Part 3 - Tune Into Your Body
By learning how to listen to the language of your body you’ll jump off of the dieting treadmill forever. New diets will come and go but they won’t phase you at all…because you’ll know exactly how to feed your unique and beautiful body.
Your body is your best friend, not your enemy. All of the signals it gives you (like cravings) aren’t trying to take you “off course”…they’re an attempt at finding balance. By learning this language, you can better understand why that chocolate bar, bag of chips, or gummy bears seem so appetizing
Your body is brilliant! It might just be talking in a language you don’t understand yet.
Sometimes your cravings need to be interpreted. Check out the cravings chapter to understand yours more :)
How to Tune Into Your Body –
Recognize struggle, cravings, and other body signals as info instead of something to “power through”
What this looks like in real life –
How you’ve been eating worked for a long time (many months or even many years), and then recently…cravings have re-emerged or you’re just not feeling as satisfied after a meal as you had been.
This is your body asking, as politely as it can, that it would like something to change to create a better balance.
This may be due to the seasons changing and your body now wants warmer or cooler foods. Or a small nutritional deficiency has emerged, and your body needs more of something (magnesium, protein, fat, etc)
Or, you might notice that you’re now craving something sweet or salty after a meal. Or many evenings you’re suddenly craving and hungry.
Tune in and listen to your greatest ally, your body
When you get a good feeling after a meal - pay attention
If you eat a meal and feel empty or hungry – pay attention
Be curious and let yourself start to see these patterns.
Your body is looking for you to listen and be curious
Replace your willpower with curiosity!
You don’t have to understand why you’re craving something at first, just recognizing the symptom is powerful. Your body just wants to be heard
Noticing and recognizing is very powerful. The answers will come, just be patient. And a nice “Thank you body for telling me that” can go a long long way toward health <3.
Head over to Part 4 to learn how to embrace the power of pleasurable eating <3