In this episode, we address the fears and doubts you’re often faced with when considering a shift away from diet culture. If you’ve been contemplating intuitive eating but still find yourself worrying about weight loss, this conversation is here to reassure and guide you.
Key Takeaways:
- Fear and doubts are some of the biggest reasons people struggle to embrace lasting change.
- We’ll explore common fears about intuitive eating and how diet culture plays a role in perpetuating them.
- Emphasis on relying on faith, recognizing the lies that keep us stuck, and making actionable steps towards freedom.
- Highlight the empowering process of intuitive eating where you learn to trust your body's wisdom and God's plan for you.
- Acknowledgement that it’s normal to still want to lose weight but explains how these desires can be compassionately addressed within the intuitive eating framework.
- Intuitive eating is accessible on any budget, allowing you to make choices based on your genuine preferences, not restrictions.
📣 And guess what? I’m offering a free webinar called "Getting Started with Christ-Centered Intuitive Eating" to help you begin this journey with clarity and confidence. Join me on Thursday, September 5 at 11:00 AM Central where I'll share practical steps to get started and address all your questions. You don’t want to miss it!
If you’re ready to embark on a path of healing your relationship with food, leaning on your God-given body’s wisdom, and making choices that truly reflect your faith, tune in now. Let’s overcome those what-ifs and embrace the freedom of intuitive eating together.
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00:00 Discover joyful nourishment, healing and confidence in Christ.
05:47 Gain knowledge, take action for change.
09:43 Overcoming fear of failure in intuitive eating.
13:38 Trusting God's design unlocks intuitive eating.
14:57 Gentle approach to intuitive eating and self-compassion.
19:29 Embrace intuitive eating, find balance and peace.
21:44 Understanding body cues important for physical, emotional well-being
27:17 Let go of dieting, find peace instead.
31:04 Intuitive eating levels health for all budgets.
34:23 Podcast promotes intuitive eating with coaching support.
38:39 Webinar on Christ-centered intuitive eating for you.
39:55 Get actionable strategies, intuitive eating steps, replay.
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One of the biggest reasons why people don't make
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lasting changes in their life is because they
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give into the fear. The fear of the what
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ifs and the worries. Well, what if I fail? What
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if this doesn't work just on and on with
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what ifs and worry? But when we give in to
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those fears, what we're doing is really giving in to
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the enemy. And the way that he operates, the doubts
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that he puts in our minds, keeps us stuck
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right where we are. Despite the fact that we really want things
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to be different, we stay stuck where we are.
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Nothing changes. Nothing gets better. So in
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today's episode, I am going to tackle some of the
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common what ifs and worries that I see come up
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that keep people from trying intuitive eating, from making
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those changes, from breaking free from diet culture,
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from healing their relationship, relationship with food and their body.
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And I want to do this because I want to help you to better
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be able to recognize these lies that are
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bringing about this fear. So you can
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know that it's the enemy that's operating and keeping you stuck.
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And you can choose, if you want to
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move past that fear, to lean into
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the Lord and take action and make
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these changes. So let's get started.
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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. 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. Welcome back to another
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episode of the Nourish to Bloom podcast. I'm your host, Kara
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Trochta, and I hope that you are having a
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great week so far. Gosh, it's hard to believe, guys, we are
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26 episodes into the podcast.
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That's awesome. And I think it's cool. I love
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to see the number of downloads and the number of listeners and
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the feedback that I've been getting. It's so awesome because here's the
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deal. You're taking in all this information,
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probably things maybe you've never heard before. You're
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seeing nutrition and health and wellness from a different
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perspective. And maybe even some of you have recognized
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that maybe there is a problem with your current approach to health
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and wellness. Like, you're becoming more aware of the
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fact that diet culture has had some impact on your life.
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You're consuming this information, you're learning and gaining
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knowledge. All of this to really help you decide
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if intuitive eating is something you want to try.
