INTUITIVE EATING | What It Is + How It's Changed My Life 

slowly getting into intuitive eating. I want to be there for my family and partner, and not separate myself from them by eating so restrictively. I feel crappy and gross after not tracking and gaining a bit. Mind you, this is in the presence of my family and girlfriend being very supportive of me, saying they love a healthy me. We need to also spread awareness too that men suffer alongisde women too with dieting, and im a case of it. good video

I am absolutely with you! I am considered highly intuitive and have always have been a non believer of calorie counting and dieting, unlike my husband. I really had to stand in my own power to not be swayed by this concept. Honestly, it repelled me and was not once tempted to try all the diet fads or calorie counting that nutritionist and dietician would recommend that my husband had discovered for himself. For me it just went again my own internal grain. So wonderful you have discovered this in your own journey.

Hi Ashley, I’m happy that you realize that diets don’t work. This is exactly my style of eating for the last 10 years when I give up on dieting. I eat everything my body craves even sweets and carbs, I drink a lot of water and I try to not eat later than 7 pm plus I like to walk or jog 3-4 times a week. This really works great for me, I hope that many women will realize that diets don’t work.😘😘 I fallow you on instagram and I enjoy seeing everything you share

Also. Put away those scales! I gave up weighing myself about 10 years ago (apart from when forced during pregnancy), but i have no idea how much i weigh! And it is soooooo freeing!

OMG! You have no idea how much I needed to see this!! I can't thank you enough for this information!! You are telling my life story.

What a wonderful conversation starter! I ordered the intuitive eating book last week and I can't wait to dive into it. I'm looking forward to part 2. Thank you!

I needed this video!! Can’t wait to see the next one. Thank you!

Amen! This video was amazing and something I desperately needed to hear. Please continue this interesting topic!

This is a great way to eat. It isn’t new. In the 80’s, Bob Schwartz wrote a book called “Diets Don’t Work”. The principal is exactly the same. I keep seeing people loving this..,and I do too but I feel like Bob Schwartz never gets any credit. If you like this, please read his book...you’ll love it and I’m sure it’s in the public domain by now.

I have been doing this all of my life and didn’t even know it. I have never dieted or deprived myself from anything really, but also didn’t binge. I have been pretty much the same weight and size all of my adult life, even after having 3 kids. I’m now 54 and I’m more comfortable about this than ever. I still enjoy everything but am mindful of the things that will be better and more beneficial to my body. Definitely talking to myself and putting me at ease, that nothing is off limits is what has worked for me. Sometimes by the time I think I can have that dessert I said I would have later, it just passes. I have done intermittent fasting for about 10 years, so I really trick my brain into thinking that I can have everything during my eating window, and most of the time after eating my meal I’m too full to have dessert but I know I can, so I think that’s why it’s easier to just skip it.

The first time I watched this I wasn’t ready to hear it...... but I watched your what you eat in a day video this morning and decided to rewatch this one too..... and this feels right for me now, I love this message, it really speaks to me and where I am now! Thank you so much I feel like I may be on a new exciting and self accepting journey. 💖💕

Needed this mama!! Thank you! Looking forward to the next video 🙏🏻

So fantastic. I am such a supporter of intuitive eating!!

This is amazing! Amazing for you and even more amazing for your daughters to see. As someone who grew up with a mother who never complained or shamed her body I can tell you that you are giving your girls a great head start on loving their bodies as they grow. Thank you for sharing!

I just discovered these principles today hearing you and also Dr. Berry talk about them. It makes total life changing sense. Thank you.

Thank you for sharing! I can relate with your experience on so many different levels! It is a mental battle.

O my goodness!!!! THANK YOU for sharing this. I have never heard of this and needless to say, I am ordering those books!

Looking forward to hearing more about it Ashlyn.

I am a proud weston a price foundation member because I think we should eat as naturally as possible, BUT, YES to stopping diet culture!!

Thank you so much for making this video. It was exactly what I needed to hear. Just found your channel and literally about to watch all your videos

Good to see you back! So good content! Love it!😊

Going through the exact same stuff right now- thank you! No more diets!

I'm a registered dietitian and this is a concept I am constantly educating my patients on. One of my favorite quotes is from another RD in this area that says, "Our bodies are not as judgmental about food as we are." Thank you for sharing this much needed message.

I was shocked to find out that I was overweight and not only that but morbidly Obese. I learned that I was at risk for cancer and other things. I was scared, I was devastated! I felt so alone and lonely. This was around 2005. 24 years ago. Wow just got that revelation! 😧 I’m now 57 years old I finally was able to get the help that I needed it came at a very difficult time, but I did loose 52 lbs. so far. I started in December of 2020 and will continue throughout the rest of my year to reach my 1 year goal and will continue until I reach my goal weight and than will be able to eat more. It’s not been an easy journey. It took a few Angels along the way rooting and holloring from the roof tops for me to finally do a thing about it! I get your excitement, it’s a beautiful day, Look foward to part two. We’ll chat again,

You are such an inspiring and beautiful mama! Thank you so very much for sharing your journey, Ashlyn!! Xx

I am so interested in this! This is a new topic to me. Again today I'm feeling guilty for the chocolate that I ate. I would love to make peace with my body and food!

