When I decided not to diet again,I had to reject diet culture. Not just give up a diet plan, but everything and every association.
Decades of dieting doesn’t just change overnight. It takes a long time to ease yourself in to trusting yourself again. I broke my body trust in so many ways.
I broke my body trust by dieting.
I broke my body trust by listening to the diet industry.
I broke my body trust by hating my body so much.
I broke my body trust by bingeing and starving my body.
I broke my body trust when I believed that wellness is about getting thinner.
I broke my body trust when I believed all the ‘information’ about miracle foods and wellness products.
I broke my body trust by thinking I would immediately learn my hunger cues when I stopped dieting
I broke my body trust when I expected perfection not progress
Dieting is cloaked under a myriad of disguises. I hesitated to use the word wellness as that has been claimed as the new diet word (but I am claiming it back!). The same with ‘clean eating’…. yep that word has been taken by the diet industry.
Even intuitive eating has been adopted as a diet plan, by some people.
To regain body trust means trusting that you know your body best, and you decide what wellness is for you.
Read a lot, listen to podcasts and watch you tubes, but start off with your intention.
From the beginning I knew I was never going on a diet again. Once I knew that, the rest took shape. It is a journey of recovery and being conscious about that means I am on the path.
And it is non diet wellness path (yep, reclaiming that word, again and again!).
Time to take charge and trust your body again.
Thanks for reading,
Christina