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You're acknowledging that you really don't want to be stuck in
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this diet culture and weight loss trapdoor. And you're
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realizing that the damage that you've suffered from those
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repeated weight loss attempts. You're starting to get more
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curious about intuitive eating and wanting to learn
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more. You really desire to make those
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changes, to heal your relationship with food and your body. And like, maybe
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you even tried to take some small steps. Maybe you're starting to
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listen to your hunger and your fullness cues more. Maybe you
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are leaning more into some of what we talked about when it comes
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to body image. Maybe you are looking
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for foods that are more satisfying. But aside from these, like, first
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few steps, you really aren't taking big
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action. And here's the real reason
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why this is happening. It's because you're
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frozen in fear and doubt. You really
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don't know if intuitive eating will work. And you
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probably have some fears that you may gain weight or that
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you won't lose any weight. And then you're scared
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that you won't be able to stop eating these
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forbidden foods if you give yourself that
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unconditional permission to eat. And then it's just going to end up in this downward
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spiral and you're going to feel out of control.
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But let me ask you this. What
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is knowledge without action. You
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have gained so much knowledge over the last 26 episodes
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about intuitive eating. So why are you not
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taking that action? Because
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knowledge without action is like a goal
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without a plan, just being a wish.
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Do you just want to keep wishing you could heal your relationship with
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food and your body or do you actually want
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to do it? I think the answer is you
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probably really, really want this,
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but you will never break these unwanted habits or make these
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changes without taking action.
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But unfortunately, too often we tell ourselves
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this lie that, well, we're just not ready, that we need to know
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more about this thing before we're actually going to try it,
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or that we need to know that if we do this,
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everything's going to be okay by the end of it. That we're going to. We're
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going to get what we want out of this.
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Unfortunately, just like most
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things in life, like there's just not that kind of guarantee with our
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life. We can't know that if we step out in faith and
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we try the next thing or we take the next right step that it's going
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to end up the way we want it. But when we have this
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faith and we trust in the Lord to when we take these steps,
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we know that even if it doesn't work out the way that we really kind
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of want it to, that if we are walking with him, it's going to turn
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out good. You're, you're going to learn something.
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Like in life, you're either winning or you're learning. You're either winning
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because you're reaching that goal and things are going the way that you, like,
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have really planned or the way that you've wanted, or you're learning something about
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it. You're learning maybe what didn't work
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or the next step is just revealed to you as you
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keep on going and you're seeing, okay, well, I need to do this first before
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I can do this other thing. And that's you and God collaborating.
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So why do we ultimately let fear win out
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more often than nothing?
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Because when we let fear win, it really means that
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ultimately we're letting the enemy win.
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And we sometimes choose to
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live in this fear, to live in these what ifs and these worries and
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not step out in faith because we think that we're
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protecting ourselves from frustration or from
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hurt or disappointment. But the
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reality is, is that when we let fear win, we miss out.
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I just finished reading this rom.com book and in it,
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this one best friend is telling the other one that is in love
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with this woman that
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he's afraid to let himself love this woman because he
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has this heart condition. And he's told himself that it's
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better if he doesn't open himself up to love, but
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his best friend is telling him that isn't it better to
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leave the world better because you
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existed and you lived in it, than if you leave it with nothing
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because you were too scared to do something?
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I mean, wow. Are you too scared to do something? Are you too
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scared to do something about your relationship with
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food and your body? Those are some pretty powerful words
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to consider. And for many of us, we've
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let our weight or our body appearance hold us
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back from doing and achieving so many things in
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our lives. So
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how do we move past this fear and this doubt? Well,
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we really have to take action. I mean, the best way to
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overcome fear is just to take one step. And I, trust me
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when I say that, I know that that is so hard.
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But I also think that it's helpful to kind
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of really call out some of these what ifs and these worries
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because this really allows us to see how the enemy
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is working through this fear. So that's what I want
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to do. Today we're going to explore a few of these common what ifs
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and worries because I want to help you
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move past this fear, to move past these what ifs and these
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worries and this doubt and to start taking action.
