10 Principles of Intuitive Eating Series, Principle 4: Challenging the Food Police
As we have grown up, we have been taught that we have a symbolic angel on one side of the shoulder and a little devil on the other. But what if I told you that there was a third entity that we need to worry about? In the form of voices in our head that tear us down whenever food or eating is in question? These voices are called the Food Police. The Food Police also comes with a few other voices that do not help us on our journey through Intuitive Eating, and we will go more in-depth on these voices later in the post. These extras are the Nutrition Informant and the Diet Rebel.
10 Principles of Intuitive Eating Series, Principle 3- Make Peace With Food
Making peace with food can be a tall order for those recovering from an eating disorder. This part of intuitive eating can be challenging for anyone who participates in dieting and diet culture. Each principle in Intuitive Eating is not a small step but the whole staircase. Making peace with food is about ending the ongoing battle and calling for a truce. What may be hard for us to grasp is having unconditional permission to eat. Coming from a dieting background, hearing the phrase that you have UNCONDITIONAL permission to eat can be intimidating, even scary.