Author: Lauren

Intuitive Eating for Cystic Fibrosis: Part 5 Discover the Satisfaction Factor

Part 5 of my Intuitive Eating series is about discovering the satisfaction factor.  “The Japanese have the wisdom to keep pleasure as one of their goals of healthy living. In our compulsion to comply with diet culture, we often overlook one of the most basic gifts of existence—the pleasure and satisfaction that can be found in the eating experience. When you eat what you really want, in an environment that is inviting, the pleasure you derive will be a powerful force in helping you feel satisfied and content. By providing this experience for yourself, you will find that it...

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Intuitive Eating for Cystic Fibrosis Part 4: Challenge the Food Police

Part 4 of my intuitive eating series is about challenging the food police! “Scream a loud no to thoughts in your head that declare you’re “good” for eating minimal calories or “bad” because you ate a piece of chocolate cake. The food police monitor the unreasonable rules that diet culture has created. The police station is housed deep in your psyche, and its loudspeaker shouts negative barbs, hopeless phrases, and guilt-provoking indictments. Chasing the food police away is a critical step in returning to Intuitive Eating.” (From Intuitive Eating by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch)  Throughout my life I have...

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Intuitive Eating for Cystic Fibrosis Part 3: Make Peace With Food

Today’s intuitive eating principle is number 3, Make Peace with Food.  “Call a truce; stop the food fight! Give yourself unconditional permission to eat. If you tell yourself that you can’t or shouldn’t have a particular food, it can lead to intense feelings of deprivation that build into uncontrollable cravings and, often, bingeing. When you finally “give in” to your forbidden foods, eating will be experienced with such intensity it usually results in Last Supper overeating and overwhelming guilt.” (From Intuitive Eating by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch)  This was probably the scariest principle for me to dig into...

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Intuitive Eating for Cystic Fibrosis Part 2: Honor Your Hunger

Today’s post is on the second principle of intuitive eating: Honor Your Hunger.  “Keep your body biologically fed with adequate energy and carbohydrates. Otherwise you can trigger a primal drive to overeat. Once you reach the moment of excessive hunger, all intentions of moderate, conscious eating are fleeting and irrelevant. Learning to honor this first biological signal sets the stage for rebuilding trust in yourself and in food.”(From Intuitive Eating by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch) Hunger is a new concept for me since starting Trikafta. When I was at my sickest, my appetite was the first thing to...

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Intuitive Eating for Cystic Fibrosis Part 1: Reject the Diet Mentality

Since sharing my CFF blog on my journey to finding acceptance with my Trikafta weight gain, I’ve had quite a few people reach out to me with questions about Intuitive Eating.  (TW: If you are going through an eating disorder, this post may be triggering as it goes into dieting behaviors.) For the next 10 days I am going to go through each of the 10 principles and share how I’ve implemented them in my life! I hope my story inspires you to learn more about it, or at the very least answers some of your questions.  Principle 1:...

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