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To start taking the action that you need to take in order to become an
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intuitive eater in order to heal your relationship with food in your
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body so you can leave the world in a
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better place because you existed and you lived and you
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did God's will. So what if, number
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one, what if I fail at intuitive
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eating? Okay, so this particular worry
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comes from the fact that you haven't had a any long term
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success with other diets, weight loss or nutrition
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programs. So you're really wondering that if that wasn't
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successful successful, how could you trust that intuitive eating would
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actually work for you? I mean, it's a
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legit worry, but I have to remind you that
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intuitive eating is unlike anything you've ever done
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before. It's so very different from
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those diet culture approaches that focus solely on weight
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loss through those restrictive behaviors and rules.
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And that's probably why you may be hesitant. Because
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if diets have these specific rules and you couldn't stick with
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those, I mean, how are you ever going to be able to do something that
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requires you to trust your body? But it's that
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piece. It's that learning to trust your body.
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That is why intuitive eating is so
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effective because it's really more of this
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forever approach versus that rollercoaster of
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the ever changing rules that come with diet
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culture. Like with intuitive eating, you
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learn this once and it carries you through all
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stages of life, whether you're pregnant, whether you're
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perimenopausal, whether you're going through menopause or you're post
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menopausal. Maybe you have a daughter and she's a
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teenager and you're trying to help her through intuitive eating. Intuitive eating is
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something that carries you through all stages of life,
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and it doesn't trick you or change the rules the
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way that diet and weight loss does.
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Christ centered intuitive eating allows you to reconnect
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and tune into the wisdom of your body.
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That wisdom that has been given to
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you by the one who designed and created you,
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God. So he created your body with this internal
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wisdom in order to help you
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know when and how to eat and how to nourish your
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body. So that's really why this is
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not going to fail. This is really why you can trust that this will
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work. See, like, you really can't fail. Because again, you're
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only learning. And each time you eat, it's an
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opportunity to better learn your body, to better understand
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this wisdom that God has, has given you.
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You get to learn what you like, what foods make your body feel
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good, when everything you've tried up until this point
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has have told you exactly what, what, and how much to
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eat, without any regards for your preferences or the
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outcomes, or without any regards to that internal wisdom that
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God put within you. So with intuitive eating,
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you get to regain that control and take charge of
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figuring out the best way to care for yourself. By leaning
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into the wisdom of God's human design,
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intuitive eating will work for you because you are
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regaining trust in your body. For me, learning
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that I could trust my body, that I
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could trust the way that God designed my body to work,
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was really this doorway into trusting the Lord more.
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It was like, huh, if I could trust him
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when it came to what I ate and how to care for my body,
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then surely I could trust him with bigger things, with
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greater things in life. It was an invitation to
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better know the Lord and allow him to move and work in my life. Instead
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of thinking that I needed to be in control of everything, it
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was realizing he has already given me the
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wisdom to take care of myself and to take care
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of me, his creation.
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Remember, God created you in his image and likeness, and that gives
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you the authority to be the expert of your body.
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It gives you the wisdom to be the expert of your body and the ability
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to care for it in the way that God intended.
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And I think it's also this opportunity to
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really be able to imitate Christ's compassion and mercy.
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He is so patient and gentle with us when we make
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mistakes or when we stumble or when things don't go, we don't
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do the things that he really wishes that we would do.
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And through intuitive eating, we learn to have that same
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compassion and mercy for ourselves
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and share that same compassion and mercy with others. So there really
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is no failing at intuitive eating. There's
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only learning how to care for yourself a
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little bit better each and every day.
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Okay, what if, number two, what if
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I can't stop eating? Okay.
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So I know that the idea of giving yourself unconditional permission
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to eat scares you, because in the
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past, any time that you have eaten the foods that you
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think you quote unquote shouldn't, or you've eaten those quote unquote
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forbidden foods, it only leads to you overeating
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them, and then you feel like garbage, both physically and
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emotionally. So you're sitting here wondering, how can I
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possibly trust myself around these foods?
