Break the Diet Cycle

Break the Diet Cycle

By Melissa LandryHealth & FitnessNutrition
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  • [repost] so, does Intuitive Eating mean giving up on yourself?

    We've opened up the vault! We're re-releasing past episodes while we work on Season 5 of Break the Diet Podcast. This episode is for you if you've ever wondered: "does intuitive eating just mean giving up on myself?" 

    Dalina and Melissa break down the facts in this episode to help you understand what the real meaning of intuitive eating is and how you can embrace it. 

    Are you ready? Let's break the diet cycle! Want more support? Follow Dalina @your.latina. nutritionist and Melissa @no.more.guilt on Instagram to get their free guides and join tens of thousands of women, just like you, becoming the first in their families to break the diet cycle!

    27 min
  • Handling Uncertainty and Imperfection as an Intuitive Eater with Melissa Landry

    Last week, Melissa interviewed Dalina to talk about her personal story with Intuitive Eating. This week, the tables are turning as Dalina interviews co-host Melissa to learn HER experiences with Intuitive Eating!

    After sharing our 10-part Intuitive Eating series, we hope our personal stories help you connect with your WHY as an Intuitive Eater so you can take your next step to becoming one yourself.

    In this episode, Melissa shares:

    • What got her so passionate about Intuitive Eating in the first place
    • How her mother’s attempts to protect her from weight stigma fueled a mindset of perfectionism within herself
    • How Melissa copes with discomforts of perfectionist thinking and uncertainty from derailing her IE process
    • How Melissa was able to connect the dots about the negative impact weight stigma through her experience with her mother
    • What parts of Melissa’s story connect with yours? We hope this episode helps you to connect with the process and understand your motivation for Intuitive Eating even better!

      Episode Resources:

      • Join the Break the Diet Cycle Podcast Community: @break.the.diet.pod
      • Connect with Melissa on Instagram: @no.more.guilt
      • Connect with Dalina on Instagram: @your.latina.nutritionist
      • This episode was sponsored by No More Guilt with Melissa Landry

        • Get the 3 Steps to Eat without Guilt Guide: https://mailchi.mp/d9207e0baf90/nomoreguiltguide
        • Are you in a bigger body and ready to start your food freedom journey? Apply today for No More Guilt Coaching at www.melissalandrynutrition.com
        • 28 min
        • Learning to Be Okay with Body Change as an Intuitive Eater with Dalina Soto

          Now that you’ve finished our 10-part Intuitive Eating series, it’s time to get in touch with WHY you want to take the next step in practicing the skills you’ve learned. Understanding your reasons why will help you to organize and apply what you’ve learned.

          In this episode, Melissa interviews co-host Dalina Soto, to talk about her personal story with Intuitive Eating.

          We cover:

          • The emotional impact of praising women in smaller bodies during childhood
          • How Dalina’s used her “Diet Culture BS” detector whenever she saw demonization of culture foods in her early career
          • How Intuitive Eating changed her relationship with movement
          • Why she loves working with Latina women like her
          • Dalina’s process learning to be okay with body change
          • What parts of Dalina’s connect with yours? We hope this episode helps you to connect with the process and understand your motivation for Intuitive Eating even better!

            Episode Resources:

            • Join the Break the Diet Cycle Podcast Community: @break.the.diet.pod
            • Connect with Melissa on Instagram: @no.more.guilt
            • Connect with Dalina on Instagram: @your.latina.nutritionist
            • This episode was sponsored by Your Latina Nutritionist with Dalina Soto

              • Get your free Intuitive Eating guide at: https://yourlatinanutrition.teachable.com/p/quick-intro-to-intuitive-eating
              • Ready to find food freedom with Chulas like you? Apply for group coaching at www.yourlatinanutritonist.com
              • 28 min
              • [Intuitive Eating Series] Principle 10: Honor Your Health with Gentle Nutrition with Rachael Hartley, RD

                Many people ask: how do you know when "gentle nutrition" is working for you without the scale?

                If you too are healing your relationship with food and want to pursue health, then you’ll want to know about Intuitive Eating Principle 10: Honor Your Health with Gentle Nutrition.

