Hey friends! Welcome back to another soul-nourishing episode of Nourished to Bloom. Today we’re diving deep into what success looks like with intuitive eating, especially if you’re making the leap from diet culture to a faith-oriented approach. If you've ever felt hesitant about intuitive eating or wondered what success would look like, this episode is for you!
In this episode, I'm clearing up the misconceptions and shedding light on the beautiful transformation that happens when you embrace intuitive eating intimately tied with your faith.
Episode Highlights:
🌼 Personal Hesitation: Understand why stepping away from traditional diet programs can feel daunting, and why the transformation with intuitive eating is more profound than just physical change.
🌼 Defining Success: Learn how success with intuitive eating can be challenging to measure due to its inward-focused nature, but profoundly liberating in creating a balanced, guilt-free relationship with food.
🌼 Intuitive Eating Misconceptions: Dispel common myths. Intuitive eating isn't about eating whatever you want, but about respecting and nourishing your body with intention and gratitude.
🌼 Christ-Centered Approach: Explore how this approach integrates faith by respecting our bodies as creations of God, promoting self-worth rooted in our identity as children of God, and prioritizing holistic well-being.
💬 Experience the Christ-Centered Intuitive Eating Shift:
- Focus & Motivation : Shift your focus from societal standards to honoring God and feeling gratitude.
- Relationship with Food : Move from control and restrictions to balance and nourishment without moral judgments.
- Self-Worth : Ground your self-worth in your divine identity rather than body size.
- Mental and Emotional Health : Experience reduced anxiety and better mental health.
- Purpose of Eating : Approach eating as nourishment rather than a set of rigid rules.
- Community and Support : Foster a supportive, non-judgmental community rather than one of competition and isolation.
I’m also sharing some powerful transformation scenarios you can expect when shifting from diet culture to a Christ-centered intuitive eating approach:
- Freedom from Food Obsession : Meal planning without stress and guilt.
- Healthier Body Image : Embracing and respecting your body as a creation of God.
- Social Situations : Gaining confidence and enjoyment in social dinners, free of anxiety or guilt.
- Less Spending on Groceries : More intentional and straightforward shopping.
- Emotional Resilience : Better coping with feelings without using food as a crutch.
- Motherhood: More meaningful engagement with family and less stress around meals.
- Self-Care : Sustainable health practices that promote overall well-being.
- Faith Integration : Combining healthy living with spiritual practices.
This week, let’s challenge ourselves to embrace a mindset of nourishment and self-love. Reflect on your health journey and consider how a Christ-centered intuitive eating approach could bring you closer to peace and abundance.
📣 Call to Action! 📣
Ready to witness your own intuitive eating transformation? I’m offering a free Wellness Audit Session to help you map out your health goals and overcome any obstacles in your way. Let’s journey together from diet culture to the beautiful, Christ-centered life you’re called to live.
So if you’re eager to stop obsessing over food, love the person looking back at you in the mirror, and align your eating habits with your faith, book your session now! It’s time to embrace the freedom and joy you deserve.
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Timestamp Overview
00:00 Women hesitant about unpredictable results of intuitive eating.
05:08 Comparing diet culture versus Christ-centered intuitive eating.
09:36 Promotes mindful, community-based, non-judgmental, Christ-centered eating.
11:17 Embrace intuitive eating for food obsession freedom.
16:58 Dining should be enjoyable, connecting, cost-effective, intuitive.
18:20 Focus on wholesome foods, intuitive eating, planned shopping.
22:54 Christ-centered intuitive eating: Manage emotions, develop coping mechanisms.
28:21 Integrating faith with health through Christ-centered eating.
29:35 Integrate faith and health via Christ-centered intuitive eating.
35:03 Book a free wellness session to achieve goals.