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And, man, oh, boy, do I get this one. Like, I hear it all the
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time from women. I mean, I heard it in my own mind several
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times. I can't keep XYZ in the house because I can't trust
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myself around that food. I was 100%
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the same way. Diet culture has taught
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you to fear these foods through that
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restriction and that avoidance, but this only leads
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to you obsessing and craving and then binging these
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foods. This is known as that restrict binge
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cycle and that kind of
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thing that happens where you allow yourself to have it and then you binge off
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of it. Like, that leads you to feeling like you have this
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whole plethora, this whole bunch of evidence that you really
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shouldn't be trusted around these foods. But I want to be clear.
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The reason you feel like you can't stop eating these foods
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is because it's a side effect of diet culture.
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Because when diets and weight loss programs tell
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you you shouldn't eat this or you can't have that because
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it's not on your plan, it only increases that
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desire for that food.
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Because the reality is, is that you probably don't want to
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eat chocolate cake or cheeseburgers all day long, but you probably
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would really like to be able to enjoy a piece of birthday cake
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or be able to order what you really want at a
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restaurant. And I promise you that intuitive eating can
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help you do that. The intuitive
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eating framework has very specific tools
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that teach you how to make peace with these foods. So
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you gain trust in yourself around these foods, you
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practice it, and then you're able to keep any
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food in the house. When you follow these
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tools, you'll find that you actually start to crave these
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foods less and less. The problem in the past
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is that you haven't had the right tools to be
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successful. But with intuitive eating, now you
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will. I used to not be able to
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keep, like, anything in the house. Cookies, candy,
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I couldn't bake things because I couldn't trust myself not to eat them all.
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And now, like anything you could imagine
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is allowed in my house. And we make things
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available on a really regular basis, and I don't end up in
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this, this binge cycle the way that I used to.
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I want you to remember that God's design for your body includes
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a natural desire for a variety of
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foods. And I think that's really important, because
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that that will remind you that you're not going to end
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up eating chocolate cake and cheeseburgers all day long.
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This means that you were born as an intuitive
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eater and that you were programmed to
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want foods that nourish and support your body nutritionally,
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as well as foods that taste good and bring
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satisfacture, satisfaction, and pleasure. I
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was trying to say satisfaction and pleasure, and it came out satisfactor
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anyway, but foods that taste good and bring
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satisfaction and pleasure to the eating experience.
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And when you allow this to happen, when you make peace with food and you
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give yourself that unconditional permission to eat, it really
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allows you to lean into and embrace that
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design for your body. That includes that desire for a variety
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of foods. It allows you to again, choose those foods that
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are nourishing, but also be able to enjoy those foods that just taste
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good without guilt and without shame. And it
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naturally leads to that moderation and
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balance that so many of us desire.
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But what's happened is that diet culture has caused a
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glitch in your programming. But
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together, through working through the intuitive eating framework,
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I will help you restore yourself to
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that intuitive eater you were born to be. And when you're
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living as an intuitive eater, you have that natural
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ability already within you, through that natural body wisdom,
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to be able to stop eating, no matter what that food
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is. Okay, what if,
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number three, what if I still want to lose
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weight? Can I do intuitive eating if I still want to
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lose weight? So it is 100%
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normal to still want to lose weight? With how much
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attention our society and our
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culture puts on weight loss, it would be really hard to just
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snap your fingers and say, okay, I don't want. I don't want to lose weight
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anymore. I don't have that desire anymore. But here's the
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thing. I can work with that
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desire. We can work with that desire that you have to
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still lose weight. When I start working with a
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client who still very, very much wants to lose weight, I don't
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start them off trying to convince them to not want that or tell them
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that they're wrong for wanting that because it's been
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conditioned to want that. Instead,
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my approach is to start them off with learning to
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recognize their hunger and their fullness cues, to
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learn to recognize the language of their
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body. Why? Well, there's two reasons.
