop eating the foods that were previously off-limits. "Overeating is one of the biggest concerns I see," Collette said, and oftentimes being able to bring in mindfulness and start to listen and trust your cues can be very helpful with this. Find peace knowing there will be a period of time where you want to eat "all the foods," and eat a lot, but that your body will soon regulate its desire and need for those foods. When they're no longer off-limits, and you can eat them whenever you want, they'll likely lose their appeal.