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A lot of women are hesitant to try intuitive eating because
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it's so different than diet and weight loss programs,
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especially when it comes to being able to see
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and understand and know what the transformation is,
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know what the before and the after looks like. What are the
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results with intuitive eating? We know that with weight
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loss programs, success is really pretty black
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or white, like either you lose weight or you don't. And that's really
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how you determine the success of any sort of dieting and
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weight loss program. So how do we determine the success
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of intuitive eating? Because it's not focused on weight
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loss or losing inches, it can be really hard to define
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exactly what success may look like. And it can be
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confusing because a lot of what you are seeing, maybe
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on social media or reading about intuitive eating, is
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people like walking around eating pizza and ice cream to
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quote unquote, show off their newfound food
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freedom. And the truth of that is, yes, they can eat
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those foods just like you could eat those foods while also being on a
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diet. But the difference is that they are not
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riddled with guilt, and it doesn't lead to a binge
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when they eat those foods. So what they're
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really trying to show off is their relationship with food,
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the fact that they can eat and enjoy these
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foods in that moderation, in that
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balance, and not lead to guilt and not lead
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to a binge. And so they are really trying to show off that
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relationship, that newfound freedom that they have
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with food. But it can be really hard to put into words or
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pictures for people to understand
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what a before and after quote unquote picture
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looks like when it comes to intuitive eating, since the results
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really aren't based in physical appearance
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changes. So in today's episode, I want to try to help
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you visualize what these before and after quote
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unquote photos may look like when it comes to intuitive
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eating through using some different scenarios of what life is
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like when you are a dieter, and how it can be
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different, what it would look like once you become an intuitive eater.
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So if you're curious what your own before and after
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transformation could be, then this episode is for you.
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Welcome to the Nourish to Bloom podcast where your faith meets your
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health. I'm your host, Kara Trochta, a registered dietitian and
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certified Catholic coach, and I'm here to help you cultivate a deeper connection
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with your body, your spirit, and the nourishment that sustains them.
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Both. In a world filled with noise and
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confusion about food, health and body image, this podcast
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offers truth and healing from a Christ centered perspective.
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Together, we'll untangle the deep roots of diet, culture and discover
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what it means to truly care for ourselves through joyful
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nourishment of mind, body and soul. We're here to dive into
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the transformative power of intuitive eating coupled with the rich teachings of our
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christian faith. With every episode, I'll be cheering you on,
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offering insights, inspiration and practical tools to help you
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heal your relationship with food and embrace the beauty of your
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body as a temple of the Holy Spirit with confidence
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and courage that can only be found in Christ.
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Join me as we journey together towards a more holistic approach to wellness,
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one that honors the wisdom of your body as God's creation,
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the teachings of our faith, and the unique purpose you're called to
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fulfill. You were made to bloom,
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to come into full beauty and health in order to bear good fruit
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for the Lord with your life. So if you're ready to nourish your body,
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feed your soul, and bloom into the best version of yourself, then you're
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in the right place. And I'm so happy you're here. Welcome
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to nourish to bloom, where every day is a sacred invitation
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to thrive. Hey there.
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Welcome back to nourish to balloon. I'm Kara, and
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today's episode is all about what success truly looks like
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when you begin practicing Christ centered intuitive eating.
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These aren't just stories of weight loss or achieving a certain
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look, but it's really getting into real life
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transformations that go beyond the surface into
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areas like peace and freedom, joy,
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and having a deeper faith, more trust in
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your body, and more trust with your relationship around
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food. And so we're going to go through some scenarios.
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And I also want to kind of paint this picture of really
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looking at some key differences around these.
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These several aspects, and looking at it from what diet,
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culture, what they kind of promote, and then what Christ centered
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intuitive eating promotes. So that's really where we're going to start today.
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And then we're going to get into some of these scenarios. I have nine
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different scenarios for you of what these before and afters
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would look like for someone who has gone from, you know, a very
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dieting and weight loss focused approach to
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nutrition and health versus what an intuitive
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eating success story would look like. So
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let's dive in. Like I said, I kind of want to paint
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this picture of some key differences between diet, culture and Christ
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centered intuitive eating around these specific aspects, one of
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them being like focus and motivation. So when we're looking at what
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is the difference between diet, culture and Christ centered intuitive eating
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based off of its focus and its motivation.