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Number one, because learning the language of your body is
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beneficial to everyone, even if you want to lose
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weight. Being able to understand the physical cues
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like hunger and fullness are gifts from
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God to help us be able to not only take care of our
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physical needs, but when we are attuned with these physical cues,
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we can also recognize our emotional needs. And
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everyone needs to know how to be able to do that. Because when
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we use these, these physical cues, this language of our
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body that God has gifted to us, we can become more
00:22:21
emotionally stable, and it also helps improve
00:22:24
our mental health because we are not falling victim to
00:22:28
these emotions over and over again. And the second reason
00:22:32
why I start off with learning to recognize hunger and fullness
00:22:35
cues is because it helps you get
00:22:38
little wins. These little wins
00:22:42
are so important and necessary on this journey,
00:22:46
because for so much of your life,
00:22:50
in the dieting and weight loss areas, you haven't had really
00:22:53
very many wins. Your wins came with losing a little bit of weight,
00:22:57
but then you didn't have a win when you gained that back.
00:23:01
But when I have clients start to recognize that, like,
00:23:05
hey, I can trust my body today,
00:23:08
I was able to know when I was hungry, and then I was
00:23:12
able to put my fork down and say, huh, I'm full. And I stopped
00:23:16
eating, and there was still food on my plate. These little
00:23:19
wins go a really, really long way, because
00:23:23
little wins build up on top of each other. And then those little
00:23:26
wins are what keep you going.
00:23:30
And these little wins help you in being.
00:23:34
Being open, to really start dismantling the
00:23:37
beliefs that you have about weight, because you're seeing the
00:23:41
proof. You're seeing the proof that you can trust your body.
00:23:45
And when we're starting this journey, having a little bit of
00:23:49
proof helps us be able to
00:23:52
really take these.
00:23:56
These deep, deep rooted beliefs that we have
00:23:59
about food and we have about weight and health and wellness, and
00:24:03
start to see that
00:24:07
they aren't really standing on a very firm foundation,
00:24:10
because your beliefs about weight are really like a jinga tower,
00:24:15
and your tower is that belief that you need
00:24:19
to lose weight. But what I help you
00:24:23
do when you're ready on this journey is
00:24:26
I start to pull out those blocks which
00:24:30
make up that tower. And each one of those blocks
00:24:34
is a smaller belief or a thought that has
00:24:38
helped you build that tower of belief that you need to lose
00:24:41
weight in order to be healthy. So we're going to pull these.
00:24:45
These blocks out, and we're going to examine it, and
00:24:49
I'm going to challenge you to hold it up to God's truth. We're going to
00:24:53
look at each one of these and see, is this something that you still want
00:24:56
to think? Is this something that you still want to believe?
00:25:00
And we're going to do it block by block and see if that
00:25:03
tower is still standing. When we're finished,
00:25:07
you can come and you can start this believing that you still
00:25:11
want to lose weight. But I can guarantee you,
00:25:15
by the time we finish working together, we will have
00:25:18
dismantled those diet culture beliefs piece by
00:25:22
piece, and untangle that web of lies
00:25:26
that has been spun in your mind so
00:25:30
you can clean up your thoughts and instead renew your
00:25:34
mind with God's truth about you and your
00:25:38
body. Look, I know. I know
00:25:41
how hard it is to break free from that desire, but just remember, it's
00:25:45
okay to begin your intuitive eating journey. Still wanting to lose
00:25:49
weight? Many people do. Many of us
00:25:52
spend years trying to lose weight without success. And it can make us feel a
00:25:56
little desperate to really try anything.
00:26:00
I mean, that's where. That's where I was when I started this. I still wanted
00:26:04
to lose weight. I still wanted to,
00:26:07
like, finally see myself as thin and
00:26:11
feel beautiful. But I was also
00:26:14
so tired of doing a all the
00:26:18
things right and still
00:26:21
not reaching a goal, still feeling like
00:26:25
I was battling this out every single day with counting
00:26:29
calories and tracking things and logging it into an app and.
00:26:33
And for what? To jump from, you know,
00:26:37
one thing to the next. So I was
00:26:40
desperate. And in that desperation, I
00:26:44
decided to try intuitive eating because I figured I really had
00:26:47
nothing to lose. Like, if it didn't, quote unquote, work,
00:26:51
then, oh, well, I was just right back to where I started,
00:26:55
and I just move on to the, you know, next thing to try,
00:26:58
like I had been for years. But y'all,
00:27:02
that next thing never came.
