Happy Halloween! (My fave holiday, btw)
Whether you have a lil trick-or-treater in your home, or if you’re a day-after-clearance-candy buyer, this is the beginning of a very treat heavy time of year–tricks optional.
As someone who formerly identified as a sugar addict 👋, this was a stressful time for me:
- Having candy everywhere
- Trying to decide if I should buy some for myself
- Not wanting to keep it in the house
- Yet feeling like I wasn’t supposed to want it
- But desperately wanting it
- While feeling like a failure if I couldn’t control myself
- Yet not wanting to be seen eating too much of it
- So secretly eating it in private
- Then feeling bad about all of the above (and then some)
Sound familiar?
As an Intuitive Eating coach (which inspired my creation of Intuitive Movement), the most powerful lesson I learned–and fully know in my bones now–is that mental restriction is what creates the feelings of addiction.
It didn’t matter whether I brought the candy into my house or not.
As long as I felt like I wasn’t supposed to have or want it, I was only fueling the desperate tug-of-war with Halloween candy.
Now?
I literally couldn’t care less about Halloween candy.
If it’s there and I want it, I eat it.
If it’s there and I don’t want it, I don’t eat it.
No stress, no worry, no debate, no internal struggle.
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Is this something you struggle with?
Are you interested in learning more about Intuitive Eating?
Do you feel like your eating and exercise habits are related, or all tied up together?
Let me know any thoughts or questions!
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| TTYL, ☮💜Deanna |