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So when we are really dieting and
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we're engaging in those weight loss
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practices, the focus and the motivation when it comes
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to nutrition and eating is really all about weight
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loss and appearance and meeting societal
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standards, versus a Christ centered, intuitive eating.
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The focus and motivation is really about honoring
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God through honoring the creation
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or his creation and honoring our bodies. It's about
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having faith and surrender and trust in his good
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creation of our body, and then gratitude for the
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things that our body allows us to do, and gratitude for the food
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that we can nourish our bodies with.
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With. So let's look at, like, that relationship with food.
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Diet culture promotes a relationship with
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food that is based off of control
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restriction, very much a good versus bad
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foods mentality. Whereas Chrysler intuitive eating really
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promotes a relationship that's based on balance
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and nourishment, with no moral judgment when it comes to that
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relationship with food. Now, self worth
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diet culture promotes the self worth as it being tied
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to a specific body size or following a specific diet.
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Whereas Christ centered, intuitive eating, we're rooting our self
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worth. Is it being an identity? It's rooted
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in an identity as a child of God. Like, again, that inherent dignity,
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that our self worth and our worthiness and our dignity is solely because
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we are a child of God. And it is not dependent on achieving
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any sort of success or accomplishment
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of any nature. So diet
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culture also can impact that mental and emotional
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health. And it really promotes a lot of anxiety, a
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lot of stress. We see a lot of people struggling with disordered
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eating, that disordered relationship with food, like that
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restriction, that good versus bad mentality,
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and that moral aspect.
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And then that can lead into, more specifically, eating
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disorders, that clinically diagnosed eating disorder.
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Whereas Christ centered, intuitive eating can really
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support that emotional mental health through self
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compassion and focus on a holistic well being.
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Again, mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual
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well being, all integrated with faith and really
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promoting that holistic approach, that whole person
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focus to well being. The purpose of eating. When it
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comes to diet culture is really about
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that transaction. It's a transactional type of thing, right? It's very
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much transactional in the sense of, like,
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it's this many calories, or it's this many macros, or it's this specific. This
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specific food. And it's based off a set of external rules
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that somebody made up for you to follow.
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And there are, you know, when you look at the number of diet and
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weight loss programs out there, there are so many different
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rules and expectations, and so many of them are
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contradictory to each other, that it can be really
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stressful to try to figure out, you know, well, what rule is the best rule
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to follow. What rule? Which rule supersedes the other
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one? Whereas when you really embrace that Christ centered, intuitive eating,
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it's really, again, that purpose of eating is about nourishment.
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It's about taking care of your body. It's about being a good steward of God's
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creation. So we're honoring God when we are
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eating and really establishing and practicing mindful
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eating. So being able to focus on what it is that we are
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eating, being able to be attuned with our body and connected with our body to
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understand what it is that our body wants and needs when
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it comes to food and what's going to best be able to support
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our bodies in promoting, you
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know, what kind of nourishment or fuel we
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need in order to engage in the activities that we're doing, but also what kind
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of nourishment are we needing for long term,
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long term health? We can also look at the community and the
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support when it comes to diet culture. And it
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really promotes a lot of comparison and competition and
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isolation in the sense of you are constantly
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comparing your success. You are constantly, constantly comparing
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your body versus somebody else's. Did they lose more weight than I
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did? So it becomes this competition, and it can be very isolating, especially
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when you are not seeing the quote unquote success that others are
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seeing. Whereas when we look at Christ centered, intuitive eating,
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I mean, intuitive eaters, the
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least interesting thing about a person is their body and what they are eating.
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And so it really creates this more supportive, non
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judgmental sense of community where, you know,
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nobody is being judged based off of what they are eating, how many calories they're
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consuming, or how much weight is lost. So it's really
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allowing you to see a deeper
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part of a person, not just this kind of surface level,
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that kind of that diet culture mentality promotes.