00:27:05
Because intuitive eating was the thing that
00:27:09
worked. And I get that the idea
00:27:13
of possibly gaining weight can be scary.
00:27:17
But to think about this, what would it be like to
00:27:20
not have to obsess over what you eat, to not have
00:27:24
to deal with the ups and downs of dieting, finding the
00:27:28
plan, buying the things you need for the plan, trying to stick with it, feeling
00:27:32
frustrated and miserable the whole time, because it's really not fun
00:27:35
and it's really not working. And so then you have to start
00:27:39
this process all over again every few months,
00:27:44
the time, the money, the energy that this has cost you.
00:27:49
And for me, when I think about that,
00:27:53
it's been worth the possibility of any weight gain to
00:27:56
not have to be stuck in that cycle anymore.
00:28:02
I've traded in anxiety, frustration
00:28:05
and disappointment for peace, joy
00:28:09
and contentment, something I really never thought was
00:28:13
possible. To wake up in the morning and just feel
00:28:17
contentment, to feel calm, to not
00:28:20
be ridden with anxiety or stress. So,
00:28:24
yeah, for me, like, I'm okay with wherever my weight
00:28:28
falls because I have enough trust in myself and
00:28:31
in my body and God to never go back to diet
00:28:35
culture. And so maybe
00:28:39
you need to borrow a little bit of that faith that I have. Maybe you
00:28:42
need to borrow a little bit of my trust, a little bit of my story,
00:28:45
a little bit of my hope, as you start to really think
00:28:49
about, are you ready to take action, are you ready to
00:28:52
really do the work, to become an intuitive eater?
00:28:56
Because intuitive eating empowers you to focus on the things
00:29:00
that you can control. You've maybe spent your whole life trying
00:29:04
to control your weight, and has it worked?
00:29:08
Could it be worth trying something new? The
00:29:12
research about intuitive eating shows a wide variety of
00:29:15
health benefits, like improved blood pressure, improved
00:29:19
blood glucose, improved cholesterol. And
00:29:23
an intuitive eating lifestyle promotes an intake of a wider
00:29:27
variety of nutrient dense foods. You have more
00:29:31
consistent exercise habits and an improved body
00:29:34
image. And these things go
00:29:38
a much further way. These things go
00:29:42
a longer way to supporting your overall
00:29:45
health than just focusing on weight
00:29:49
loss. So if you still want to lose weight, then it's
00:29:52
okay. But I challenge you to really ask yourself why?
00:29:56
Because probably deep under the desire that you have for a better looking
00:30:00
body or toned arms, then there
00:30:04
probably is really this desire for better health.
00:30:07
And I guarantee that that can be achieved with
00:30:11
intuitive eating, no matter what happens to your weight.
00:30:16
Okay, what if, number four, I've
00:30:20
spent so much money on weight loss and diet
00:30:24
programs, I'm afraid to spend money on this.
00:30:29
I mean, this is a legit concern. There's a good
00:30:33
chance that you feel burned by all the programs you've spent money on in the
00:30:36
past that haven't worked. And then we have to, you know,
00:30:40
take into consideration any worries you have about our current economic
00:30:43
situation. I get it. I do.
00:30:47
But I really believe that intuitive eating is an approach
00:30:51
that should be accessible to all. Like, I have felt
00:30:55
for so long that this is the secret to
00:30:59
better health for so many people
00:31:02
that they just don't know about. And I feel that it's a powerful
00:31:06
tool that can help people improve and maintain their
00:31:10
overall health and wellness, mind, body, and soul, no matter
00:31:13
what their socioeconomic background is.
00:31:18
Because intuitive eating empowers you to make your own food choices
00:31:22
based on your preferences and your budget, not based on diet
00:31:26
cultural rules. And that means that
00:31:29
anyone can make food choices based on what is
00:31:32
best for them and their wallet. I mean, I
00:31:36
really think about, one of the things that irritates me the most about diet culture
00:31:40
is that they've really made, quote
00:31:44
unquote, healthy eating expensive
00:31:47
through this promotion of organic
00:31:51
and grass fed and pasture raised marketing, along with,
00:31:54
like, the shakes and supplements that they deem
00:31:58
necessary in order to reach the goal in order to be
00:32:01
healthy. And this is sending a message out that if
00:32:05
you cannot eat this way, if you cannot afford to eat organic, grass
00:32:09
fed, pasteurized, if you cannot afford to buy this shake or this
00:32:12
supplement, then there's no possible way for you to be healthy.
