What is intuitive eating?

Intuitive Eating  is a style of non-dieting that teaches people to trust their body's signals. Rather than trying to "suppress your appetite" or "stoke your metabolism", you focus on eating what your body tells you it needs and wants and stopping when you are full. The best part of Intuitive Eating: you eat what you truly want, when you want it. The hardest part: you eat whatever you truly want, only when you truly want it.

A common misconception with IE is that it's a no-holds-barred food fest where you eat anything and everything without limits. While that may sound like diet heaven at first, it would not make your body feel good in the end. And eating what makes your body feel its best is exactly what you are trying to do.

You discover pretty quickly - that is, once you start paying attention - that eating bags of jelly beans every day makes you feel tired and sick, while filling up on a salad with protein, veggies, and homemade dressing is energizing and delicious. It's that slight change of perspective that makes the difference, it's not that the jelly beans are "bad" or "off limits" but rather that you don't feel good when you eat a lot of them and that makes all the difference.

 

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