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So now I want to talk a little bit about some of these scenarios and
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some of these transformations that if you were
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to go down the path of healing your relationship with
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food and your body, what could success look like for
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you? And we're really going to start with a transformation of
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freedom from food obsession. So as
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a dieter, you may spend hours
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planning your meals. You're constantly
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stressed about being able to stick to your diet, not
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falling off the wagon, not having to start over again on
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Monday. You're counting calories or
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macros or, you know, specific
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nutrients, and you're avoiding foods you
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have labeled as bad. And those labels
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are coming from, you know, external sources.
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And you find that if you eat anything, quote unquote, off
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plan, that that guilt sets in and it can end
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up ruining your day. Whereas after embracing a Christ
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centered, intuitive eating approach, you look at meals
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with a sense of peace and a sense of
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an opportunity and a gratitude of
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being able to care for your body that God so
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loved you, to create you to
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your soul, to live in the body that you are living in,
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that you are now really focused on that peace
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and that nourishment piece. So instead of obsessing over
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every detail, every calorie, every macronutrient,
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micronutrient, whatever it is, you're connected and you're
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listening to your body. You're trusting your hunger and your fullness
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cues. So mealtimes become a time of connection with
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God, as you are able to give thanks for that nourishment that
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he provides. And so you are now
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able to focus on what truly matters, what things are meaningful
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to you, your family, your friends, your faith, and your
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purpose that God has for your life. So food no
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longer controls your life, and you're free to live with purpose
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without, you know, having to obsess or focus on
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specific meals or following specific meal plans.
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We can also look at a transformation when it comes to being able
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to establish a healthier body image. So, as
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a dieter, you've probably found yourself criticizing your
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body, constantly comparing yourself to
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others, walking past a mirror,
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and constantly checking your body out to see, how does it
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look? Does it look a certain way today? Or maybe you are
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looking at certain pictures and you're critiquing every
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single flaw that you see in that picture.
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You may spend hours scrolling through social media
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and harnessing and feelings that you
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just aren't good enough because your body doesn't meet some sort of
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societal standard for health and beauty.
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But through Christ centered, intuitive eating and the healing that comes
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with it, you've learned to view your body as a
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temple of the Holy Spirit. You've learned to view
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yourself the same way that God views you.
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So instead of criticizing yourself, you
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now are able to practice acceptance and
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respect and gratitude for your body. You
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thank God for the body that he created your soul to
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live in, for the things that it can do and how it allows you to
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serve others. So your motivation for
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being active or exercising is no
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longer about really achieving a certain look. It's really about
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honoring God. So through this transformation, you are
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no longer chasing after worldly desires or
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worldly standards, but you are finding your
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worth and rooting your worth in how God
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sees you. Let's look at something a
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little more practical. What does this look like, this before
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and after look like when it comes to something like being able to eat
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out? Um, I know for sure when I was in the
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throes of dieting and weight loss, and you can probably relate
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is eating out can make you feel
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very, very anxious, you know, scanning the menu for the
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healthiest option or worrying about being able to make the right
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choice. And you're not alone in that. Many people struggle with
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this. I mean, I can remember going through and like, looking up the menu online
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so I could make sure that I could have a plan in place before
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I went out to eat. And maybe you do that too. Maybe
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you even avoid going out to eat altogether because
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you don't want that temptation. Or you're worried about any
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sort of guilt you might feel afterward if you're not
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able to stick to that plan. But once you
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go through that Christ centered, intuitive eating journey,
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eating out comes with this peace of mind. And
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before you choose your meal, it's about, you know, that connection
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with your body, listening to your body's hunger cues, praying
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for wisdom, and being able to connect with
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your body and be able to make a choice and
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trust that you'll make a choice that nourishes your body and you can
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enjoy the food without guilt. And so, you know, dining
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becomes an opportunity for something that's fun, an
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opportunity to connect with friends or loved ones,
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or to be able to celebrate rather than something to fear.
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So you can find that food can be enjoyed as a part
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of normal, everyday life, as well as
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life's special moments. Here's another practical
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one for you. Being able to spend less
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on groceries and reducing food waste is kind of a
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cool after when it comes to intuitive eating.
