Ep 126 - How WE practice Wellness without the Obsession

<p>Welcome to How to Love Your Body - on today’s episode we are going to be talking about how we practice wellness without the focus on weight/ how we practice wellness without the obsession. We share a lot on this topic because it’s the core foundation of our coaching and we thought it would be helpful to share specific examples in our lives - this is how we naturally live now - so we wanted to give some ideas to you or help you get a better understanding of what this wellness without the focus on weight could look like.</p> <p>A key pillar of having wellness without the obsession is separating weight and wellness, a great way to start doing this is to grab our free 33 page workbook called Separating Weight and Wellness. You can get this at <a href='http://bit.ly/wwworkbook'>bit.ly/wwworkbook</a></p> <p>The main point of this is that your health does not = your weight. </p> <p>A little content warning:  we do want to share that this episode is more focused on wellness - you may be in a place to hear this or you may find yourself not ready - either way it’s okay!</p> <p>So here we go, here’s a mini look into how WE practice WWTO regarding food and movement: this isn't all that WWTO is but its an area we know many people are curious about:</p> <p> </p> <p>The focus: Prioritizing feeling good for all things - Prioritizing feeling good after eating, as much as I prioritize allowing all food. </p> <p>Of course all food is allowed and it’s a priority but also - I want to feel good in my body so I make that just as an important priority. </p> <p> </p> <p>EXAMPLE: Ordered Chinese food and asked myself why it feels easy to stop when I feel satisfied when it never did before. I don't equate food with weight and I truly value enjoying food. That means BOTH eating what I want and feeling good while and after eating it - it is much less enjoyable if I eat too much.</p> <p>The way to do this without feeling restriction is truly allowing all food, getting rid of the weight focus and valuing pleasure as a pa