Ep 131: 4 Ways To Finally Ditch The Diet Mentality
One Small Bite
English - March 09, 2022 08:00 - 34 minutes - 23.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsNutrition Health & Fitness Education Self-Improvement anti-diet nutrition fitness health wellness internal weight loss chronic illness men's health mindful eating intuitive eating Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Hola amigos! Welcome back!
Ever been on a diet? How did that work out for you? Ever wonder about an alternative to dieting to achieve your goals? Tune in for this episode to help you ditch the diet mentality.
Highlights of this episode:
Thought experiment about the diet mentalityYo-yo weight changesIntuitive eating4 ways to ditch diet mentalityBlue zonesAnnouncements:
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Episode Summary:
People diet to manipulate their bodies. Think back to the first time you started a diet. Maybe you gained a bit of weight, and so you diet and exercise to lose weight. The weight goes, and then, over time, the weight comes back. And then you go on another diet, lose weight, and then the weight comes back. Over time, you may have even more weight regained than the initial weight gain. In weight regulation studies, the single biggest predictor of weight gain, is weight loss.
Even if you have not followed a specific diet plan, if you have food rules that are running the day-to-day with eating, you are dieting. Dieting is a form of starvation, whether that is time restrictive or eliminating food groups. The body can react through the HPA axis to retain body weight. The yo-yo weight changes can also be called a hamster wheel, spinning in circles. Eventually you think, there has to be a better way!
And there is. Intuitive eating helps people get back in touch with their bodies and create a better relationship with food. Intuitive eating is a mindset and an approach to behavior change with food. Behavior change is about unlearning and learning something new. It takes a while to do and the payoff is worth it. David’s intuitive eating approach introduces 4 C’s: curiosity, compassion, commitment, consistency, as the pillars for true behavior change. Einstein said, “I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious.”
Where do I go from here?
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