Ep 129 - 10 Steps Closer to Food Freedom

<p>Welcome to How to love your body today we are sharing 10 important steps you need to take to get closer to food and body freedom. </p> <p>This episode is brought to you by our 10 steps closer to food and body freedom guide you can grab it at <a href='http://bit.ly/undiet10steps'>bit.ly/undiet10steps</a></p> <p>01 Diet Mentality</p> <p>This is number one for a reason. If you only do one thing in this work, be aware of and work on shifting the way you think.</p> <p>How we THINK about and what we believe regarding food and our bodies is what creates our unhealthy relationships with these things.</p> <p>The first step is to be aware of our thoughts and beliefs.</p> <p>Diet culture is so ingrained in us that we assume what we think is true and “just the way it is”. But it isn’t.</p> <p>Guilt around food isnt natural.</p> <p>Picking your body apart isnt natural.</p> <p>Wanting to control the way your body looks isnt natural.</p> <p>Counting calories and following food rules isnt natural.</p> <p>That is all learned.</p> <p>Working through the diet mentality means being aware of these thoughts and beliefs, unlearning them and then discovering a new truth for yourself when it comes to food, movement, your body and wellness.</p> <p>02 Intuitive Eating</p> <p>Intuitive eating is an amazing resource. It truly is intuitive, both of us read the book after we were already a ways down the path out of dieting and when we read it we thought that’s what I’m doing! It is natural, this is the way we’re born - listening to our hunger and fullness, eating with ease and flexibility and not having negative emotions around any of it. If you never dieted, weren’t full of the diet mentality and just ate “normally” since you were born, you would be an intuitive eater. This is something that you can learn to begin the steps forward but it’s also something you’ll naturally fall into when all of the mindset, body image, self love, is worked on.</p> <p>03 Weight Gain Fears</p> <p>THIS IS THE #1 thing holding pe