Episode 059 – The Intuitively You Podcast

Improve Your Relationship with Food in 2024

In this episode, I really wanted to share with you what options you have available to you so that you can improve your relationship with food in 2024. This is going to be a compilation of tips, resources, and support options so that you can really dive into what would support you best. So that you’re able to finally move forward and make 2024 the year that you finally embrace and embody food freedom for yourself! No more stressing over food. 

Tips to Improve Your Relationship with Food in 2024 

For this part, I’d encourage you to write down these prompts on a piece of paper and answer the questions truthfully and honestly for yourself. This is all just information that will help you with your assessment of your current relationship with food so that you can see what steps will be most aligned for YOU specifically to take to move forward and improve your relationship with food. As always, proceed with curiosity and not judgment.

Relationship with Food Assessment: 

Physical Health – are you…

• Eating enough? Consistently? 
• In tune with your hunger cues? 
• In tune with your fullness cues? 
• Eating a variety of foods?
• Satisfied by your meals & snacks?

Thoughts – do you…

• Have a loud inner food police voice? 
• Place certain foods off limits? 
• Feel guilty after eating certain foods?
• Shame yourself for how your body looks? 

Emotional Needs – do you…

• Automatically reach for food and aren’t sure why?
• Eat even though you’re physically full? 
• Feel confident coping with your emotions?
• Have a coping skills toolbox? 

What to Do with Your Assessment

Since everyone’s journey is unique and different, I won’t be able to deep dive into everything right here, but what I do want to encourage you to do is to do a little of what I call “intuitive self coaching” and what I mean by that is that I want you to take a look at your relationship with food assessment you just did, and decide which of those areas would feel like the right next step for you to tackle. 

Some examples:

• If you aren’t eating consistent meals throughout the day, I’d start there. If you skip breakfast, start by trying to incorporate breakfast into most days. Small steps.
• If you’ve identified that you’re good with your hunger cues, but not fullness cues, could you maybe try getting more mindful and slowing down during meals to practice listening for those fullness cues and experiment with when you stop eating? 
• Maybe you place certain foods off limits and you know that’s driving you to feel off about food, so maybe you want to practice making peace with one of your fear foods. 

You get the idea! Take your assessment and see what feels like it would be helpful for you to work on. And i’d encourage you to just choose 1 for now! Baby steps. 

When it’s Still Not Clear

You may not clearly know, and that’s OKAY. Practice using your intuition, what feels right? And if you still don’t know, take a guess! There truly is no right or wrong. And if you still don’t know what to do, then I’d encourage you to get some further support, either by other specific Intuitively You podcast episodes, or by the resources + support items I’m about to share with you here in this episode. 

Resources to Improve Your Relationship with Food in 2024

Here is a list of free to low cost options to help you with improving your relationship with food in 2024. These are my top picks as a Non-Diet Registered Dietitian & Certified Intuitive Eating Counsellor!

Books*:

• Intuitive Eating: A Revolutionary Anti-Diet Approach by Evelyn Tribole + Elyse Resch
• Anti-Diet: Reclaim Your Time, Money, Well-Being, and Happiness Through Intuitive Eating by Christy Harrison
• More Than A Body: Your Body Is an Instrument, Not an Ornament by Lexie and Lindsay Kite
• The Body Is Not an Apology, Second Edition: The Power of Radical Self-Love by Sonya Renee Taylor

*Please note that these book links above include affiliate links, The Intuitive Nutritionist may receive some payment if you decide to purchase via these links. 

Podcasts: 

• Food Psych with Christy Harrison 
• What The Actual Fork with Sam Previte & Jenna Werner
• Maintenance Phase with Aubrey Gordon & Michael Hobbes
• The Body Grievers Club with Brianna Campos aka. Body Image with Bri  
• And of course, I have to throw my podcast in here, the Intuitively You Podcast!

Free Quiz:

I have a free Why Do I Binge Eat Quiz that you can take right now, and it only takes a couple minutes. This free quiz will allow you to figure out what’s keeping you stuck in the binge eating cycle and holding you back from food freedom the most at this time. You’ll also get a personalized action step that you can do today (so you can be a little bit closer to food freedom). 

Get Support to Improve Your Relationship with Food in 2024

If you’re looking for some professional support & guidance on your journey to improving your relationship with food this year (and beyond), here are some wonderful support options we have available to you here at The Intuitive Nutritionist! Tackling these complex struggles with food is difficult to do on your own, so we’re here to help. I’d be more than happy to support you in whatever way I can. 

Group Coaching Program

Embodied Food Freedom is my highly supportive binge eating group coaching program. This program was carefully crafted to help you get all the best guidance, tools, tailored support, and community that you need to truly go from binge eating, overeating, emotional eating, stressing over food and feeling stuck in the diet cycle, to finally feeling at peace and in control around food and learn how to embody your version of food freedom. Truly, this is a great way to start the year, and I’d be honoured to support you inside of this beautiful program. 

Food Freedom Mindset Bundle 

When you purchase the Food Freedom Mindset Bundle you’ll get instant access to guided audios, intuitive eating meditations, journal prompts, and mindset work to help you integrate the concepts of intuitive eating and body acceptance into your everyday life with ease. I created this with the intention of helping you to step into your highest self that embodies intuitive eating, at your own pace, when you need it.

NEW Support Options Coming Soon to Improve Your Relationship with Food in 2024

Join the Food Freedom Insiders email list to stay in touch and be the first to know and hear about new support options coming to The Intuitive Nutritionist in 2024. Psstt. There may or may not be a course + new way to work with me coming soon!

Is 2024 the Year You Embody Food Freedom?  

Now that you have your comprehensive list of tips, resources, and support options for you to improve your relationship with food, what action will you take? I’d encourage you to pick at least one thing from this post to truly implement into your life. Like they say, there’s no time like the present! After all, if nothing changes, nothing changes. I’m rooting for you!