                Registered Dietitian Nutritionists Dalina Soto and Melissa Landry interview Rachael Hartley, RD - fellow Dietitian and author of the book Gentle Nutrition to discuss:

                • What is Gentle Nutrition?
                • How to measure your nutritional wellbeing without weighing yourself
                • meal planning tips and "non-diety" ways to get back into the meal planning groove
                • This episode ends our Intuitive Eating Series! Go back to hear previous principles, or request a free guide to put what you are learning into practice: https://mailchi.mp/d9207e0baf90/nomoreguiltguide

                  Episode Resources:

                  • Follow Rachael on Instagram: @rachaelhartlyrd
                  • Find Rachael’s book “Gentle Nutrition” on Amazon or wherever books are sold
                  • Join the Break the Diet Cycle Podcast Community: @break.the.diet.pod
                  • Connect with Melissa on Instagram: @no.more.guilt
                  • Connect with Dalina on Instagram: @your.latina.nutritionist
                  • This episode was sponsored by No More Guilt with Melissa Landry

                    • Get the 3 Steps to Eat without Guilt Guide: https://mailchi.mp/d9207e0baf90/nomoreguiltguide
                    • Are you in a bigger body and ready to start your food freedom journey? Apply today for No More Guilt Coaching at www.melissalandrynutrition.com
                    • 38 min
                    • [Intuitive Eating Series] Principle 9: Movement - Feel the Difference

                      Do you have a complicated relationship with movement? You’re not alone. Though there are undoubtedly mental and physical benefits to moving regularly - many chronic dieters find themselves struggling to find motivation without goals of weight loss creating all-or-nothing extremes!

                      In today’s episode Registered Dietitian Nutritionists Dalina Soto and Melissa Landry talk about Intuitive Eating Principle 9: Movement - Feel the Difference. They discuss:

                      • What is joyful movement?
                      • How to stop seeing movement only as “calorie burn”
                      • The importance of rest, “quality sitting” and balance in movement routines
                      • Strategies to find joy in movement again
                      • In this episode, Dalina mentions an article about the importance of quality “sitting”. You can check it out here: https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/01/21/959140732/just-move-scientist-author-debunks-myths-about-exercise-and-sleep?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&fbclid=IwAR0aetPLhUc6efJ_h5j9z9VYNM0s_Sl64GxmmGZOg_wiSMYOB_CtxYmR95o

                        Episode Resources:

                        • Join the Break the Diet Cycle Podcast Community: @break.the.diet.pod
                        • Connect with Melissa on Instagram: @no.more.guilt
                        • Connect with Dalina on Instagram: @your.latina.nutritionist
                        • This episode was sponsored by Your Latina Nutritionist with Dalina Soto

                          • Get your free Intuitive Eating guide at: https://yourlatinanutrition.teachable.com/p/quick-intro-to-intuitive-eating
                          • Ready to find food freedom with Chulas like you? Apply for group coaching at www.yourlatinanutritonist.com
                          • 26 min
                          • [Intuitive Eating Series] Principle 8: Respect Your Body

                            Body respect can feel difficult after years of dieting. If all you’ve ever known is trying to change your body into something different, then you’ll want to know about Intuitive Eating Principle 8: Respect Your Body. Registered Dietitian Nutritionists Dalina Soto and Melissa Landry interview Allison Latham-Jones, stylist and Intuitive Eater to cover:

                            • What body respect means to ex-dieters
                            • Why it is important to be comfortable and express your style through clothes
                            • Ways you can improve their relationship to clothing at home, work, and special events
                            • Ways to cope with weight stigma and letting go of the weight loss fantasy
                            • In this episode, we mention new information we're learning about the about the ecological impact of renting clothing. In the spirit of supporting your value-driven decision making, here are the articles mentioned for you to consider as you balance your values for body respect and environmentalism:

                              https://www.fastcompany.com/90651753/renting-clothing-is-worse-for-the-planet-than-just-throwing-it-away-study-shows

                              https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/abfac3/pdf


                              Episode Resources:

                              • Follow Allison on Instagram: @best.dressed.styling
                              • Visit https://bestdressedstyling.com/ for more resources
                              • Join the Break the Diet Cycle Podcast Community: @break.the.diet.pod
                              • Connect with Melissa on Instagram: @no.more.guilt
                              • Connect with Dalina on Instagram: @your.latina.nutritionist
                              • This episode was sponsored by No More Guilt with Melissa Landry

                                • Get the 3 Steps to Eat without Guilt Guide: https://mailchi.mp/d9207e0baf90/nomoreguiltguide
                                • Are you in a bigger body and ready to start your food freedom journey? Apply today for No More Guilt Coaching at www.melissalandrynutrition.com
                                • 45 min
                                • [Intuitive Eating Series] Principle 7: Cope with Your Emotions with Kindness

                                  Feeling feelings is hard! In today’s episode Registered Dietitian Nutritionists Dalina Soto and Melissa Landry talk about Intuitive Eating Principle 7: Cope with Your Emotions with Kindness. Learn:

                                  • why emotional eating is NORMAL and NATURAL!
                                  • the difference between binge eating vs emotional eating
                                  • Why you emotionally eat and,
                                  • What tools you can use to neutralize emotional eating
                                  • Episode Resources:

