MINDSET TIP/SHIFT
This fall (the temps are starting to drop here 😍) and every season to come, I am focusing on…
🍁 Enjoying seasonal foods and treats without the 3 most toxic ingredients: fear, guilt, & shame 🙅🏼♀️
For me, avoiding seasonal treats, telling myself I’m not allowed to have them... it only makes me crave them more!
Instead of trying to be “good” and “disciplined” or any other title diet culture gives to its subscribers, I focus on habituation!
🍁 Habituation explains why we quickly adapt to a repeated experience - and subsequently experience less pleasure each time.
Example: the first time your partner said, “I love you,” how did you feel? After hearing it several times throughout your relationship, how does it feel now when you hear it vs the first time you heard it?
Habituation explains why leftovers are less appealing to us on day 2 or 3. When you eat a food over and over, it simply loses its appeal. It becomes routine, something that isn’t nearly as big of a deal! Scientists describe food habituation as a form of neurobiological learning, in which repeated experiences of eating the same food causes a decrease in behavioral and physiologic responses.
The only way you will come to believe that you will be able to stop eating is to go through the experience of actually eating, especially foods you’ve felt out of control with in the past!
The more you practice this,
the more confidence you will have!
One thing I notice in so many people, especially those who have been dieting and restricting for years, is a lack of self-trust.
But by making peace with food, you are taking back ownership of your eating signals, and you can heal one of the most basic trust issues and go on to a healthier relationship with food!
