This Intuitive Eating Principle Used To Trigger Me. Here’s What Happened When I Overcame It.

I'll get right to it today…The core principle of Intuitive Eating: unconditional permission to eat.

WTF??? This was one of my biggest triggers for years & I'll tell you why-

Even as a Health Coach, I was used to eating clean by day & stuffing myself until I was uncomfortably full at night, promising to get back on track the next morning.

At the time, I thought that my binge eating WAS giving myself full permission to eat. And I felt awful.

My belly was constantly bloated. My sleep was a wreck. I was always thinking about food or feeling ashamed.

Full permission to eat? No thanks, not for me.

But when I started to truly understand Intuitive Eating  + do the work to heal my own relationship with food, I realized that I’d significantly misinterpreted the “permission to eat” principle. Whoops.

Here’s what happened when I finally committed to doing this work & cleared my diet mentality:

> My mind became clear. I found myself not thinking about food all of the time. The excitement around what I was eating wore off & food became just another part of my life instead of the focus.

> Eating felt easier. My choices around food felt less dramatic. My binging stopped & I FINALLY felt comfortable in my body consistently.

> I started trusting my body. The thought of eating unconditionally wasn’t as scary, because I could finally listen & respond to my internal cues & choose foods that truly satisfied + nourished me.

Here’s the deal: unconditional permission to eat doesn’t just happen overnight.

It feels scary because we live in a “quick fix” culture that creates an all-or-nothing expectation.

True authentic healing takes time. 

Making peace with food & giving yourself full permission to eat without overtaxing your nervous system requires a safe space and a gradual process of unlearning & relearning so that you can rebuild body trust.

Making peace with food is fully possible for you, but you have to be willing to take the first step. If you’re ready to jump in with clear, supportive direction be sure to download my free Body Acceptance Starter Kit.