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So dieting and weight loss programs tend
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to have you spend a lot of money on
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specific, quote unquote, diet foods, whether that be
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special meal plans, special supplements, or special
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snacks that these diet plans promote
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you to eat to promise that weight loss. And
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maybe you, or maybe you're just like, I'm going to eat
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healthier. So you buy, you know, all of this fresh
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produce, but then you find yourself just throwing food away
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because either you didn't really enjoy it or you couldn't
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finish it. But once you go through this
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intuitive eating journey, you can find that
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you're able to simplify your grocery list. You
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no longer have to give into buying those expensive
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diet products, but instead, you can focus on
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purchasing wholesome and nourishing foods that you and your
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family truly enjoy, as well as being able to
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create and incorporate some of those, those fun foods that bring
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more satisfaction into mealtime and
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snacks. You're listening to your body's needs.
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You are being able to create a meal plan that works
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with your specific lifestyle and your specific food
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preferences, which helps you promote and buying just enough
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food without, you know, having this massive
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amount of food that could go to wasteland. So not only has your
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grocery bill decreased, but it also allows you to feel more
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intentional about the food you purchase and consume.
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So this shift also not only makes
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your wallet lighter, but also your heart lighter. And it can really help show
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you how that faith led wellness can extend into some of these practical
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areas, like grocery shopping.
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What about social situations or social gatherings? Because
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I know that this is one that comes up a lot with people and intuitive
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eating and kind of that hesitation. I'm just going to pause here
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and kind of share a little bit of my own story about how social situations
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were always so tough for me because I would give myself this pep talk of
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like, okay, you're going to be good tonight. You're going to be good tonight. You're
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not going to eat this, you're not going to eat that. But then it's like
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you would get there and it's like, oh my goodness, that looks so good.
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And it's usually something that you tell yourself you could never
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have, and then you give in, right? You break that
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food rule because that restraint and that restriction is just
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impossible to maintain. And so you give in and
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you eat it. But instead of being able to just eat one or maybe
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two, savoring it, enjoying it, and move on
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to, like, really be able to focus on what is important for that
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evening, I would find myself ending up binging on that.
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And I would do it in a really sneaky way to where it's like, I
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would make sure people wouldn't have see that that's what I was doing.
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So social gatherings that involve food
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may cause you anxiety. Maybe you
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find yourself that you restrict your eating beforehand, trying to
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like, quote unquote, save your calories because you're afraid that you might
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overeat or make bad choices. So there's this
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added stress of trying to control your food intake, and that
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can take away from the whole point of what that social gathering is about.
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But after Christ centered intuitive eating, you now approach
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social events with a sense of peace. Again,
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you're seeking out and you're connecting with your body and that
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internal wisdom that God has gifted you with, to be able to help
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you choose and navigate food
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that you will enjoy, that will bring satisfaction and nourishment,
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and in a way that allows you to enjoy it. And then move
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on and focus on the fellowship that that social
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engagement allows you or gives you
00:21:33
opportunity to enjoy without fear or restriction.
00:21:36
You are able to eat mindfully, trusting your body to tell you when
00:21:40
you're full. And that's it. You just, I'm full and you're
00:21:43
done. And you leave those gatherings feeling
00:21:47
satisfied rather than laden with guilt.
00:21:51
So this freedom allows you to focus on truly enjoying the
00:21:55
joy of those moments and being able to connect with others
00:22:00
and blessings of fellowship.
00:22:04
You can also find that
00:22:08
intuitive eating will help you build greater emotional
00:22:11
resilience and change, really the way that you handle emotional
00:22:15
eating. As a dieter
00:22:19
and someone who's focused on weight loss, you may find that when you're
00:22:22
feeling stressed or you have difficult emotions coming your way,
00:22:26
you often feel like the only option you have is to turn to
00:22:30
food or alcohol for comfort. And maybe that's especially
00:22:34
things like sweets or carbohydrate type
00:22:37
foods. But afterwards, that guilt sets
00:22:41
in and then you're carrying an even bigger emotional burden. There's
00:22:45
more emotional weight that you're carrying around. So that food or that
00:22:49
alcohol didn't solve that problem, it just added
00:22:52
more problems to it. And you recognize that you have this emotional
00:22:56
eating struggle, and you just wish that there was a way that you could
00:23:00
figure this out well. Through Christ centered intuitive eating,
00:23:04
what you do is you learn how to better manage your
00:23:08
emotions and to develop better coping mechanisms
00:23:12
for when you find that stress or those
00:23:15
difficult emotions coming up, instead of automatically
00:23:19
turning to food, you are able to
00:23:22
establish coping mechanisms that
00:23:26
work for you, that work for whatever emotion that is.
