Eat Intuit

If it feels slow, that doesn’t mean it’s not working - or that it’s hopeless.

Small steps are how real change begins - and how it lasts.

If you notice some internal resistance, it’s okay. That’s totally normal!

It means that you’ve probably internalized some messages that say:

🙅🏻‍♀️It’s NEVER okay to go less than 100%.
🚫It’s bad to not give it your ALL - all the time.

It’s good to know that it’s there. For now just notice.

If it feels like you HAVE to go all in, pause - your body might be asking for something else.

This is a skill diet culture trains out of us.

If we slowed down, tuned in, and really noticed how we felt - what we needed, and what wasn’t working - we might have walked away from dieting a long time ago.

Choosing gentleness might take more strength - more willpower - than forcing yourself ever did.

It’s definitely more radical.

Intuitive Eating isn’t a new quick-fix fad diet.

This work takes time because it’s real change.

You’re unlearning and rebuilding.

That has to be done at your pace - and in your own way.

You’re not being graded here. There’s no finish line to rush to. There’s no finish line to rush to. You’re not competing against anybody else. Intuitive Eating is your own journey.

What would change if this didn’t have to be done “right”?

Diet Culture says gentleness is weakness. That if we aren’t harsh - even brutal - with ourselves then we’ll get lazy. We’ll slack off. But that teaches us to disregard - even disconnect - from parts of ourselves. Those unique parts of us that make us human.

Dieting teaches you that anything less than perfect doesn’t count. The bar isn’t high- it’s impossible. If it has to be 100%, 99% will always feel like failing.

It’s really hard to tune in - or zoom out - when you’re running on empty.