Mindfully explore your food issues
Shira Lenchewski, a registered dietitian and author of the new book The Food Therapist, suggests that there are five dysfunctional habits that many of us have around food. We may have just one of them or we may have them all. These food habits are:
Having trust issues (you just can’t stop yourself from eating)
Being a “pleaser” (you cave in to other people’s food choices)
Fearing the mundane (you think eating healthy would be way too boring)
Craving control (you beat yourself up for tiny diet “mistakes”)
Having a hot-and-cold pattern (you yo-yo diet and quickly go from “all in” to “all out”)
By becoming aware of your food habits, you can better explore the reasons behind them and put in place strategies to change them. For example, if you’re like me and you crave control, you might work on practicing self-compassion or acceptance so that you’re not so hard on yourself when your diet is imperfect. If you’re a pleaser, you could practice assertiveness, perhaps by requesting to meet a friend at a healthier restaurant. Or if you fear the mundane, you could get a new cookbook and learn some fun, creative ways to cook healthy meals.
Shira Lenchewski, a registered dietitian and author of the new book The Food Therapist, suggests that there are five dysfunctional habits that many of us have around food. We may have just one of them or we may have them all. These food habits are:
Having trust issues (you just can’t stop yourself from eating)
Being a “pleaser” (you cave in to other people’s food choices)
Fearing the mundane (you think eating healthy would be way too boring)
Craving control (you beat yourself up for tiny diet “mistakes”)
Having a hot-and-cold pattern (you yo-yo diet and quickly go from “all in” to “all out”)
By becoming aware of your food habits, you can better explore the reasons behind them and put in place strategies to change them. For example, if you’re like me and you crave control, you might work on practicing self-compassion or acceptance so that you’re not so hard on yourself when your diet is imperfect. If you’re a pleaser, you could practice assertiveness, perhaps by requesting to meet a friend at a healthier restaurant. Or if you fear the mundane, you could get a new cookbook and learn some fun, creative ways to cook healthy meals.
Mindfully explore your food issues
Shira Lenchewski, a registered dietitian and author of the new book The Food Therapist, suggests that there are five dysfunctional habits that many of us have around food. We may have just one of them or we may have them all. These food habits are:
Having trust issues (you just can’t stop yourself from eating)
Being a “pleaser” (you cave in to other people’s food choices)
Fearing the mundane (you think eating healthy would be way too boring)
Craving control (you beat yourself up for tiny diet “mistakes”)
Having a hot-and-cold pattern (you yo-yo diet and quickly go from “all in” to “all out”)
By becoming aware of your food habits, you can better explore the reasons behind them and put in place strategies to change them. For example, if you’re like me and you crave control, you might work on practicing self-compassion or acceptance so that you’re not so hard on yourself when your diet is imperfect. If you’re a pleaser, you could practice assertiveness, perhaps by requesting to meet a friend at a healthier restaurant. Or if you fear the mundane, you could get a new cookbook and learn some fun, creative ways to cook healthy meals.
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