00:23:30
Because each emotion, each way, each emotion that you're
00:23:33
feeling, there's probably different ways that you need to handle
00:23:37
that. One of the ways that I help
00:23:41
you with this is to help you be able to build
00:23:45
that spiritual well being, that spiritual connection. So when you are
00:23:48
feeling these emotions, you can turn to the Lord in this time to
00:23:52
be able to pray for peace or reflect on scripture and allowing
00:23:56
God's words to soothe your heart and allow him
00:24:00
to be that ultimate comforter. Comforter.
00:24:03
So you're going to find that you're not eating for
00:24:06
comfort. You're going to find that even if
00:24:10
you have learned to respond
00:24:14
to emotional eating in the
00:24:17
past, that with Christ centered intuitive eating, that you will now respond
00:24:21
with grace and compassion and be able to break
00:24:25
that harmful cycle of guilt and shame. So
00:24:29
over time, what happens is you rely less on food for emotional
00:24:33
support and you're able to rely more on your faith and build that emotional
00:24:36
resilience and a deeper spiritual connection.
00:24:41
This also can pour over into how we
00:24:45
approach motherhood. If you have been
00:24:49
constantly dieting and focused on weight loss,
00:24:52
you may find that you're so consumed with
00:24:56
that diet plan or that meal plan or trying to find the thing that quote
00:25:00
unquote works, that it distracts you from your
00:25:04
family. And you're not alone in this.
00:25:09
I dealt with this a lot in my own particular journey.
00:25:14
It's the meal prepping, it's the countering calories, it's entering things
00:25:18
into the app, it's worrying about your food choices. It's,
00:25:22
you know, sometimes it's feeding the kids and then, like, they're on to the
00:25:26
next thing and you haven't even fed yourself. And then you're like, well, if I
00:25:30
just skip this meal, then that's going to help me reach my goal, which is
00:25:33
not a healthy mindset. But you're left
00:25:37
drained with little energy for your kids or your
00:25:40
spouse. But after starting Christ centered, intuitive
00:25:44
eating, your priorities have shifted. You no
00:25:47
longer spend hours planning restrictive meals or worrying about what you're
00:25:51
eating. Instead, you make meals that nourish both you and
00:25:55
your family. So no more having to make separate meals. You
00:25:59
feel free to enjoy that time together instead of
00:26:02
mealtime. Being focused on, you know,
00:26:06
that worry or that stress of am I doing this right?
00:26:09
And this newfound mental energy
00:26:13
allows you to focus more on your children, allows you to be
00:26:17
more present and engage in meaningful family activities.
00:26:20
The other thing that tends to happen is you
00:26:24
are actually nourished. You are eating enough and
00:26:27
you no longer feel that low energy or that
00:26:31
sluggishness that comes with restrictive dieting
00:26:34
plans. So you're nourishing your body consistently throughout the day. So
00:26:38
you are constantly refueling and re energizing to allow
00:26:42
you to fulfill your duties and your responsibilities
00:26:46
of motherhood in a well
00:26:49
equipped manner. So this particular
00:26:53
transformation shows that when you free yourself from food obsession, you can give
00:26:57
more of yourself to the people that you love.