                                    • Join the Break the Diet Cycle Podcast Community: @break.the.diet.pod
                                    • Connect with Melissa on Instagram: @no.more.guilt
                                    • Connect with Dalina on Instagram: @your.latina.nutritionist
                                    • This episode was sponsored by Your Latina Nutritionist with Dalina Soto

                                      • Get your free Intuitive Eating guide at: https://yourlatinanutrition.teachable.com/p/quick-intro-to-intuitive-eating
                                      • Ready to find food freedom with Chulas like you? Apply for group coaching at www.yourlatinanutritonist.com
                                      • 33 min
                                      • [Intuitive Eating Series] Principle 6: Feel Your Fullness

                                        Do you struggle to listen to your fullness? Registered Dietitian Nutritionists Dalina Soto and Melissa Landry interview Ex-Dieter and member of Melissa’s No More Guilt Community, Suzanne, to talk about one of the most difficult to master Intuitive Eating skills: feeling your fullness. Suzanne gives her real-life take on:

                                        In today’s episode we cover:

                                        • why she choose Intuitive Eating as her next step in healing food guilt
                                        • Whether or not hunger/fullness scales are helpful to learn to trust yourself?
                                        • Her biggest challenge listening to her fullness and how she worked through it
                                        • How she connected to her body WITHOUT making it feel like pressure to be perfect with your fullness all the time after YEARS of chronic dieting
                                        • Episode Resources:

                                          • Join the Break the Diet Cycle Podcast Community: @break.the.diet.pod
                                          • Connect with Melissa on Instagram: @no.more.guilt
                                          • Connect with Dalina on Instagram: @your.latina.nutritionist
                                          • This episode was sponsored by No More Guilt with Melissa Landry

                                            • Get the 3 Steps to Eat without Guilt Guide: https://mailchi.mp/d9207e0baf90/nomoreguiltguide
                                            • Are you in a bigger body and ready to start your food freedom journey? Apply today for No More Guilt Coaching at www.melissalandrynutrition.com
                                            • 34 min
                                            • [Intuitive Eating Series] Principle 5: Discover the Satisfaction Factor

                                              Dalina’s interview her client and fellow Chula Adriana to discuss Dalina’s favorite Intuitive Eating principle: discovering the satisfaction factor. Next to rejecting diet mindset, this is one of the most important skills you can learn as an intuitive eater, and in fact, is the ENTIRE point of the process!

                                              In today’s episode we cover:

                                              • How food satisfaction increases LIFE satisfaction
                                              • How has eating without fear helped Adriana regain control of her health
                                              • What would Adriana say to someone afraid of giving into satisfaction?
                                              • Episode Resources:

                                                Join the Break the Diet Cycle Podcast Community: @break.the.diet.pod

                                                • Connect with Melissa on Instagram: @no.more.guilt
                                                • Connect with Dalina on Instagram: @your.latina.nutritionist
                                                • This episode was sponsored by Your Latina Nutritionist with Dalina Soto

                                                  • Get your free Intuitive Eating guide at: https://yourlatinanutrition.teachable.com/p/quick-intro-to-intuitive-eating
                                                  • Ready to find food freedom with Chulas like you? Apply for group coaching at www.yourlatinanutritonist.com
                                                  • 25 min
                                                  • [Intuitive Eating Series] Principle 4: Challenge the Food Police

                                                    We’re continuing on in our Intuitive Eating Skill series with Principle 4: challenge the food police. In this episode, Registered Dietitian Nutritionists Dalina Soto and Melissa Landry discuss:

                                                    • Where the inner “food police voice” comes from
                                                    • How Intuitive Eating uses cognitive behavioral therapy to shift negative self-talk and food guilt
                                                    • The difference between the self-talk of a  “dieter” and an “intuitive eater”
                                                    • Types of negative thinking to look out for in your food freedom journey
                                                    • Episode Resources:

                                                      • Join the Break the Diet Cycle Podcast Community: @break.the.diet.pod
                                                      • Connect with Melissa on Instagram: @no.more.guilt
                                                      • Connect with Dalina on Instagram: @your.latina.nutritionist
                                                      • This episode was sponsored by No More Guilt with Melissa Landry

                                                        • Get the 3 Steps to Eat without Guilt Guide: https://mailchi.mp/d9207e0baf90/nomoreguiltguide
                                                        • Are you in a bigger body and ready to start your food freedom journey? Apply today for No More Guilt Coaching at www.melissalandrynutrition.com
                                                        • What did you think of this episode? Leave us a review letting us know how the pod is positively impacting your Intuitive Eating journey. We love hearing from you!

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                                                        Registered Dietitian Nutritionist Melissa Landry of @no.more.guilt talks about what it's really like to learn intuitive eating so you can be the first in your family to stop dieting, accept your body,…