Ep 121 - Diet Brain

<p>Welcome to How to Love Your Body on today’s episode we are talking about DIET BRAIN.</p> <p>This is the effect that being a dieter has on our brains and our thinking.</p> <p>If you already know that your thinking and mindset has been affected by dieting before we even get into it you're welcome to grab our 5 day UnDiet Mindset Boost at bit.ly/undietboost</p> <p>Let’s get started</p> <p>A little biology note before we get to our main focus, mindset and ways of thinking.</p> <p>When we restrict calories from our brain this leads to rigid thinking, creative thinking goes out the window and we cannot go with flow very easily. This makes so much sense to me because whenever I was dieting it was always so rigid, and honestly never very logical. Eat a piece of chocolate and screw it, may as well eat the whole cupboard. And I did this so often, how does any of that make any sense? I couldn’t be flexible with my thinking or see things that were staring me in the face - like I should not be obsessing over food this much and it isn't healthy to be dieting all week just to binge on the weekends.</p> <p>So know that when you’re dieting it biologically is going to affect the way you think - so you can’t always trust your dieting brain to give you the best answers which is one big reason that we love to support people in this work because with a dieting brain it can be really challenging to find your way out on your own.</p> <p>But let’s move onto how dieting affects our mindset and thinking around food and body.</p> <p>DIET BRAIN: Preoccupation with food - thinking of what you’re eating next, calories tallying up in your head, feeling almost out of control or gluttonous because you always think about food</p> <p>The natural state: Think about food when you’re hungry, enjoy food and be excited for a great meal but its not the focus of your thoughts</p> <p>DIET BRAIN: Picking apart your body, body checking, weighing yourself regularly, being focused on how clothes fit</p> <p>The natural state: Your body’