00:27:01
Let's talk a little bit about self care. So
00:27:05
maybe you've gone through phases of extreme dieting or intense
00:27:09
exercise, and a lot of times that is followed by
00:27:12
burnouth. You are just so done. Your weight has
00:27:16
fluctuated and you struggle to find balance in a
00:27:19
sustainable approach to health. You
00:27:23
are very much in an all or nothing mindset. But through
00:27:27
Christ centered intuitive eating, when you've learned to listen to your body,
00:27:30
you are now able to
00:27:34
approach your needs and meet your needs in a way that
00:27:38
feels good rather than like out of obligation.
00:27:42
You're maybe exercising regularly, but it's in a way that
00:27:45
is, that feels good to your body instead of a way that
00:27:49
punishes your body. Or you're now eating mindfully. You're
00:27:53
knowing when to stop. Maybe you are, you know,
00:27:56
praying for guidance. When you're making decisions about your health,
00:28:01
you have allowed your weight to stabilize, but more
00:28:04
importantly, you found peace and balance in your lifestyle instead of that
00:28:08
all or nothing burnout that comes with
00:28:12
dieting and weight loss efforts. And
00:28:16
this really highlights that health is more about the more is about
00:28:19
more than the physical appearance. It's about finding that balance and
00:28:23
honoring God in the way that you were caring for your body.
00:28:27
And this is where you know, this Christ centered intuitive eating
00:28:31
is really unique compared to just
00:28:34
conventional intuitive eating. But
00:28:38
for so long, I know, myself included, you have
00:28:42
probably once viewed your health journey as, and maybe you
00:28:46
still do view your health journey as something that's completely separate from your
00:28:49
faith. Remember, in an early
00:28:53
podcast episode, the number one thing missing from your
00:28:56
health and wellness plan is your faith.
00:29:01
But now, through Christ's intuitive eating, you've learned
00:29:04
how to integrate your faith with your health.
00:29:08
And that is key and crucial to be able to turn
00:29:12
to God and asking him to guide your choices,
00:29:16
asking him to help show you how to steward and be
00:29:20
a good steward of your body, of your health, of
00:29:24
your mind and your soul. Your health journey is
00:29:27
no longer disconnected from your spiritual life.
00:29:31
It's actually entwined, intertwined.
00:29:35
Kind of reminds me of the grapevine, right from the true
00:29:38
vine parable about how
00:29:43
Jesus is the vine and we are the branches and God is the vine
00:29:46
grower, and how if we are cut off from Jesus,
00:29:50
then we are not getting the nourishment that we need. We wouldn't be
00:29:54
healthy grapes on the vine. And then we have God the Father, who is
00:29:57
taking care of all of us.
00:30:01
So through this Christ centered intuitive eating, you're able
00:30:05
to grow this deeper spiritual connection, and it's brought
00:30:09
a sense of peace to your physical, mental, emotional
00:30:12
and spiritual well being. And I think this particular
00:30:16
transformation, being able to integrate your faith
00:30:20
with your health and wellness efforts, is a beautiful reminder
00:30:23
that God really and truly cares about every aspect
00:30:27
of your life, every aspect of your
00:30:31
life. So I just want to take a minute and kind of
00:30:35
summarize what these before and afters may look like.
