Have you ever heard the saying “Listen to your heart, not your mind”? Sometimes what our hearts want and what our minds want are two separate things. The same thing applies to what our bodies want.
There are three things that make up YOU. These three things are your heart, your mind, and your body. In today’s culture, a lot of people neglect their bodies and only listen to their heart or their mind.
I am here to teach you how to listen to your BODY when it comes to food. When you learn to listen to your body, your mind and your heart will also be fulfilled, creating a more enjoyable life. Sounds amazing, right? IT IS.
Before we jump into learning about how to listen to your body, I want you to know that listening to your body is not a quick fix to weight loss or weight gain. It isn’t a diet, it is a mindset and lifestyle change. Absolutely anybody CAN do it, and there is no such thing as failure when it comes to listening to your body.
You might be thinking “Get to the point, what do you really mean by listening to my body and how do I do it?”. Your body doesn’t just come out and speak the English language to you, of course, but it does speak to you through cues, feelings, and sensations.
For example, whenever you are hungry your stomach growls. Whenever you eat too much, your stomach feels full and bloated. If your blood pressure is too low, you might feel a dizzy or lightheaded sensation. Whenever you eat too much sugar or caffeine, you might feel jittery or hyper. These are all ways that your body speaks to you.
Listening to those cues simply means that you recognize them and respond accordingly. This could look like eating something nutritious when your body says it’s hungry, pausing from eating whenever your stomach starts to feel full, or limiting your sugar or caffeine intake if you find yourself feeling jittery.
These things may seem really simple and silly. We were all born with the ability to understand when we are hungry and when we are full. Babies are really good at it and have no problem letting their parents know when they are hungry, even if it’s in the middle of the night. If you have children, you probably know this all too well. However, somewhere along the way, social norms and our human wants made it hard for us to keep this up.
Have you ever been out to eat or at a social gathering with friends and the food is so good that you just cannot stop eating? Then, before you know it, your stomach is entirely too full, and you feel like your stomach is going to explode?
Don’t worry, this happens to everyone sometimes and does not mean you have failed yourself. It happens because at that moment, you were putting your mind’s wants before your body’s needs. It probably left you feeling gluttonous and guilty, which are not feelings that should be associated with food.
Having a positive relationship with food is the number one goal that I have for everyone that I set out to help! Imagine a world where you have no guilt, no remorse, no doubts, absolutely no negative feelings towards food and you only feel pleasure and joy whenever you get to eat.
Whatever relationship you have right now with food doesn’t matter. A positive relationship with you and food is possible, and it starts with you listening to your body’s needs.
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