When I first started my Intuitive Eating/Food Freedom journey, one of the first foods that I had started eating again after years of restricting was a big bag of potato chips.
For years I would not let them in the house. I would eat nacho chips or “whole grain” chips since for some reason I thought those were “healthier”
But potato chips, for some reason I thought I needed to stay as far away from them as possible because I had thought they are so “bad” for me.
When I would “occasionally” get them during my dieting days, I would literally end up eating the entire bag since I felt I will not be able to have them again because you know, they were “bad”, feel guilty ,and get stomach pains, and then not eat them for months at a time even years before I would get them again, only to go through the same cycle.
When I did let them back in my home, my mind and body somehow felt that this can happen again so of course, I would end up eating the whole bag.
Instead of feeling guilty and what I now know about Intuitive Eating. I let them back in the house over and over and over again until the allure of potato chips diminished into non-existent. This is also known as “habituation”.
I am sure those in the beginning stages of intuitive eating who are figuring this out is going through the same thing, and I want to let you know that this is normal. You are still learning to trust your body after years of dieting, years of restriction, years of labeling foods as “good” and “bad”.
And this is not an overnight thing. Every individual is different but it took me an awful long time to get to where I am now, having potato chips knowing I can have them anytime. When this happens, it is truly magic. I even myself couldn’t believe it at first.
What is one food that you are struggling with right now? Let me know in the comments or email me at deanna@deannakozarov.com.
Deanna Kozarov LLC 