Will Intuitive Eating Help Me Lose Weight? 

Losing weight is not just for vanity, it's also for health, and should be considered a valuable goal

Same thing happened to me. I decided I just needed to relax and listen to my body and accept myself where I was and not keep trying to lose weight. I dropped 7lbs in a couple weeks and was like this is great. Let me try to lose weight. I never lost more. I slipped back into diet mentality.

This is exactly what I needed to watch! So blessed to of found you.

Oh my GOD, I'm so glad I found you! You're so wise and helpful, plus warm and caring. I'm about to binge (pun intended) watch your videos. Thank you!!!

I’ve been binge watching your videos! Thank you so so much for creating this space and sharing so much. This video is the one that I had to comment on. I’ve had disordered eating my whole life and I’m morbidly obese. While I want a better relationship with food, I want to lose weight more. That’s why I instantly answered NO to your initial question. I would be miserable with food forever if only I could stick at it long enough to lose weight! It’s not just about how I feel about my size and the daily mental bashings I give myself over it, it’s a fact that my weight is now biologically problematic for me. I’m pre-diabetic, in my mid-30s and wanting to have my first baby but have been denied support due to my BMI. So I see a good relationship with food as a ‘nice to have’ over actual weight loss right now. Time is against me! I totally fall into a restriction/binge pattern when I try to ‘sort my diet out’, inevitably never actually losing any weight. I know I need to reframe things to move past it but following a diet where weight loss isn’t a goal feels a step too far. Eating-wise I’m also a permitter by default so I’m worried intuitive eating will just be a free for all! Sorry for the long and personal response to this, I’m just taking your wisdom from all of your videos in and figuring out what resonates with me. Thank you so much again for being so generous with your content, you’re changing lives!

To trust my body, that's a good start, thank you❤

Just want to say thank you so much for the wonderful content and support that you offer people here.The very last thing you said in this video ,that if you're trying to eat intuitively to lose weight then it won't work really was a lightbulb moment for me ! I have followed Paul Mckennas i can make you thin method for years and although i learned a lot of useful things from it i was never actually able to stay with it for any amount of time as i would always be disappointed when in couple of weeks saw no weight loss and i would end up bingeing ,i see now through your videos and your book that you kindly shared that the key is to focus on fixing my relationship with food and put ideas of trying to lose weight aside whilst i do that .

Thank you. What an honest and realistic asessment of IE. It seems as in all things it comes down to self-awareness and attention. I think meditation practices have worked in tandem to help me want to eat intuitively and stop the diet mentality.

i know this video was 2 years ago but thank u very much ur still helping people

Thank You 😢

I enjoy your videos alot, they are like so rational to my mind, helps my see through my self and refeclt yet so compassionate and accepting.. Thanks alot ❤❤ Also the colors on your nails are so delightful 😂 loved them.

Thank you for this thought provoking video. I am in the conundrum that for health reasons, it would be extremely beneficial for me to shed excess weight to improve the quality of my life. I have been yo yo dieting since I was 9 years old and at this point, I have at last 50 lbs to shed to be in a healthy healthy weight range that would help me manage health issues. I have had issues with over eating and binge issues in the past but I feel more under control these days and have been loosely following intuitive eating. The question I ask is this, in order for me to thrive and manage my health issues, it is my doctor's recommendation that I shed weight. How do I do this without restricting and causing my brain to go crazy again with the constant diet mentality thinking that messes me up so badly leading to depression and constant anxiety? Thank you

I just can’t lose the last 10-15 lbs. I’ve tried everything and recently a month king cross country camping trip and sleeping outside and fasting 16+ hrs and because of time issues I was eating basically OMAD and I lost 7 lbs without even thinking about it. I was busy but sitting a lot driving hrs each day in the car and sleeping in a cold tent. It was glorious but as I resumed my regular life back home it is hard to keep up that pattern. I felt great during that month because I wasn’t thinking about food all the time. I was thinking about other things. I only ate when I was hungry and I lost weight without obsessing.

What about when you're 100 pounds overweight and a gain is likely to put you into a wheelchair?

No. I wouldn't. This body size keeps me from living. It makes me incapable. It makes me sick. I'm fighting BED but intuitive eating doesnt work for me. I have ADHD and my brain uses food for dopamine. My intuition says eat when I shouldn't. I'm going to take ADHD meds, and THEN I might be able to trust my intuition.

Thank you for another thought provoking vlog. I wonder if you have any guidance for anyone who is struggling to relearn how to eat & really challenge the negative ED thoughts?

I’d give an enthusiastic yes. My second thought was, what about all that drama surrounding food, would I miss that?

If you think about intuitive eating, you can't do intuitive eating? Talk about thinking, I'm just about to look at your recommended books on binging video.

I'm struggling with the idea that our bodies are created in a different set points but all in all it's a reasonable point not all skinny for sure but also not heavy .. am I wrong with this?

Your voice is sooo lovely.

Is intuitive eating nessesary for binge eating recovery ?

Gorgeous! 🥰

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