Consider how many times you have heard diet talk at lunchtime. How many times have your friends refused any food, motivating it with the fact that they are not allowed, they are on a diet, they have eaten so much and so on.
Intuitive eating is also a kind of diet, the essence of which is to … eat when you want and what you want. Unusual for a diet, right? Intuitive nutrition helps to normalize relationships with food, stop thinking about "forbidden" foods every second, because "forbidden" foods simply cease to exist. The main principle of intuitive eating: give the body what it wants and it will stop bothering you.
The first step in switching to such a diet should be your realization that diets are useless, any restrictions spoil your mood and lead to even greater breakdowns. Stop scolding yourself for eating "too much."
The second step is understanding what you really want. Often, the desire to eat something tasty is not hunger, but other emotions, such as boredom, loneliness, anxiety, depression. Do not seize stress, because food will only comfort you for a short time, but it will not solve your problems.
The third step is one of the most difficult - accept your body. If, after all the hunger strikes and breakdowns, your body returns to the same figure on the scale, then this is your ideal weight. We are all different, and there is nothing wrong with being a little fatter than the cover models. If you are still not happy with yourself, exercise. The main thing is to listen to your body, choose only exercises that are comfortable for you, do it with joy, and not because you need to burn calories. Find the sport you like. What's the point of ruining your mood with exhausting strength training when you can just as profitably swim in the pool or go rollerblading?
The fifth and most important step: be smart about everything. Perhaps, after long restrictions, you will want to eat only cakes, but how will this affect your body? Try to eat more healthy foods, think about how to prepare them so that you enjoy eating them.
Do not be alarmed if, after switching to intuitive nutrition, the weight increases, over time the body itself will get rid of all that is superfluous. It doesn't matter how slow you move, the main thing is, don't stop!
