Following on from our wonderful conversation with Naomi Katz in episode 16, I’m going deeper into my own Intuitive Eating practice. Prior to starting this practice, I felt very anxious about hunger and fullness, and truly believed that I was just broken. The feeling of ‘fullness’ completely eluded me, I wasn’t sure what it felt like or if it was supposed to be uncomfortable.

I’ll always remember when Naomi gave me a little ‘sneak peek’ before we started the principle, she said “Let me give you an insight into this principle; fullness is the same as satisfaction…”. Yeah. My mind was blown and I had so many questions.

How on earth could it be so simple?

So, I don’t know what fullness feels like because I’m dissatisfied by my food choices?

Does everyone else know about this?

As I deepened this practice, I started to uncover foods I’d always thought I enjoyed, and now that all foods were available to me without rules, they weren’t so satisfying. Some foods I had no interest in, and others I just wanted one or two but didn’t want to buy the whole packet.

It seems so small, but it was incredibly freeing.

Check out this bonus episode as I share some anecdotes from this practice and how I unlearned food rules within my practice.

Thank you so much for your patience with this bonus as I recovered from this sinus infection, and stay tuned for updates on the show including a new bonus segment and the next season coming in 2025!

Coming up next week

Episode 17: An episode for our straight sized allies – 3 ways you can (and should) advocate for your fat friends

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