00:30:38
So before intuitive eating, you're either being quote
00:30:42
unquote good or bad with food and after
00:30:46
you view food as morally neutral and don't tie food
00:30:49
decisions to self worth before intuitive
00:30:53
eating, you can't keep your favorite foods in the house
00:30:57
while after you can keep any food in the house without obsessing or
00:31:00
binging before you
00:31:04
feel guilty after eating quote unquote junk food or high calorie
00:31:08
sugar fat carb foods while after you enjoy eating
00:31:11
without guilt no matter what it is that you were eating
00:31:15
before constantly worried about what is
00:31:19
okay to eat, what your next meal is going to be,
00:31:22
or what it is that you ate and after you
00:31:26
no longer obsess over food rules or restrictions
00:31:30
before you often eat until you're overfull or
00:31:34
bloated and after you focus on eating until
00:31:37
you're comfortably full and choosing satisfying foods
00:31:42
before you're always choosing the lowest calorie option
00:31:46
after you're no longer counting calories, macros, or
00:31:50
points and you're making food choices based off of what will be
00:31:53
nourishing and satisfying and supports your food
00:31:57
preferences before
00:32:00
you regularly eat emotionally due to stress, boredom,
00:32:04
anxiety, frustration, loneliness, or sadness
00:32:08
after you use tools other than food to manage
00:32:11
emotions, addressing them with healthy strategies
00:32:16
before intuitive eating, you experience binge
00:32:19
episodes, especially with off limit foods. Well
00:32:23
after you no longer binge and
00:32:26
you're able to enjoy your favorite foods in quantities that feel
00:32:30
good before
00:32:34
you feel like you can't stop snacking after
00:32:38
you eat regular meals and snacks and you're able to stop when you're
00:32:41
satisfied before you're depending on a quote
00:32:45
unquote expert to tell you what to eat
00:32:49
after you trust your body and personal knowledge to
00:32:52
decide what and when to eat
00:32:56
before you miss out on experiences
00:33:00
involving quote unquote unhealthy foods with friends and family
00:33:04
after you're able to enjoy social meals
00:33:08
without food worries and you're able to create memories with friends
00:33:11
and family before
00:33:15
you feel the need to compensate for what you ate through
00:33:18
exercise or restriction
00:33:22
after you know there's no need to compensate for eating any food.
00:33:26
Exercising is more about enjoyment and health
00:33:29
before you worry about how foods will affect your
00:33:33
weight after you no longer stress about how food
00:33:37
affects your weight and you're trusting that God's creation will
00:33:41
help you find the weight that your body feels good at
00:33:45
before you feel overwhelmed by
00:33:49
mixed nutritional messages and after
00:33:53
you understand what supports your health without being
00:33:56
influenced by conflicting media messages
00:34:00
before you're either on a diet
00:34:04
or eating everything or after you never feel the
00:34:08
need to diet again. But you're also able to stop eating
00:34:12
when you're comfortably full and satisfied.
00:34:16
Before you're only focused on what you can't eat
00:34:20
after you add foods that support health without
00:34:24
restriction, and before you avoid certain
00:34:28
food groups. Well, after embracing intuitive eating, you're able to eat a
00:34:31
balanced variety of foods to support blood sugar stability.
00:34:37
So these are real examples of what success with Christ centered
00:34:40
intuitive eating looks like. Not in the way the world
00:34:44
defines success, but in a way that aligns with God's plan for your
00:34:48
life. You can find peace and joy and balance in your
00:34:51
relationship with food and your body, which ultimately allows you to grow
00:34:55
closer to God in the process. So if any of these
00:34:59
stories resonated with you, I encourage you to reflect on your own health
00:35:02
journey. Are you just wanting the thin body or
00:35:06
do you want a healthy body? What would success
00:35:10
look like for you with Christ centered intuitive eating?
00:35:14
Take some time, talk about it with God, and if he
00:35:18
is calling you to make a change, I invite you to book a free wellness
00:35:21
audit session with me. In this session,
00:35:25
I will help you get clarity on your specific health health
00:35:28
goals. What is it that you want to achieve when it comes to your health
00:35:32
and wellness? And then I'll help you identify any potential
00:35:35
obstacles or problems that may arise so you are
00:35:39
prepared for them to potentially come up.
00:35:43
And from there we'll create an action plan that can help you
00:35:46
take intentional action to build sustainable habits, as
00:35:50
well as an action plan that will help you overcome any of those
00:35:54
obstacles that may come up during your journey. All of these
00:35:58
things are crucial to help you reach that goal. So if you're interested,
00:36:02
you can book that free session using the link in the episode show
00:36:05
notes as always, thank you for listening.
00:36:09
And if you enjoyed this episode, or if you enjoy or are
00:36:12
enjoying the podcast, don't forget to subscribe and share it with
00:36:16
someone who needs encouragement on their wellness journey. I
00:36:20
appreciate each and every one of you who is listening. And
00:36:23
remember, beauty held is the seed, beauty shared is the
00:36:27
flower. It's your time to bloom. Take care and have a
00:36:30
wonderfully blessed week. Talk soon. Bye.
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