Celeste Rains-Turk; Celestial_Fit International and Building More than Just a Body
  • Home
  • Confessions of a Bikini Pro Podcast
  • Blog
  • Work with Me
    • On Demand Mindset Coaching for Competitors
    • Food Relationship Healing & Discovery 1:1 Coaching Program
    • Post-Show Personal Development Program
    • Podcast with Purpose Program
    • Speaking Engagement Request
  • Live Events
  • Freebies
    • Free Post-Show Blues Coaching Series
    • Free Food Relationship Program
    • Free Workshop to Overcome Mindless Eating
    • Free Competitor Card Deck
  • Testimonials
  • Interviews / Features
  • Links
  • Social Media
    • Instagram
    • Facebook
    • YouTube
    • Pinterest
    • LinkedIn
  • Contact
  • About
  • Limited Edition Crop Top
  • Podcast Party
  • Registration for Online Event with Nicole Ferrier
  • CUTIES
  • free trial to on-demand platform
  • Merchandise
Picture

Blog

How You Can Eat Intuitively Without Intuitive Eating

3/31/2021

0 Comments

 
I hear a lot of competitors say they would like to be able to eat intuitively one day. They may be tired of following a restrictive diet or constantly tracking macros, and they want to feel more freedom with their food choices.

The principle of intuitive eating itself is about trusting your body and its cues to determine when you eat, what you eat, and how much you eat. But I think there is an opportunity to go much deeper than that!


If you wait to eat until you are hungry, you are more likely to eat past the point of hunger because your thought have been consumed with food and feeling satiated.  Compare that with eating throughout the day and being able to go into a meal without the need to overcompensate for that deficit. 

On one hand, you can wait for an intense hunger signal, on the other hand you can be proactive and use the awareness from waiting too long to eat sooner moving forward.


Here are a few things to help you eat intuitively without intuitive eating:

 1) Being mindful
Ask yourself what your body needs right now and if the need can be met within your macros/meal plan. For example if your meal plan calls for an apple, but you are craving an orange and you notice you are lacking in calcium, potassium and vitamin C in your micronutrients, you may consider how would making that substitution feel to your body or in support of your long term goals?

2) Practicing listening to your intuition 
Try to listen more while you are on a meal plan to set you up for success when you are off of that plan. Every time you eat something, take a moment and write down how it made you feel or what led to the decision. In doing this, you may develop a great reference sheet to support decision making in the future. 

3) Consider is how you feel
Before you eat, think of how the food will make you feel.
Bringing mindfulness to your decisions is a great way to bring your intuition into a set nutrition plan or macros.

In a single breath, you just want to avoid being on autopilot with your food decisions because then as soon as you are presented with a decision off plan, you may lack the awareness necessary to trust your intuition with food. 

If you never take the time to truly listen and honor yourself, it is unfair to expect yourself to be able to handle a free meal, intuitive eating day, or a trip without tracking.

In my food relationship program, I have a full journal that includes a set of mealtime rituals and daily reflections. This program is a lot of deep, intentional, introspective work. This is something that I'm very passionate about and I love bringing mindfulness to the table-literally, to encourage people to connect back to their bodies.

Our body has this innate ability to guide us to what's best for us. If we truly believe that our body wants to function at an optimal level then we can trust our body, but we have to be willing to put in the work to get there. 

I can't wait to hear how you apply these tactics for yourself!

Please share this with a friend if you think it would help them.

Remember; Start with mindfulness. Start by asking your body how she feels after, before, and during meals. And reference your past experiences.

You can't go wrong if you're present!!
Learn about the Food Relationship and Discovery Program
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Picture

    Celeste Rains-Turk
    Celestial_fit

    Let's Build More than Just a Body

    Picture

    Categories

    All
    Client Stories
    Competitor's Blog Series
    Food Freedom
    How To Love Yourself
    Personal
    Rants
    Recipes
    Who Am I?

    Archives

    January 2023
    December 2022
    November 2022
    October 2022
    September 2022
    August 2022
    July 2022
    June 2022
    May 2022
    April 2022
    March 2022
    February 2022
    January 2022
    December 2021
    November 2021
    October 2021
    September 2021
    August 2021
    July 2021
    June 2021
    May 2021
    April 2021
    March 2021
    February 2021
    January 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015

    RSS Feed

Picture
Privacy Policy
Disclaimer
Photos used under Creative Commons from Robert Gourley, Danijel J, Neeta Lind, Brian PDX, Stefano Merli, frankieleon, j_lai, Gudlyf, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/U.S. Fifth Fleet, Arya Ziai, SuperFantastic, Ruth and Dave
  • Home
  • Confessions of a Bikini Pro Podcast
  • Blog
  • Work with Me
    • On Demand Mindset Coaching for Competitors
    • Food Relationship Healing & Discovery 1:1 Coaching Program
    • Post-Show Personal Development Program
    • Podcast with Purpose Program
    • Speaking Engagement Request
  • Live Events
  • Freebies
    • Free Post-Show Blues Coaching Series
    • Free Food Relationship Program
    • Free Workshop to Overcome Mindless Eating
    • Free Competitor Card Deck
  • Testimonials
  • Interviews / Features
  • Links
  • Social Media
    • Instagram
    • Facebook
    • YouTube
    • Pinterest
    • LinkedIn
  • Contact
  • About
  • Limited Edition Crop Top
  • Podcast Party
  • Registration for Online Event with Nicole Ferrier
  • CUTIES
  • free trial to on-demand platform
  • Merchandise