Thank you so much! Thank you for your sharing so openly and vulnerably x

Love you friend! You are beautiful inside and out. I’m proud of you for sharing your fire. ❤️

Yay! Im so glad you have done this!! Dieting culture is so bad for everyone! Even the little eyes and minds watching parents dieting! My husband watched his mum go on fad after fad diet! He now has a terrible relationship with food! I remember a podcast of the lively show where she talked about intuitive eating and moving with the rhythm of your soul! Gold!

I feel like I’ve been on a perpetual diet for the past 32 years since I had my sons ! And now even more since I’m Menopausal ! I’m sooooo tired of dieting and deprivation ! I’m working out , working on reducing stress and I lift weights and walk but the deprivation is horrible ! I just want to lose the 30 pounds that is not good for me and make peace with food and myself

Gray Video!! Thanks for sharing! I already ordered that book that you recommended!

Excited to hear more. Exactly what I needed to hear....

Amazing video! So well done! BRAVO!

Hallelujah such sensible advice xxx😃😃

Hi from the uk👋,ive been following slimming world for years on and off decided last week enough was enough your vlog really struck a nerve agree with you completely look forward yo next week.could you film a ditl food wise X

Have just found Intuitive eating myself. thank you for the video and look forward to more.

This was great! I can’t wait for part 2! Ps how do all your videos look so bright I love it so many of my videos look dark even with my editing

Thanks Ashlyn

♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️love this video Ashlyn you rock!!💪

Love love this message,!

Thank you for your candor 🙏🏽😍

Thank you for doing this video 🙏🏻

I'm doing this too. It's magic and so freeing!!!

This is new for me, Intuitive eating. I diet but not a chronic one. If I feel I need to loose a little weight and back it up with a little work out here and there, will do it. Even diet pills don't work as much as you want it to taking it on its own without putting in the work. Conscious eating, is that another word for this?

AMEN!!! SO well said! 🙏

I needed this so so much

I like two channels this one and Ramon at home they have great ideas love it 😍

Thank you so much for this I appreciate

My personal understanding is that IE means you view all food as neutral. IE is about not saying a food is good/healthy or Bad/unhealthy. Obviously foods can be nutritionally beneficial.

Having too much visceral fat is a real major health issue so our size and weight does matter !

So how has IE changed what you eat? Have you included things you’d banned? Did you make the next video? For me it changes the dynamic within me more than my actual food. I eat what I want but I also know what makes me feel good. I’ve done keto and that totally screwed my head up. I know what foods work for me without that. It’s a journey though, I still beat myself up and realise I’ve done it. I’m planning pizza right now.

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This is buetiful thank u so much

Also try reading The Overfed Head by Rob Stevens.

500th Like. You’re welcome 😁

intuitive eating is not for everyone. usually if i stop measure or counting calories i dont eat enough

Yeah I’m done with the cycle

Well intentioned, but the is no match for the power of irrational human behavior in a culture that is addicted to all manner of consumption. In addition, we all have our set point and depending where you are on your weight, it will make it that much harder to keep you weight where it should be. My sister adopted a vegetarian diet and lost weight but she did so living in India. I'm convinced that the culture in which you live can have beneficial or adverse effects on your health. The only way to beat our irrational passions is not through sheer will power because we already know it does not work. It's rising up to create a social movement to have sugar regulated as a drug because it's been proven to be addictive. That in itself can really help by getting rid of sugar in foods that don't belong there and cereal is the worst offender. Remember Corn Flakes? It had no sugar. With all due respect, intuitive eating is not going to have lasting effects. We've been fighting the diet war far too long unaware that the food and junk food industry have been cheating by altering foods in ways that appeal to our irrational passions. Think about it. Compared to a vegetarian diet that can be regarded as the healthiest way to eat, McDonald's is on the opposite end of the spectrum: it's the worst stuff you can eat yet we eat it anyway. Not because it's healthy, but because it's altered heightened taste is designed to be addictive and therefore it makes you a junk food junkie. We vastly underestimate the power of our irrational passions and how easily we become dependent on all manner of capitalistic consumption. The vaping industry are no different. It's not about vaping, it's about making the clueless dehumanized objects of perpetual consumption all the while making us believe it's normal to vape and eat junk food. It's madness!

Hm.. a lot of the principles mentioned seem to come with the assumption that the listener has tried dieting and weightloss in the past...

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It “literally” blew your mind?!

I am tired of being fat :(

*Quote: figure out how to intuitively eat* (13:10) If it were intuitive, you wouldn't need to figure it out. Step 1 ... get rid of all diet books ... except for this one, which _markets_ itself as "a revolutionary program that works." Enough said. Health at every size? This is dangerous. Obesity _increases the risk_ for many negative health outcomes -- cancer, heart attack, stroke, diabetes, etc. Obesity is of no benefit whatsoever. Do people actually feel good (mental health) about being obese? "Intuitive eating" is just to make people feel good about bad food choices. It is not a program that will help overweight people achieve their health and fitness goals in order to prevent preventable diseases and ultimately death.

It’s hard when your family wants you to lose weight.