00:32:17
Is that true? I really don't think so.
00:32:21
It's like telling people that if you can't buy an organic
00:32:25
apple, then it's just better if you eat a candy bar than eating a
00:32:28
conventional apple. These
00:32:31
messages that are being sent out are too all or
00:32:35
nothing, and they're too polarizing, because the truth is
00:32:39
that not everyone can afford to eat organic or grass
00:32:42
fed or, you know, et cetera.
00:32:46
But intuitive eating can be for everyone,
00:32:49
regardless of their budget. Like,
00:32:53
for example, when you are empowered to make your own
00:32:56
food decisions, someone may not be able to afford fresh
00:33:00
produce, but they can afford maybe canned fruits and
00:33:03
vegetables. So isn't it a better option
00:33:07
to buy the canned fruits and vegetables than no fruits and
00:33:10
vegetables? But diet culture has made us believe
00:33:14
that canned is bad. And so then
00:33:18
we have so many people who are just aren't buying fruits and vegetables because they
00:33:21
can't afford them, and then they're made to feel bad if they buy
00:33:25
the canned option. There's just been this
00:33:29
pressure put on us to eat perfectly and that
00:33:33
we have to in order to be healthy, and that we're buying into all
00:33:37
of these quote unquote diet culture approved foods
00:33:41
that cost a lot of money and half the time end up
00:33:44
going to waste. Therefore we're just wasting
00:33:48
more money. But I really
00:33:52
think that intuitive eating can help you save money on groceries because
00:33:56
you are choosing foods again based on your preferences,
00:34:00
not on diet rules, so you can make
00:34:03
cost effective decisions and choices and how you spend your
00:34:07
food dollar. You get to plan your
00:34:11
meals and decide if you are going to buy organic or
00:34:14
not, all based on what you can
00:34:18
afford without fear of what will happen to your health.
00:34:23
And I believe so strongly in intuitive eating that
00:34:26
it's one of the reasons why I started the podcast, to be able to
00:34:30
offer a free resource to help you learn more about intuitive
00:34:34
eating and be able to start the journey.
00:34:38
And it's also why I'll continue to offer free webinars and
00:34:42
challenges to help you start to take that action.
00:34:45
But y'all, I really also believe in the power of coaching
00:34:49
and working with someone to help you on this journey
00:34:54
too often, and I am guilty of this, we often think that
00:34:58
we can diy it all to be able to save money,
00:35:02
but we end up quitting or not
00:35:06
really reaching our goal because we have a lack
00:35:09
of support, encouragement and accountability when we try to do it
00:35:13
all on ourselves. Do it all ourselves.
00:35:17
I also think that coaching is important because
00:35:21
each of you has an individual struggle and
00:35:25
belief with regards to weight and dieting and
00:35:28
health. And as your coach, I will help
00:35:32
you see your mind and examine your particular
00:35:36
thoughts and beliefs, and what that will get you is
00:35:39
a fast track to success. You will become an intuitive
00:35:43
eating eater faster because I can help you
00:35:47
more effectively and efficiently tackle those biggest
00:35:50
obstacles of you becoming the intuitive eater, which are your
00:35:54
beliefs and your thoughts. Like, I'm not saying that you
00:35:58
can't do this on your own, but I will say that it's quicker and
00:36:01
far less painful to have me help you along the way.
