My First Steps Into Intuitive Eating
Over the years, I’ve grown wary of diets. I’ve always found it difficult to stick to rigid food rules — mostly because I believe that diets are not one-size-fits-all. Our bodies, minds, and lives are constantly changing. So why should our diets — or portion sizes — stay the same for everyone, all the time? In short, I find diets impractical, restrictive, and unsustainable. My own attempts at following a couple of mainstream plans were short-lived and frustrating. And from what I’ve seen among friends and family, I’m deeply aware of the emotional toll diets can take: the guilt, the shame, the rebound cravings, and that sinking sense of failure when “willpower” inevitably slips. So when I came across the book Intuitive Eating: A Revolutionary Anti-Diet Approach by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch, I felt a strong pull. It felt like an invitation — to eat in a way that’s rooted in trust, awareness, and self-kindness, not in exhaustive lists of dos and don’ts. I ordered myself a copy, an...