00:36:05
Anytime that I have ever signed up for coaching for anything,
00:36:09
whether it was for business, for starting a
00:36:13
podcast, whatever, I have always
00:36:17
come out so much more effective and efficient in
00:36:20
whatever I was trying to learn. And so I want
00:36:24
to be able to help you with that efficiency and that effectiveness
00:36:28
and fast track you,
00:36:31
reclaiming that intuitive eater that's within you, that you were
00:36:35
born to be. Which is why I've priced
00:36:39
my ten week faith led food freedom at a price that I really believe
00:36:42
is doable for most budgets. And I also offer
00:36:46
a variety of payment options, including an option
00:36:50
to be able to pay for it over a six month period.
00:36:53
Because I want to be able to help you do
00:36:57
this and I want to be able to make this accessible to
00:37:00
you without you feeling like you have to
00:37:06
not be able to stay on a
00:37:09
budget. So if intuitive eating
00:37:13
is something that you are really serious about and you are ready to take that
00:37:17
action, I really kindly invite you to consider
00:37:20
working with me on your journey. Because these what
00:37:24
ifs and these worries are born out of fear.
00:37:28
Ask yourself what the enemy gains by you not becoming an
00:37:32
intuitive eater. In short, he keeps you stuck
00:37:36
believing the same lies about yourself and distracted from seeking out
00:37:39
and living that purpose that God needs you to
00:37:43
fulfill. For him. The time is now
00:37:47
to let go of dieting and weight loss, to embrace
00:37:51
God's human design, to embrace the internal wisdom that he has put in
00:37:55
each one of us with Christ centered intuitive eating.
00:37:59
Because the world needs your unique talents and
00:38:03
gifts and it's time to stop letting
00:38:07
your weight and diet, culture and all these lies
00:38:10
keep those unique talents and gifts buried.
00:38:15
So I want to remind you and invite
00:38:19
you to the free webinar that I'm hosting
00:38:22
this Thursday, September 5 at 11:00
00:38:26
a.m. central Standard Time. The webinar is called getting
00:38:30
started with Christ centered intuitive eating, and you can sign up for
00:38:33
it at
00:38:34
www.karatrochta.com/webinar.
00:38:39
Or you can see the link in the show notes. Just click it and sign
00:38:42
up. It's super easy to register in this
00:38:45
webinar. We're going to go through, really
00:38:49
the five practical steps to be able to jumpstart healing your relationship
00:38:53
with food and your body over the past
00:38:57
26 episodes. I can really start to see
00:39:01
these five steps that make Christ centered intuitive
00:39:04
eating unique and different and how that these are the five steps
00:39:08
that are really critical for you, being able to jumpstart your success.
00:39:13
And the webinar will also allow for
00:39:16
you to be able to come in and ask any questions
00:39:20
that you have because it's going to include a live q and a portion.
00:39:24
So if you've been listening to these 26 episodes and you're like, I've
00:39:27
always really wanted to ask Kara about this, just sign up for the webinar, come
00:39:31
in and you get a free live q and a session that you
00:39:35
can ask me those questions that you have. This
00:39:39
webinar is really an opportunity to come and learn how God designed
00:39:42
your body for intuitive eating and how you can start living in
00:39:46
alignment with God's design for nourishment
00:39:50
and to be able to find peace with food and letheme go of
00:39:53
guilt or shame. You're going to walk away
00:39:57
with clear, actionable strategies to
00:40:00
immediately apply to your life. Making food choices
00:40:04
that both honor your body and your face
00:40:07
like this is really something you don't want to miss out on. But if
00:40:11
you cannot make it live, don't worry. I'll be sending out
00:40:15
a replay video to all of those who register so you can
00:40:18
rewatch the webinar. Really be able to understand these five essential
00:40:22
steps for starting your intuitive eating journey. All you have to do
00:40:26
is sign up at
00:40:27
www.karatrochta.com/webinar or
00:40:31
click the link in the show notes. It is this Thursday, September 5 at
00:40:35
11:00 a.m. central time and I can't wait to really
00:40:39
be able to meet so many of you podcast listeners. That's kind of one of
00:40:42
the things I'm most excited about. So I look forward to seeing as
00:40:46
many of your beautiful faces there on Thursday as possible, and I
00:40:50
hope you continue to have a very blessed
00:40:53
week and I will talk to you soon. Bye.
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